ELIA KAZAN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB.5. USA, 1947. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Screenplay by Marguerite Roberts, Vincent Lawrence, based on the novel by Conrad Richter. Cinematography by Harry Stradling Sr.. Produced by Pandro S. Berman. Music by Herbert Stothart. Production Design by Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse. Costume Design by Walter Plunkett, Valles. Film Editing by Robert Kern. Katharine Hepburn leaves the bustling city of…
Stepping Out (1991)
LEWIS GILBERT Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. USA, 1991. Paramount Pictures. Screenplay by Richard Harris, based on his play. Cinematography by Alan Hume. Produced by Lewis Gilbert. Music by Peter Matz. Production Design by Alicia Keywan. Costume Design by Candy Paterson. Film Editing by Humphrey Dixon. Richard Harris’ community theatre favourite gets its shot at the big screen, and the results are…
Bye Bye Braverman (1968)
SIDNEY LUMET Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. USA, 1968. Warner Brothers/Seven Arts. Screenplay by Herbert Sargent, based on the novel To An Early Grave by Wallace Markfield. Cinematography by Boris Kaufman. Produced by Sidney Lumet. Music by Peter Matz. Production Design by Ben Kasazkow. Costume Design by Anna Hill Johnstone. Film Editing by Gerald B. Greenberg. George Segal is fighting with wife…
Bully (2001)
LARRY CLARK Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB. USA/France/United Kingdom, 2001. StudioCanal, Lions Gate Films, Muse Productions, Blacklist Films, Gravity Entertainment. Screenplay by David McKenna, Roger Pullis, based on the book by Jim Schutze. Cinematography by Steve Gainer. Produced by Chris Hanley, Don Murphy, Fernando Sulichin. Production Design by Linda Burton. Costume Design by Carleen Ileana Rosado. Film Editing by Andrew Hafitz. Larry…
Taekwondo (2016)
MARCO BERGER, MARTIN FARINA Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB.5. Argentina, 2016. Oh My Gomez! Films. Screenplay by Marco Berger. Cinematography by Martín Farina. Produced by Verónica Argencio, Marco Berger, Martín Farina. Music by Pedro Irusta. Production Design by Marco Berger. Film Editing by Marco Berger. Marco Berger, co-directing with Martin Farina, once again takes us into the cinematic realm of gorgeous young…
Dalida Pour Toujours (1977)
MICHEL DUMOULIN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. France, 1977. Productions Orlando. Produced by Orlando. Among the most popular singers of her day, and reportedly the most celebrated in France’s music history, Dalida (born Iolanda Gigliotti in Cairo to Italian parents) is still beloved by many a music fan (you can still hear remixes of her songs on a…
Walk A Mile In My Pradas (2011)
JOEY SYLVESTER Bil’s rating (out of 5): 0. USA, 2011. Walk A Mile Productions, Dream It Productions, FROST Pictures. Screenplay by Rick Karatas, Tom Archdeacon. Cinematography by Aaron Moorhead. Produced by Tom Archdeacon, Rick Karatas, Joey Sylvester. Music by Andrew Markus. Production Design by Michelle Leroy. Costume Design by Stephanie Strate. Film Editing by Jeffrey Reid. Podcast: Bad Gay Movies Concept comedy when performed…
Mandabi (1968)
OUSMANE SEMBENE Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. France/Senegal, 1968. Comptoir Français du Film Production, Filmi Domirev. Screenplay by Ousmane Sembene. Cinematography by Paul Soulignac. Produced by Robert de Nesle. Film Editing by Gilbert Kikoine, Max Saldinger. Ousmane Sembene applies his brittle comedic skill to a tale of tragedy in a small village. A man who has been suffering a lengthy…
Dating My Mother (2017)
MIKE ROMA Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB.5. USA, 2017. DMM Movie. Screenplay by Mike Roma. Cinematography by Griffin Yu. Produced by Ashley Hillis. Music by Michael O’Konis. Costume Design by Claire Heddles. Film Editing by Mike Roma. Podcast: Bad Gay Movies. Danny (Patrick Reilly) lives in New Jersey with his widowed mother Joan (Kathryn Erbe), having moved back in with her after…
Hercules Unchained (Ercole e la regina di Lidia) (1959)
PIETRO FRANCISCI Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB.5. Italy/France/Spain, 1959. Galatea Film, Lux Film, Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France, Urania Film. Story by Pietro Francisci, Screenplay by Ennio De Concini, Pietro Francisci, based on the play Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles and The Seven Against Thebes by Aeschylus. Cinematography by Mario Bava. Produced by Bruno Vailati. Music by Enzo Masetti. Production Design by…
Entertaining Mr Sloane (1970)
DOUGLAS HICKOX Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB.5. United Kingdom, 1970. Canterbury Film Productions. Screenplay by Clive Exton, based on the play by Joe Orton. Cinematography by Wolfgang Suschitzky. Produced by Douglas Kentish. Music by Georgie Fame. Production Design by Michael Seymour. Costume Design by Emma Porteous. Film Editing by John Trumper. Joe Orton’s best-known play is brought to the big screen three…
Panama Hattie (1942)
NORMAN Z. McLEOD Bil’s rating (out of 5): B. USA, 1942. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Screenplay by Jack McGowan, Wilkie C. Mahoney, based on the play by Herbert Fields, Buddy G. DeSylva. Cinematography by George J. Folsey. Produced by Arthur Freed. Music by George Stoll. Production Design by Cedric Gibbons. Costume Design by Robert Kalloch. Film Editing by Blanche Sewell. Loosely adapted from the Broadway musical…
