And just in time for Halloween… Directed by: Dario Argento Writer: Dario Argento Cast: Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Mario Adorf, Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi, Umberto Raho, Dario Argento…Murderer’s Hands (uncredited) Music: Ennio Morricone Cinematography: Vittorio Storaro The Bird with the Crystal Plumage By Walt Mundkowsky Dario Argento’s debut feature, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (UM Film Distributors), is …
Directed by: Bob Rafelson Writers: Carole Eastman (screenplay, as Adrien Joyce), Bob Rafelson (story), Carole Eastman (story, as Adrien Joyce) Cast: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach, Lois Smith, Billy Green Bush, Ralph Waite, Sally Struthers, John Ryan Cinematography by: László Kovács Five Easy Pieces By Walt Mundkowsky Fogged with the Easy Rider air of self-defeat, Five Easy Pieces is much stronger on feelings …
Directed by: Jack Cardiff Writers: André Pieyre de Mandiargues (novel), Ronald Duncan (screenplay) Cast: Marianne Faithfull, Alain Delon, Roger Mutton Cinematography by: Jack Cardiff (photographed by), René Guissart Jr. (as René Guissart) (lighting cameraman) The Girl on a Motorcycle By Walt Mundkowsky “For the first time in the pub all the men noticed her. She had the sensuality of opposites — the youth …
Directed by: Vittorio De Sica Writing Credits: Giorgio Bassani (novel), Vittorio Bonicelli, Ugo Pirro Cinematography by: Ennio Guarnieri Cast: Dominique Sanda, Lino Capolicchio, Helmut Berger, Romolo Valli The Garden of the Finzi-Continis By Walt Mundkowsky I have never been able to get behind director Vittorio De Sica as much as the critical consensus tells me I should. His neorealist classics — Shoeshine, The Bicycle Thief, Umberto D. …
Directed by: Gillo Pontecorvo Writing Credits: Franco Solinas and Gillo Pontecorvo Music by: Ennio Morricone and Gillo Pontecorvo Cinematography by: Marcello Gatti Cast: Brahim Hadjadj, Jean Martin, Yacef Saadi The Battle of Algiers By Walt Mundkowsky Gillo Pontecorvo’s The Battle of Algiers (Allied Artists) was the hit of the 1966 Venice Film Festival and enjoyed a highly successful run in New York the following year. The …
Directed by: Jerzy Skolimowski Writing Credits: Jerzy Skolimowski, Jerzy Gruza, Boleslaw Sulik Director of photography: Charly Steinberger Cast: Jane Asher, John Moulder-Brown, Karl Michael Vogler Jerzy Skolimowski’s Deep End By Walt Mundkowsky Deep End (1970, Paramount) is Jerzy Skolimowski’s seventh film, but the first to get a run in these parts. In 1968 Christian Braad Thomsen called him “probably the most …
By Walt Mundkowsky Directed by: Alan J. Pakula Writing Credits: Andy Lewis and David E. Lewis Cinematography: Gordon Willis Cast: Jane Fonda (Oscar winning performance), Donald Sutherland, Roy Scheider, Charles Cioffi Alan J. Pakula’s Klute (Warner Bros.) represents a considerable advance over the first film he directed, but what wouldn’t? The Sterile Cuckoo was an abomination, from the clunky camera set-ups and music to …
Director: Richard Lester Writing Credits: Lawrence B. Marcus (screenplay), John Haase (novel), Barbara Turner (adaptation) Cast: George C. Scott, Julie Christie, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Knight, Arthur Hill, Richard Chamberlain Music: John Barry Cinematography: Nicolas Roeg The Knack and How to Misuse It A Look Back at Petulia By Walt Mundkowsky No doubt about it, Richard Lester has “the knack”: considerable …
