MIKE NEWELL Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. United Kingdom/France/USA, 2018. Amazon Prime Video, Blueprint Pictures, Canal+, Cine@, Mazur/Kaplan Company, StudioCanal. Screenplay by Don Roos, Kevin Hood, Thomas Bezucha, based on the novel by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows. Cinematography by Zac Nicholson. Produced by Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, Mitchell Kaplan, Paula Mazur. Music by Alexandra Harwood. Production Design by James Merifield. Costume…
Tea For Two (1950)
DAVID BUTLER Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB. USA, 1950. Warner Bros.. Screenplay by Harry Clork, based on the play by Frank Mandel, Otto A. Harbach, Vincent Youmans, Emil Nyitray and the play by Irving Caesar and William Jacobs. Cinematography by Wilfrid M. Cline. Produced by William Jacobs. Music by Howard Jackson. Production Design by Douglas Bacon. Costume Design by Leah Rhodes. Film Editing…
Windrider (1986)
VINCENT MONTON Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB.5. Australia, 1986. Barron Entertainment, Bush Christmas Productions Pty. Ltd.. Screenplay by Everett De Roche, Bonnie Harris. Cinematography by Joseph Pickering. Produced by Paul D. Barron. Music by Kevin Peek. Production Design by Phil Peters. Costume Design by Noel Howell. Film Editing by John Scott. Nicole Kidman has her first adult role in this forgettable…
Venom (2018)
RUBEN FLEISCHER Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB.5. USA, 2018. Avi Arad Productions, Columbia Pictures Corporation, Marvel Entertainment, Matt Tolmach Productions, Pascal Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Tencent Pictures. Screen story by Jeff Pinkner, Scott Rosenberg, Screenplay by Jeff Pinkner, Scott Rosenberg, Kelly Marcel, based on Marvel’s Venom character created by Todd McFarlane, David Michelinie. Cinematography by Matthew Libatique. Produced by…
Halloween (2018)
DAVID GORDON GREEN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. USA, 2018. Blumhouse Productions, Miramax, Rough House Pictures, Trancas International Films, Universal Pictures. Screenplay by David Gordon Green, Danny McBride, Jeff Fradley, based on characters created by John Carpenter, Debra Hill. Cinematography by Michael Simmonds. Produced by Malek Akkad, Bill Block, Jason Blum. Music by Cody Carpenter, John Carpenter, Daniel A. Davies. Production Design…
Thoroughbreds (2017)
CORY FINLEY Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB. USA, 2017. B Story, Big Indie Pictures, June Pictures. Screenplay by Cory Finley. Cinematography by Lyle Vincent. Produced by Andrew Duncan, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, Alex Saks, Kevin J. Walsh. Music by Erik Friedlander. Production Design by Jeremy Woodward. Costume Design by Alex Bovaird. Film Editing by Louise Ford. Two girls in an affluent Connecticut suburb get…
Arrowsmith (1931)
JOHN FORD Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. USA, 1931. John Ford Productions. Screenplay by Sidney Howard, based on the novel by Sinclair Lewis. Cinematography by Ray June. Produced by Samuel Goldwyn. Music by Alfred Newman. Production Design by Richard Day. Film Editing by Hugh Bennett. Academy Awards 1931/1932. Ronald Colman is terrific in this adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’ novel about economic pressures in…
Tall Story (1960)
JOSHUA LOGAN Bil’s rating (out of 5): B. USA, 1960. Mansfield Productions. Screenplay by Julius J. Epstein, based on the play by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, from the novel by Howard Nemerov. Cinematography by Ellsworth Fredericks. Produced by Joshua Logan. Music by Cyril J. Mockridge. Production Design by Jack Poplin. Costume Design by Kay Nelson. Film Editing by Philip W. Anderson. Golden Globe Awards…
Bread And Roses (2000)
KEN LOACH Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. United Kingdom/France/Germany/Spain/Italy/Switzerland, 2000. Parallax Pictures, Alta Films, Alta Produccion, ARTE, BIM Distribuzione, Bac Films, British Screen Productions, British Sky Broadcasting, Cinart, Degeto Film, FilmFour, Filmcoopi Zürich, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, La Sept-Arte, , Road Movies Filmproduktion, Tornasol Films, Westdeutscher Rundfunk. Screenplay by Paul Laverty. Cinematography by Barry Ackroyd. Produced by Rebecca O’Brien. Music by George Fenton. Production Design by Martin Johnson. Costume Design…
American Translation (2011)
PASCAL ARNOLD, JEAN-MARC BARR Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. France, 2011. Toloda. Screenplay by Lucy Allwood, Pascal Arnold. Cinematography by Jean-Marc Barr, Chris Keohane. Produced by Pascal Arnold, Jean-Marc Barr, Teddy Vermeulin. Production Design by Benoît Tetelin. Costume Design by Mimi Lempicka. Film Editing by Jean-Marc Barr, Teddy Vermeulin. Lizzie Brocheré plays a young woman who is sitting at her restaurant table being…
A Star Is Born (2018)
BRADLEY COOPER Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB.5. USA, 2018. Warner Bros. Pictures, Live Nation Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Peters Entertainment, Gerber Pictures, Joint Effort, Malpaso Productions, Thunder Road Pictures. Screenplay by Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters, based on the screenplay by Moss Hart, the screenplay by John Gregory Dunne, Joan Didion and Frank Pierson, and the story by William…
A Simple Favor (2018)
PAUL FEIG Bil’s rating (out of 5): B.5. USA, 2018. Bron Studios, Feigco Entertainment. Screenplay by Jessica Sharzer, based on the novel by Darcey Bell. Cinematography by John Schwartzman. Produced by Paul Feig, Jessie Henderson. Music by Theodore Shapiro. Production Design by Jefferson Sage. Costume Design by Renee Ehrlich Kalfus. Film Editing by Brent White. Anna Kendrick plays a suburban single mom who is…
