ANNA LUCASTA

ANNA LUCASTA (director: Arnold Laven; screenwriter: play by Philip Yordan/Philip Yordan; cinematographer: Lucien Ballard; editors: Robert Lawrence/Richard C. Meyer; music: Elmer Bernstein; cast: Eartha Kitt (Anna Lucasta), Sammy Davis Jr.…

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NIGHT ON EARTH

NIGHT ON EARTH (director/writer: Jim Jarmusch; cinematographer: Frederick Elmes; editor: Jay Rabinowitz; music: Tom Waits; cast: Winona Ryder (Corky), Gena Rowlands (Victoria Snelling), Giancarlo Esposito (YoYo), Armin Müller-Stahl (Helmut Grokenberger),…

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ANTIGONE

ANTIGONE (director/writer: Yiorgos Tzavellas; screenwriter: from a play by Sophocles; cinematographer: Dinos Katsouridis; editor: G. Tsaoulis; music: Arghyris Kounadis; cast: Irene Papas (Antigone), Manos Katrakis (Creon), Ilia Livykou (Eurydice), Maro…

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NINTH DAY, THE

NINTH DAY, THE (Neunte Tag, Der) (director: Volker Schlöndorff; screenwriters: Eberhard Görner/Andreas Pflüger/from the prison diaries of Father Jean Bernard; cinematographer: Tomas Erhart; editor: Peter R. Adam; music: Alfred Schnittke;…

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A RAGE IN HARLEM

A RAGE IN HARLEM (director: Bill Duke; screenwriters: novel by Chester Himes/John Toles Bey/Bobby Crawford; cinematographer: Toyomicichi Kurita; editor: Curtiss Clayton; music: Elmer Bernstein; cast: Forest Whitaker (Jackson), Gregory Hines…

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NO ESCAPE

NO ESCAPE (director/writer: John Erick Dowdle; screenwriter: Drew Dowdle; cinematographer: Leo Hinstin; editor: Elliot Greenberg; music: Marco Beltrami/Buck Sanders; cast:Owen Wilson (Jack Dwyer), Lake Bell (Annie Dwyer), Sterling Jerins (Lucy),…

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ARRIVAL, THE

THE ARRIVAL (director/writer: David Twohy; cinematographer: Hiro Narita; editor: Martin Hunter; music: Arthur Kempel; cast: Charlie Sheen (Zane Ziminski), Ron Silver (Gordian), Lindsay Crouse (Ilana Green), Tony T. Johnson (Kiki),…

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