PROUD REBEL, THE

THE PROUD REBEL (director: Michael Curtiz; screenwriters: Joseph Petracca/Lillie Hayward/based on the story Journey of Linnett Moore by James Edward Grant; cinematographer: Ted McCord; editor: Aaron Stell; music: Jerome Moross;…

Continue ReadingPROUD REBEL, THE

CHARULATA

CHARULATA (director/writer: Satyajit Ray; cinematographer: Subrata Mitra; editor: Dulal Dutta; cast: Madhabi Mukherjee (Charulata), Soumitr Chatterjee (Amal), Shailen Mukherjee (Bhupati Dutta), Shyamal Ghoshal (Umapada), Gitali Roy (Manda), Bholanath Koyal (Braja),…

Continue ReadingCHARULATA

PUBLIC SPEAKING

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:…

Continue ReadingPUBLIC SPEAKING

CHINA IS NEAR

CHINA IS NEAR (LA CINA E VICINA) (director/writer: Marco Bellocchio; screenwriter: Elda Tattoli/story by Marco Bellocchio; cinematographer: Tonino Delli Colli; editor: Roberto Perpignani; music: Ennio Morricone; cast: Glauco Mauri (Vittorio…

Continue ReadingCHINA IS NEAR

CHURCH, THE

THE CHURCH (LA CHIESA) (director/writer: Michele Soavi; screenwriters: story and script by Dario Argento and Franco Ferrini/Nick Alexander-English dialogue; cinematographer: Renato Tafuri; editor: Franco Fratacelli; music: Keith Emerson & The…

Continue ReadingCHURCH, THE

PUTNEY SWOPE

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…

Continue ReadingPUTNEY SWOPE

CLOAK AND DAGGER

CLOAK AND DAGGER (director/writer: Fritz Lang; screenwriters: Albert Maltz/Ring Lardner Jr./original story by Boris Ingsterand John Larkin/from the book by Alastair MacBain and Corey Ford; cinematographer: Sol Polito; editor: Christian…

Continue ReadingCLOAK AND DAGGER

QUARTET

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.…

Continue ReadingQUARTET

COFFY

COFFY (director/writer: Jack Hill; cinematographer: Paul Lohmann; editor: Chuck McClelland; music: Roy Ayers; cast: Pam Grier (Coffy), Booker Bradshaw (Howard Brunswick), Robert DoQui (King George), William Elliott (Carter Brown), Allan…

Continue ReadingCOFFY