POST TENEBRAS LUX

POST TENEBRAS LUX(LIGHT AFTER DARKNESS) (director/writer: Carlos Reygadas; cinematographer: Alexis Zabe; editor: Natalia López; cast: Adolfo Jiménez Castro (Juan), Nathalia Acevedo (Natalia), Willebaldo Torres (Seven), Rut Reygadas (Rut), Eleazar Reygadas…

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BUTLER, THE

THE BUTLER (aka: LEE DANIELS' THE BUTLER) (director: Lee Daniels; screenwriters: Danny Strong/inspired by the article “A Butler Well Served by This Election,” by Wil Haygood; cinematographer: Andrew Dunn; editor:…

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PRESIDENT, THE

THE PRESIDENT (PRæSIDENTEN) (director/writer: Carl Theodor Dreyer; screenwriter: from the novel by Karl Emil Franzos; cinematographer: Hans Vaagø; cast: Halvard Hoff(Karl Victor), Richard Christensen (Berger, defense lawyer), Elith Pio (the…

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PRIEST

PRIEST (director/writer: Antonia Bird; screenwriter: Jimmy McGovern; cinematographer: Fred Tammes; editor: Susan Spivey; music: Andy Roberts; cast: Linus Roache (Father Greg Pilkington), Tom Wilkinson (Father Matthew Thomas), Cathy Tyson (Maria…

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CAPTAIN KIDD

CAPTAIN KIDD (director: Rowland V. Lee; screenwriters: Robert N. Lee/Norman Reilly Raine; cinematographer: Archie Stout; editor: James Smith; music: Werner Janssen; cast: Charles Laughton (Capt. William Kidd), Randolph Scott (Adam…

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