RAINS CAME, THE

RAINS CAME, THE (director: Clarence Brown; screenwriters: Philip Dunne/Julien Josephson/from the novel by Louis Bromfield; cinematographer: Arthur Miller; editor: Barbara McLean; music: Alfred Newman; cast: Myrna Loy (Lady Edwina Esketh),…

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CRIME WAVE

CRIME WAVE(director: André de Toth; screenwriters: from a story by John & Ward Hawkins/Crane Wilbur/Bernard Gordon/Richard E. Wormser; cinematographer: Bert Glennon; editor: Thomas Reilly; cast: Sterling Hayden (Lt. Sims), Gene…

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CRUISE, THE

CRUISE, THE director: Bennett Miller; cinematographer: Bennett Miller; editor: Michael Levine; cast: Timothy "Speed" Levitch; Runtime: 76; Artisan Entertainment; 1998) "The documentary works so well because Speed's for real..."( Reviewed…

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DADDY LONGLEGS

  DADDY LONGLEGS (aka: GO GET SOME ROSEMARY) (director/writer: Josh and Benny Safdie; cinematographers: Brett Jutkiewicz/Josh Safdie; editors: Josh and Benny Safdie/Brett Jutkiewicz/Ronald Bronstein; cast: Ronald Bronstein (Lenny), Sage Ranaldo…

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READY TO WEAR

READY TO WEAR (PRET-A-PORTER) (director/writer: Robert Altman; screenwriter: Barbara Shulgasser; cinematographers: Pierre Mignot/Jean Lepine; editor: Geraldine Peroni; music: Michel Legrand; cast: Lauren Bacall (Slim Chrysler), Kim Basinger (Kitty Potter), Linda…

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DARJEELING LIMITED

DARJEELING LIMITED (director/writer: Wes Anderson; screenwriters: Roman Coppola/Jason Schwartzman; cinematographer: Robert Yeoman; editor: Andrew Weisblum; music: from the films of Satyajit Ray and Merchant Ivory; cast: Owen Wilson (Francis Whitman),…

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REBEL IN TOWN

REBEL IN TOWN (director: Alfred Werker; screenwriter: story & screenplay by Danny Arnold; cinematographer: Gordon Avil; editors: John F. Schreyer; music: Les Baxter; cast: John Payne (John Willoughby), Ruth Roman…

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