SERGIO SOLLIMA Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. Italy/Spain, 1967. Produzioni Europee Associate, Arturo González Producciones Cinematográficas. Story by Sergio Sollima, Screenplay by Sergio Donati, Sergio Sollima. Cinematography by Rafael Pacheco. Produced by Alberto Grimaldi. Music by Ennio Morricone. Production Design by Carlo Simi. Costume Design by Carlo Simi. Film Editing by Eugenio Alabiso. Gian Maria Volonte plays a mild-mannered professor who leaves the…
Category: BBBB
The Hitch-Hiker
IDA LUPINO Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. USA, 1953. RKO Radio Pictures, The Filmakers. Screenplay by Collier Young, Ida Lupino, adaptation by Robert L. Joseph. Cinematography by Nicholas Musuraca. Produced by Collier Young. Music by Leith Stevens. Production Design by Albert S. D’Agostino, Walter E. Keller. Film Editing by Douglas Stewart. This efficient thriller might be the best of the films that…
Burn! (Queimada)
GILLO PONTECORVO Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. Italy/France, 1969. Produzioni Europee Associate, Les Productions Artistes Associés. Story and Screenplay by Franco Solinas, Giorgio Arlorio, based on novels by Norman Gant. Cinematography by Marcello Gatti, Giuseppe Ruzzolini. Produced by Alberto Grimaldi. Music by Ennio Morricone. Production Design by Sergio Canevari. Costume Design by Marilù Carteny. Film Editing by Mario Morra. Toronto International Film Festival 1977. …
The Sterile Cuckoo
ALAN J. PAKULA Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. USA, 1969. Boardwalk Productions. Screenplay by Alvin Sargent, based on the novel by John Nichols. Cinematography by Milton R. Krasner. Produced by Alan J. Pakula. Music by Fred Karlin. Production Design by Roland Anderson. Costume Design by John A. Anderson, Jennifer L. Parsons. Film Editing by Sam O’Steen, John W. Wheeler. Academy Awards 1969. Golden Globe Awards…
The Kindergarten Teacher (2018)
SARA COLANGELO Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. USA, 2018. Pie Films, Farcaster Films, Imagination Park Entertainment, Liner Films, Manhattan Productions, Maven Pictures, PaperChase Films, Pia Pressure, Piapressure, Studio Mao. Screenplay by Sara Colangelo, based on a screenplay by Nadav Lapid. Cinematography by Pepe Avila del Pino. Produced by Maggie Gyllenhaal, Osnat Handelsman-Keren, Talia Kleinhendler, Celine Rattray, Trudie Styler. Music…
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018)
DAVID YATES Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. United Kingdom/USA, 2018. Heyday Films, Warner Bros.. Screenplay by J.K. Rowling, based on her characters. Cinematography by Philippe Rousselot. Produced by David Heyman, Steve Kloves, J.K. Rowling, Lionel Wigram. Music by James Newton Howard. Production Design by Stuart Craig. Costume Design by Colleen Atwood. Film Editing by Mark Day. The nefarious Grindelwald (Johnny Depp as Annie…
Widows (2018)
STEVE McQUEEN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. United Kingdom/USA, 2018. Regency Enterprises, See-Saw Films, Film4, New Regency Pictures. Screenplay by Gillian Flynn, Steve McQueen, based on the miniseries by Lynda La Plante. Cinematography by Sean Bobbitt. Produced by Iain Canning, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan, Emile Sherman. Music by Hans Zimmer. Production Design by Adam Stockhausen. Costume Design by Jenny Eagan. Film Editing by…
Carry On Doctor (1967)
GERALD THOMAS Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. United Kingdom, 1967. The Rank Organisation. Screenplay by Talbot Rothwell. Cinematography by Alan Hume. Produced by Peter Rogers. Music by Eric Rogers. Production Design by Cedric Dawe. Costume Design by Yvonne Caffin. Film Editing by Alfred Roome. Halfway through the lengthy career of the Carry On films, they’re still winning at the box office and, in this case,…
Crooklyn (1994)
SPIKE LEE Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. USA, 1994. Universal Pictures, 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks, Child Hood Productions. Story by Joie Lee, Screenplay by Joie Lee, Spike Lee, Cinqué Lee. Cinematography by Arthur Jafa. Produced by Spike Lee. Music by Terence Blanchard. Production Design by Wynn Thomas. Costume Design by Ruth E. Carter. Film Editing by Barry Alexander Brown. Spike Lee…
A Private War (2018)
MATTHEW HEINEMAN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. United Kingdom/USA, 2018. Acacia Filmed Entertainment, Savvy Media Holdings, Thunder Road Pictures, Denver and Delilah Productions, Kamala Films. Screenplay by Arash Amel, based on the Vanity Fair article “Marie Colvin’s Private War” by Marie Brenner. Cinematography by Robert Richardson. Produced by Matthew George, Matthew Heineman, Basil Iwanyk, Marissa McMahon, Charlize Theron. Music by…
Burning (Beoning) (2018)
CHANG-DONG LEE Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. South Korea, 2018. Pine House Film, NHK, Now Films. Screenplay by Jungmi Oh, Chang-dong Lee, based on the short story Barn Burning by Haruki Murakami. Cinematography by Kyung-pyo Hong. Produced by Chang-dong Lee, Gwang-hee Ok. Music by Mowg. Production Design by Jum-hee Shin. Costume Design by Choong-yeon Lee. Film Editing by Da-won Kim, Hyun Kim. Cannes Film…
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
BARRY JENKINS Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. USA, 2018. Annapurna Pictures, PASTEL, Plan B Entertainment. Screenplay by Barry Jenkins, based on the novel by James Baldwin. Cinematography by James Laxton. Produced by Megan Ellison, Dede Gardner, Barry Jenkins, Jeremy Kleiner, Sara Murphy, Adele Romanski. Music by Nicholas Britell. Production Design by Mark Friedberg. Costume Design by Caroline Eselin. Film Editing by Joi…
