WERNER HERZOG Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB Original Title: Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein Alternate Title: Cerro Torre Scream Of Stone Germany/France/Canada/Italy/Argentina/United Kingdom/South Africa, 1991. Sera Filmproduktion, Molécule, Films A2, Les Films Stock International, Wildlife Films, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Constantin Film, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Canal+, Telefilm Canada, Lucky Red, Rai 2, European Script Fund,…
Rebecca (2020)
BEN WHEATLEY Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB. United Kingdom/USA, 2020. Netflix, Working Title Films. Screenplay by Jane Goldman, Joe Shrapnel, Anna Waterhouse, based on the novel by Daphne Du Maurier. Cinematography by Laurie Rose. Produced by Raphael Benoliel, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Nira Park. Music by Clint Mansell. Production Design by Sarah Greenwood. Costume…
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
ALFRED L. WERKER Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB.5. USA, 1939. Twentieth Century Fox. Screenplay by Edwin Blum, William Absalom Drake, based on the play by William Gillette, from characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle. Cinematography by Leon Shamroy. Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck. Music by Robert Russell Bennett, David Buttolph, Cyril J. Mockridge, David…
Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream (2012)
ALEX GIBNEY Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. USA/South Africa, 2012. ARTE, British Broadcasting Corporation, Danmarks Radio, Democracy Pictures, ITVS International, Jigsaw Productions, NHK, Norsk Rikskringkasting, Steps International, Sveriges Television, The Open University, Vrijzinnig Protestantse Radio Omroep, Yleisradio, ZDF/Arte. Screenplay by Alex Gibney, Chad Beck, Adam Bolt. Cinematography by Ronan Killeen, Lisa Rinzler. Produced by…
The Perfect Furlough (1958)
BLAKE EDWARDS Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB.5. USA, 1958. Universal International Pictures. Screenplay by Stanley Shapiro. Cinematography by Philip H. Lathrop. Produced by Robert Arthur. Music by Frank Skinner. Production Design by Alexander Golitzen. Costume Design by Bill Thomas. Film Editing by Milton Carruth. Golden Globe Awards 1958. A group of soldiers is stationed…
The Company of Wolves (1984)
NEIL JORDAN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB.5. United Kingdom, 1984. Incorporated Television Company, Palace Pictures. Screenplay by Angela Carter, Neil Jordan, based on the story by Angela Carter, and the story Petit Chaperon Rouge by Charles Perrault. Cinematography by Bryan Loftus. Produced by Chris Brown, Stephen Woolley. Music by George Fenton. Production Design by…
Coogan’s Bluff (1968)
DON SIEGEL Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. USA, 1968. Universal Pictures, The Malpaso Company. Story by Herman Miller, Screenplay by Herman Miller, Dean Riesner, Howard Rodman. Cinematography by Bud Thackery. Produced by Don Siegel. Music by Lalo Schifrin. Production Design by Alexander Golitzen, Robert MacKichan. Costume Design by Helen Colvig. Film Editing by Sam…
Walking On Water (2018)
ANDREY PAOUNOV Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB.5. Italy/Germany/United Arab Emirates/USA, 2018. Produced by Valeria Giampietro, Izabella Tzenkova. Music by Phil Canning. Film Editing by Andrey Paounov, Anastas Petkov. With the death from an unexpected aneurysm of Jeanne-Claude in 2009, fans of the artists believed that Christo would appear no more, but he premiered his…
My Tutor (1983)
GEORGE BOWERS Bil’s rating (out of 5): B. USA, 1983. Marimark Productions. Screenplay by Joe Roberts. Cinematography by Mac Ahlberg. Produced by Marilyn Jacobs Tenser. Music by Webster Lewis. Production Design by Linda Pearl. Costume Design by Kristin Nelson. Film Editing by Sidney Wolinsky. Imagine someone taking the formula elements of an eighties teen…
Xanadu (1980)
ROBERT GREENWALD Bil’s rating (out of 5): B.5. USA, 1980. Universal Pictures. Screenplay by Richard Christian Danus, Marc Reid Rubel. Cinematography by Victor J. Kemper. Produced by Lawrence Gordon. Music by Barry De Vorzon. Production Design by John W. Corso. Costume Design by Bobbie Mannix. Film Editing by Dennis Virkler. One of the most famous…
Tomcat (2016)
KLAUS HANDL Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB Original Title: Kater Austria, 2016. Coop99 Filmproduktion. Screenplay by Klaus Händl. Cinematography by Gerald Kerkletz. Produced by Antonin Svoboda, Bruno Wagner. Music by Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Maurice Ravel. Production Design by Enid Löser. Costume Design by Tanja Hausner. Film Editing by Joana Scrinzi. Podcast: Bad…
The Gates (2007)
ANTONIO FERRERA, ALBERT MAYSLES, DAVID MAYSLES, MATTHEW PRINZING Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. USA, 2007. Maysles Films. Cinematography by Antonio Ferrara, Albert Maysles, Karola Ritter. Produced by Antonio Ferrara, Maureen A. Ryan, Vladimir Yavachev. Film Editing by Antonio Ferrara, Matthew Prinzing. Christo and Jeanne-Claude‘s completed projects always found their way to reality a long…
