PUBLIC SPEAKING (director: Martin Scorsese; cinematographer: Ellen Kuras; editors: Damian Rodriguez/David Tedeschi; cast: Fran Lebowitz, James Baldwin, William F. Buckley, Gore Vidal, Charlie Rose; Runtime: 82; MPAA Rating: PG-13; producers:…

THE CHALLENGE (director: Yuri Ancarani; cinematographers: Ancarani, Luca Nervegna, Jonathan Ricquebourg; editor: Ancarani; music: Lorenzo Senni, Francesco Fantini; cast: Khaled Al-Kaja, Nasser Al-Kaabi, Soul Riders Qatar, Khaled Al-Hammadi; running time:…

PUPPET MASTERS, THE (director: Stuart Orme; screenwriters: from the novel by Robert A. Heinlein/Ted Elliott/Terry Rossio/David S. Goyer; cinematographer: Clive Tickner; editor: William Goldenberg; music: Colin Towns; cast: Donald Sutherland…

CHASING AMY director/writer/editor: Kevin Smith; cinematographer: David Klein; cast: Ben Affleck (Holden), Joey Lauren Adams (Alyssa), Jason Lee (Banky), Dwight Ewell (Hooper); Runtime: 113; Miramax Films; 1997) "Not everything worked…

PUTNEY SWOPE (director/writer: Robert Downey Sr.; cinematographer: Gerald Cotts ; editor: Bud S. Smith; music: Charles Cuva; cast: Arnold Johnson (Putney Swope), Stanley Gottlieb (Nathan), Allen Garfield (Elias, Jr.), Antonio…

CHINATOWN (director: Roman Polanski; screenwriter: Robert Towne; cinematographer: John A. Alonzo; editor: Sam O'Steen; music: Jerry Goldsmith; cast: Jack Nicholson (J.J. Gittes), Faye Dunaway (Evelyn Mulwray), John Huston (Noah Cross),…

QUARTET (directors: Ken Annakin, (segment "The Colonel's Lady"), Arthur Crabtree (segment "The Kite"), Harold French (segment "The Alien Corn"), Ralph Smart (segment "The Facts of Life"); screenwriters: R.C. Sherriff; W.…

  CIMARRON (director: Wesley Ruggles; screenwriters: novel by Edna Ferber/Howard Estabrook; cinematographer: Edward Cronjager; editor: William Hamilton; music: Max Steiner; cast: Richard Dix (Yancey Cravat), Irene Dunne (Sabra Cravat), Estelle…

QUICK CHANGE (directors: Howard Franklin/Bill Murray; screenwriter: based on a Jay Cronley novel/Howard Franklin; cinematographer: Michael Chapman; editor: Alan Heim; music: Randy Edelman; cast : Bill Murray (Grimm), Geena Davis(Phyllis),…

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (director/writer: Stanley Kubrick; screenwriter: adapted from Anthony Burgess novel; cinematographer: John Alcott; editor: Bill Butler; cast: Malcolm McDowell (Alex, Head Droog), Patrick Magee (Mr. Frank Alexander), Warren…