BARBARY COAST

BARBARY COAST director: Howard Hawks; screenwriters: Charles MacArthur/Ben Hecht; cinematographer: Ray June; editor: Edward Curtiss; music: Alfred Newman; cast: Miriam Hopkins (Mary Rutledge), Edward G Robinson (Louis Chamalis), Joel McCrea…

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BARTLEBY

BARTLEBY (director/writer/producer: Jonathan Parker; screenwriter: Catherine di Napoli, based on the novella by Herman Melville; cinematographer: Wah Ho Chan; editor: Rick LeCompte; music: Seth Asarnow/Jonathan Parker; cast: David Paymer (The…

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ORNAMENTAL HAIRPIN

ORNAMENTAL HAIRPIN (Kanzashi) (director/writer: Hiroshi Shimizu; screenwriter: based on a story by Masuji Ibuse; cinematographer: Suketaro Inokai; editor: Yoshiyasu Hamamura; music: Takaaki Asai; cast: Kinuyo Tanaka (Emi), Hiroko Kawasaki (Okiku),…

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OTHER F WORD, THE

  OTHER F WORD, THE (director/writer: Andrea Blaugrund Nevins; cinematographer: Geoffrey Franklin; editor: Geoffrey Franklin; cast: Jim Lindberg; Runtime: 100; MPAA Rating: R; producer: Cristan Reilly; Oscilloscope Pictures; 2011) "The…

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BEAUTIFUL CREATURES

BEAUTIFUL CREATURES (director/writer: Richard LaGravenese; screenwriter: based on the novel by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl; cinematographer: Erwin Stoff/Andrew A. Kosove/Broderick Johnson/Molly Mickler Smith/David Valdes; editor: David Moritz; music: Thenewno2;…

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OUT OF THE DARK

OUT OF THE DARK (director: Michael Schroeder; screenwriters: Zane W. Levitt/J. Greg De Felice; cinematographer: Julio Macat; editor: Mark Manos; music: Paul F. Antonelli/David Wheatley; cast: Cameron Dye (Kevin Silvers),…

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