PEOPLE LIKE US

PEOPLE LIKE US (director/writer: Alex Kurtzman; screenwriters: Roberto Orci/Jody Lambert; cinematographer: Salvatore Totino; editor: Robert Leighton; music: A. R. Rahman; cast: Chris Pine (Sam), Michelle Pfeiffer (Lillian), Elizabeth Banks (Frankie),…

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PERSEPOLIS

PERSEPOLIS (directors: Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud; screenwriter: based on the graphic novels by Ms. Satrapi; animation coordinator: Christian Desmares; editor: Stéphane Roche; music: Olivier Bernet; with the voices of:…

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BIG STAKES

BIG STAKES (director: Clifford S. Elfelt; screenwriter: Earl Wayland Bowman; music: Donald Socio; cast: James B. Warner (Jim Gregory), Eleanor Fair (Senorita Mercedes Aloyez), Les Bates (Bully Brand), Wilamae Carson…

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PHANTOM

PHANTOM (director: F. W. Murnau; screenwriters: Thea von Harbou/Hans Heinrich von Twardowski/from novel by Gerhart Hauptmann; cinematographers: Axel Graatkjaer/Theophan Ouchakoff; music: Robert Israel; cast: Alfred Abel (Lorenz Lubota), Grete Berger…

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BIRD BOX

BIRD BOX (director: Susanne Bier; screenwriters: Eric Heisserer/novel by Josh Maleerman; cinematographer: Salvatore Totino; editor: Ben Lester; music: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross; cast: Sandra Bullock (Malorie Shannon), Trevante Rhodes (Tom),…

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PHILOMENA

PHILOMENA (director: Stephen Frears; screenwriters: Jeff Pope/Steve Coogan/ based on the book “The Lost Child of Philomena Lee” by Martin Sixsmith; cinematographer: Robbie Ryan; editor: Valerio Bonelli; music: Alexandre Desplat;…

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BLACKBOARD JUNGLE

BLACKBOARD JUNGLE (director/writer: Richard Brooks; screenwriters: from the book by Evan Hunter; cinematographer: Russell Harlan; editor: Ferris Webster; music: Charles Wolcott; cast: Glenn Ford (Richard Dadier), Anne Francis (Anne Dadier),…

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