A MAN VANISHES

A MAN VANISHES (NINGEN JOHATSU) (director/writer: Shohei Imamura; screenwriter: Koji Numata/story by Akiyuki Nosaka; cinematographer: Kenji Ishiguro; editor: Matsuo Tanji; music: Toshiro Mayazumi; cast: Yoshie Hayakawa (Fiancee of Oshima Tadashi,…

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NAZI AGENT

NAZI AGENT (director: Jules Dassin; screenwriters: Paul Gangelin/John Meehan, Jr./Lothar Mendes; cinematographer: Harry Stradling; editor: Frank E. Hull; music: Lennie Hayton; cast: Conrad Veidt (Otto Becker/Baron Hugo von Detner), Anne…

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AMEN

  AMEN   (director/writer: Costa-Gavras; screenwriter: Jean-Claude Grumberg/from the play "The Deputy" by Rolf Hochhuth; cinematographer: Patrick Blossier; editor: Yannick Kergoat; music: Armand Amar; cast: Ulrich Tukur (Kurt Gerstein), Mathieu…

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NENETTE AND BONI

NENETTE AND BONI (director/writer: Claire Denis; screenwriter: Jean-Pôl Fargeau; cinematographer: Agnès Godard; editor: Yann Dedet; music: Tindersticks; cast: Gregoire Colin (Boni Pavone), Alice Houri (Nenette Pavone), Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi (Baker's Wife),…

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AMERICAN PIE

  AMERICAN PIE (director: Paul Weitz; screenwriter: Adam Herz; cinematographer: Richard Crudo; editor: Priscilla Nedd-Friendly; cast: Jason Biggs (Jim), Shannon Elizabeth (Nadia), Alyson Hannigan (Michelle), Chris Klein (Oz), Natasha Lyonne…

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NEVER LOOK AWAY

NEVER LOOK AWAY (WERK OHNE AUTOR) (director/writer: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck; cinematographer: Caleb Deschanel; editor: Patricia Rommel/Patrick Sanchez-Smith; music: Max Richter; cast: Tom Schilling (Kurt Barnert), Cai Cohrs (Young Kurt),…

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A MONSTER CALLS

A MONSTER CALLS (director: J.A. Bayona; screenwriter: Patrick Ness/from the novel written by Ness/orinal idea by Siobhan Dowd; cinematographer: Oscar Faura; editors: Bernat Vilaplana, Jaume Marti; music: Fernando Velazquez; cast:…

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NICKEL RIDE, THE

NICKEL RIDE, THE (director: Robert Mulligan; screenwriter: Eric Roth; cinematographer: Jordan Cronenweth; editor: O. Nicholas Brown; music: Dave Grusin; cast: Jason Miller (Cooper), Linda Haynes (Sarah), Victor French (Paddie), John…

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