BEFORE SUNRISE

BEFORE SUNRISE (director/writer: Richard Linklater; screenwriters: Julie Delpy/Ethan Hawke/based on a story and characters created by Mr. Linklater and Kim Krizan; cinematographer: Lee Daniel; editor: Sandra Adair; music: Glover Gill;…

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PAID

PAID(aka: WITHIN THE LAW) (director: Sam Wood; screenwriters: based on the play Within the Law Bayard Veiller/Lucien Hubbard/Charles MacArthur; cinematographer: Charles Rosher; editor: Hugh Wynn; cast: Joan Crawford (Mary Turner),…

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BELLE TOUJOURS

  BELLE TOUJOURS (director/writer: Manoel de Oliveira; screenwriter: inspired by the book by Joseph Kessel; cinematographer: Sabine Lancelin; editor: Valérie Loiseleux; cast: Michel Piccoli (Henri Husson), Bulle Ogier (Séverine Serizy),…

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PANIC ROOM

PANIC ROOM (director: David Fincher; screenwriter: David Koepp; cinematographers: Conrad W. Hall and Darius Khondji; editors: James Haygood and Angus Wall; music: Howard Shore; cast: Jodie Foster (Meg Altman), Forest…

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BEN HUR

BEN HUR (director/writer: William Wyler; screenwriter: from the novel by Lew Wallace/Karl Tunberg; cinematographer: Robert Surtees; editor: Ralph Winters; music: Miklos Rozsa; cast: Charlton Heston (Judah Ben Hur), Stephen Boyd…

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PARANOIA

PARANOIA (director: Robert Luketic; screenwriters: novel by Joseph Finder/Jason Hall/Barry Levy; cinematographer: David Tattersall; editor: Tracy Adams/Dany Cooper; music: Junkie XL; cast: Liam Hemsworth (Adam Cassidy), Amber Heard (Emma Jennings),…

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BEST IN SHOW

BEST IN SHOW (director/writer: Christopher Guest; screenwriter: Eugene Levy; cinematographer: Roberto Schaefer; editor: Robert Leighton; cast: Christopher Guest (Harlan Pepper), Parker Posey (Meg Swan), Michael Hitchcock (Hamilton Swan), Eugene Levy…

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PAROLE, INC.

PAROLE, INC. (director: Alfred Zeisler; screenwriter: from the story by Royal K. Cole/Sherman L. Lowe; cinematographer: Gilbert Warrenton; editor: John D. Faure; music: Alexander Laszlo; cast: Michael O'Shea (Richard Hendricks),…

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