DAVID HEILBRONER, DAVE WOOLEY Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB.5 USA, 2021. Endeavor Content, Mister Smith Entertainment, Wooley Entertainment. Screenplay by Dave Wooley. Cinematography by Tom Bergmann, Thaddeus Wadleigh. Produced by Dave Wooley. Music by Deborah Mannis-Gardner. Film Editing by Stephen Perry. Another great talent of popular music gets her due in this exuberantly adoring…
Compartment No. 6 (2021)
JUHO KUOSMANEN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBBB Original Title: Hytti nro 6 Finland/Russia/Estonia/Germany, 2021. Elokuvayhtiö Oy Aamu. Screenplay by Andris Feldmanis, Juho Kuosmanen, Livia Ulman, based on the novel by Rosa Liksom. Cinematography by Jani-Petteri Passi. Produced by Emilia Haukka, Jussi Rantamäki. Production Design by Kari Kankaanpää. Costume Design by Jannus Vahtra. Film Editing…
The Tsugua Diaries (2021)
MAUREEN FAZANDEIRO, MIGUEL GOMES Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB Original Title: Diários de Otsoga Portugal, 2021. O Som e a Furia, Uma Pedra no Sapato. Screenplay by Maureen Fazendeiro, Miguel Gomes, Mariana Ricardo. Cinematography by Mário Castanheira. Produced by Sandro Aguilar, João Miller Guerra, Filipa Reis, Luís Urbano. Production Design by Nuno Esteves, David…
The Worst Person In the World (2021)
JOACHIM TRIER Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB Original Title: Verdens verste menneske Norway/France/Sweden/Denmark/USA, 2021. Arte France Cinema, B-Reel Films, Film i Vast, MK2 Productions, Oslo Pictures, Snowglobe Films. Screenplay by Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt. Cinematography by Kasper Tuxen. Produced by Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Thomas Robsahm. Music by Ola Flottum. Production Design by Roger Rosenberg….
Moby Dick (1956)
JOHN HUSTON Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB.5 United Kingdom, 1956. Moulin Productions Inc.. Screenplay by Ray Bradbury, John Huston, based on the novel by Herman Melville. Cinematography by Oswald Morris. Produced by John Huston. Music by Philip Sainton. Production Design by Geoffrey Drake, Stephen Drake. Costume Design by Elizabeth Haffenden. Film Editing by Russell…
Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)
TAYLOR SHERIDAN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB.5 Canada/USA, 2021. Bron Studios, Creative Wealth Media Finance, Film Rites. Screenplay by Michael Koryta, Charles Leavitt, Taylor Sheridan, based on the novel by Michael Koryta. Cinematography by Ben Richardson. Produced by Garrett Basch, Aaron L. Gilbert, Taylor Sheridan, Kevin Turen, Steven Zaillian. Music by Brian Tyler. Production…
Across 110th Street (1973)
BARRY SHEAR Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB.5 USA, 1973. Film Guarantors. Screenplay by Luther Davis, based on the novel Across 110th by Wally Ferris. Cinematography by Jack Priestley. Produced by Fouad Said, Ralph B. Sharpe. Music by J.J. Johnson. Production Design by Perry Watkins. Costume Design by Joseph Fretwell III. Film Editing by Byron…
Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
DICK RICHARDS Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB USA, 1975. EK, ITC Films. Screenplay by David Zelag Goodman, based on the novel by Raymond Chandler. Cinematography by John A. Alonzo. Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, George Pappas. Music by David Shire. Production Design by Dean Tavoularis. Costume Design by Sandy Berke Jordan, G. Tony Scarano. Film…
Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
OSSIE DAVIS Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB USA, 1970. Formosa Productions. Screenplay by Arnold Perl, Ossie Davis, based on the novel by Chester Himes. Cinematography by Gerald Hirschfeld. Produced by Samuel Goldwyn Jr.. Music by Galt MacDermot. Production Design by Emanuel Gerard. Costume Design by Anna Hill Johnstone. Film Editing by Robert Q. Lovett….
The Big Sleep (1978)
MICHAEL WINNER Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB.5 United Kingdom/USA, 1978. Winkast Film Productions, ITC Entertainment. Screenplay by Michael Winner, based on the novel by Raymond Chandler. Cinematography by Robert Paynter. Produced by Jerry Bick, Elliott Kastner, Michael Winner. Music by Jerry Fielding. Production Design by Harry Pottle. Costume Design by Ron Beck. Film Editing…
The Silent World (1956)
JACQUES-YVES COUSTEAU, LOUIS MALLE Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB.5 Original Title: Le monde du silence France/Italy, 1956. FSJYC Production, Requins Associés, Société Filmad, Titanus. Screenplay by Jacques-Yves Cousteau. Cinematography by Philippe Agostini, Louis Malle. Produced by Marcel Ichac. Music by Yves Baudrier. Film Editing by Georges Alépée. Louis Malle collaborated with oceanographer and famed…
The Dig (2021)
SIMON STONE Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB United Kingdom, 2021. Netflix, Magnolia Mae Films, Clerkenwell Films. Screenplay by Moira Buffini, based on the novel by John Preston. Cinematography by Mike Eley. Produced by Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Murray Ferguson, Gabrielle Tana, Ellie Wood. Music by Stefan Gregory. Production Design by Maria Djurkovic. Costume Design by…
