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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A SCREAMING MAN

A SCREAMING MAN (director/writer: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun; cinematographer: Laurent Brunet; editor: Marie Hélène Dozo; music: Wasis Diop/with songs by Djénéba Koné; cast: Youssouf Djaoro (Adam Ousmane), Diouc Koma (Abdel), Emil Abossolo…

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NOTEBOOK, THE

NOTEBOOK, THE director: Nick Cassavetes; screenwriters: Jeremy Leven/adapted by Jan Sardi/based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks; cinematographer: Robert Fraisse; editor: Alan Heim; music: Aaron Zigman; cast: Ryan Gosling (Noah…

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ASSASSIN, THE

THE ASSASSIN (NIE YIN NIANG) (director/writer: Hou Hsiao-Hsien; screenwriters: T'ien-wen Chu, Tien-Wen Chu, Cheng Ah, Hai Meng Hsieh; cinematographer: Mark Lee Ping-Bin; editors: Liao Ching-sung, Pauline Huang Chih-chia; music: Lim…

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A STRANGER IN TOWN

A STRANGER IN TOWN (director: Roy Rowland; screenwriters: Isobel Lennart/William Kozlenko; cinematographer: Sidney Wagner; editor: Elmo Veron; music: Daniele Amfitheatrof/Nathaniel Shilkret; cast: Frank Morgan (John Josephus Grant), Richard Carlson (Bill…

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NOWHERE TO HIDE

NOWHERE TO HIDE (director/writer: Zaradasht Ahmed; cinematographers: Zaradasht Ahmed, Nori Sharif; editor: Eva Hillstrom; cast: Nori Sharif; Runtime: 86; MPAA Rating: NR; producers: Mette Cheng Munte-Kaas; East Village Entertainment; 2016-Norway/Sweden-in…

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AT GUNPOINT

  AT GUNPOINT (director: Alfred L. Werker; screenwriter: Dan Ullman; cinematographer: Ellsworth Fredericks; editor: Edna Warren; music: Carmen Dragon; cast: Fred MacMurray (Jack Wright), Dorothy Malone (Martha Wright), Walter Brennan…

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OBLIVION

OBLIVION (director: Joseph Kosinski; screenwriters: Karl Gajdusek, Michael DeBruyn/adapted from Kosinski's graphic novel,; cinematographer: Claudio Miranda; editor: Richard Francis-Bruce; music: M83; cast:Tom Cruise (Jack), Morgan Freeman (Beech), Olga Kurylenko (Julia),…

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