PEDDLER, THE (DASTFOROUSH) (director/writer/editor: Mohsen Makhmalbaf; screenwriter: based on the story by Alberto Moravia; cinematographers: Homayun Payvar/Ali Reza Zarrindast/Mehrdad Fakhimi; music: Madjid Entezami; cast: Behzad Behzadpour, Zohreh Sarmadi, Esmail Soltanian,…
BEYOND THE TIME BARRIER (director: Edgar Ulmer; screenwriter: Arthur C. Pierce; cinematography: Meredith Nicholson; editor: Jack Ruggiero; cast: Robert Clarke (Maj. William Allison), Darlene Tompkins (Princess Trirene), Arianne Arden (Markova),…
PERFECT MURDER, THE (director/writer: Zafar Hai; screenwriter: H. R. F. Keating/based on Mr. Keating's novel; cinematographer: Walter Lassally; editor: Charles Rees; music: Richard Robbins; cast: Naseeruddin Shah (Inspector Ghote), Stellan…
BIG COMBO, THE (director: Joseph H. Lewis; screenwriter: Philip Yordan; cinematographer: John Alton; editor: Robert S. Eisen; cast: Cornel Wilde (Police Lt. Leonard Diamond), Capt. Peterson (Robert Middleton), Richard Conte…
THE PERVERT'S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY (director: Sophie Fiennes; screenwriter: Slavoj Zizek; cinematographer: Remko Schnorr; editor: Ethel Shepherd; music: Magnus Fiennes; cast: Slavoj Zizek ; Runtime: 136; MPAA Rating: NR; producers:…
BIG HOUSE, THE (director: George W. Hill; screenwriters: Joseph Farnham/Martin Flavin/Frances Marion/Lennox Robinson; cinematographer: Harold Wenstrom; editor: Blanche Sewell; cast: Chester Morris (John Morgan), Wallace Beery (Butch Schmidt), Lewis Stone…
PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (director/writer: Brian De Palma; cinematographer: Larry Pizer; editor: Paul Hirsch; music: Paul Williams; cast: William Finley (Winslow Leach/The Phantom), Paul Williams (Swan), Jessica Harper (Phoenix), Gerrit…
THE BIG SHAVE (director/writer: Martin Scorsese; cinematographer: Ares Demertzis; cast: Peter Bernuth; Runtime: 7; MPAA Rating: NR; Janus; 1968) "personal statement film." Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz Shot by recent NYU…
PI (director/writer: Darren Aronofsky; cinematographer: Matthew J. Libatique; editor: Oren Sarch; cast: Sean Gullette (Max Cohen), Mark Margolis (Sol Robeson), Ben Shenkman (Lenny Meyer), Pamela Hart (Marcy Dawson), Stephen Pearlman…
BIG WHEEL, THE (director: Edward Ludwig; screenwriter: Robert Smith; cinematographer: Ernest Laszlo; editor: Walter Thompson; music: Nathaniel W. Finston; cast: Mickey Rooney (Billy Coy), Spring Byington (Mary Coy), Lina Romay…