RAMPAGE

RAMPAGE (aka: JUNGLE RAMPAGE) (director: Phil Karlson; screenwriters: Robert I. Holt/Marguerite Roberts/from the novel by Alan Caillou; cinematographer: Harold Lipstein; editor: Gene Milford; music: Elmer Bernstein; cast: Robert Mitchum (Harry…

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CRIMSON GOLD

CRIMSON GOLD (Talaye sorkh) (director: Jafar Panahi; screenwriter: Abbas Kiarostami; cinematographer: Hussein Jafarian; editor: Jafar Panahi; music: Peyman Yazdanian; cast: Hossain Emadeddin (Hussein), Kamyar Sheisi (Ali), Shahram Vaziri (The Jeweler),…

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RARE BIRDS

RARE BIRDS (director: Sturla Gunnarsson; screenwriter: based on an Edward Riche novel/Riche; cinematographer: Jan Kiesser; editor: Jeff Warren; music: Jonathan Goldsmith; cast: William Hurt (Dave Purcell), Andy Jones (Phonse Murphy),…

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CUCKOO, THE

THE CUCKOO (KUKUSHKA) (director/writer: Alexander Rogozhkin; cinematographer: Andrei Zhegalov; editor: Yuliya Rumyantseva; music: Dmitri Pavlov; cast: Anni-Kristiina Juuso(Anni), Ville Khaapasalo (Veiko), Viktor Bychkov (Ivan); Runtime: 99; MPAA Rating: PG-13; producer:…

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RAWHIDE

RAWHIDE (aka: JACKASS MAIL) (director: Henry Hathaway; screenwriter: Dudley Nichols; cinematographer: Milton Krasner; editor: Robert Simpson; music: Sol Kaplan; cast: Tyrone Power (Tom Owens), Susan Hayward (Vinnie Holt), Hugh Marlowe…

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DAMNED, THE

THE DAMNED (LA CADUTA DEGLI DEI) (GOTTERDAMMERUNG) (director/writer: Luchino Visconti; screenwriters: story by Nicola Badalucco and Enrico Medioli; cinematographer: Armando Nannuzzi/Pasquale De Santis; editor: Ruggero Mastroianni; music: Maurice Jarre; cast:…

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REAL STEEL

REAL STEEL (director: Shawn Levy; screenwriters: John Gatins/based on a story by Dan Gilroy and Jeremy Leven and the short story “Steel,” by Richard Matheson; cinematographer: Mauro Fiore; editor: Dean…

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DARKEST HOUR

DARKEST HOUR (director: Joe Wright; screenwriter: Anthony McCarten; cinematographer: Bruno Delbonnel; editor: Valerio Bonelli; music: Dario Marianelli; cast: Gary Oldman (Winston Churchill), Stephen Dillane (Viscount Halifax), Ronald Pickup (Neville Chamberland),…

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RED

RED (Trois couleurs: Rouge) (director/writer: Krzysztof Kieslowski; screenwriter: Krzysztof Piesiewicz; cinematographer: Piotr Sobocinski; editor: Jacques Witta; music: Bertrand Lenclos/Zbigniew Preisner; cast: Irène Jacob (Valentine), Jean-Louis Trintignant (The Judge, Joseph Kern),…

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DAS BOOT

DAS BOOT (Director/writer: Wolfgang Petersen; screenwriter: based on a novel by Lothar-Gunther Buchheim; cinematographer: Jost Vacano; editor: Hannes Nikel; cast: Jurgen Prochnow (The Captain), Erwin Leder (Johann), Herbert Gronemeyer (Lt.…

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