OPERATION CROSSBOW

OPERATION CROSSBOW (aka: THE GREAT SPY MISSION) (director: Michael Anderson; screenwriters: Derry Quinn/Ray Rigby/Richard Imrie-pseudonym for Emeric Pressburger; cinematographer: Erwin Hillier; editor: Ernest Walter; music: Ron Goodwin; cast: George Peppard…

Continue ReadingOPERATION CROSSBOW

BARBARA

BARBARA (director/writer: Christian Petzold; cinematographer: Hans Fromm; editor: Bettina Böhler; music: Stefan Will; cast: Nina Hoss (Barbara Wolff), Ronald Zehrfeld (Andre Reiser), Jasna Fritzi Bauer (Stella), Mark Waschke (Jörg), Rainer…

Continue ReadingBARBARA

OREGON PASSAGE

OREGON PASSAGE (RIO BRAVO) (director: Paul Landres; screenwriters: Jack Dewitt/from the novel Rio Bravo by Gordon D. Shirreffs; cinematographer: Ellis Carter; editor: Maury Wright; music: Paul Dunlap; cast: John Ericson…

Continue ReadingOREGON PASSAGE

BARRY LYNDON

BARRY LYNDON (director/writer: Stanley Kubrick; screenwriter: from the novel The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. by William Makepeace Thackeray; cinematographer: John Alcott; editor: Tony Lawson; music: Leonard Rosenman; cast: Ryan…

Continue ReadingBARRY LYNDON

BATTLE HYMN

BATTLE HYMN (director: Douglas Sirk; screenwriters: Vincent B. Evans/Charles Grayson; cinematographer: Russell Metty; editor: Russell F. Schoengarth; music: Frank Skinner; cast: Rock Hudson (Dean Hess), Anna Kashfi (En Soon Yang),…

Continue ReadingBATTLE HYMN

OUR HOSPITALITY

OUR HOSPITALITY (director: John Blystone/Buster Keaton; screenwriters: Jean Havez/Joseph Mitchell/Clyde Bruckman; cinematographer: Gordon Jennings/Elgin Lessley; cast: Buster Keaton (William McKay), Natalie Talmadge (Virginia Canfield), Buster Keaton, Jr. (The Baby), Joe…

Continue ReadingOUR HOSPITALITY

BEACH RED

BEACH RED (director: Cornel Wilde; screenwriters: from Peter Bowman's novel "Sunday Red Beach"/Jefferson Pascal/Don Peters/Clint Johnston; cinematographer: Cecil Cooney; editor: Frank Keller; cast: Cornel Wilde (Capt. MacDonald), Rip Torn (Sgt.…

Continue ReadingBEACH RED

OUTLAW’S SON

OUTLAW'S SON (director/writer: Lesley Selander; screenwriters: from the novel "Gambling Man" by Clifton Adams/Richard Alan Simmons; cinematographer: William Margulies; editor: John F. Schreyer; music: Les Baxter; cast: Dane Clark (Nate…

Continue ReadingOUTLAW’S SON

BEAUTIFUL BOY

BEAUTIFUL BOY (director/writer: Felix Van Groeningen; screenwriters: Luke Davies/based on the books Beautiful Boy by David Sheff and Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff; cinematographer: Ruben Impens; editor:…

Continue ReadingBEAUTIFUL BOY