JEAN RENOIR Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. USA, 1943. Jean-Renoir- Dudly Nichols Productions, RKO Radio Pictures. Screenplay by Dudley Nichols. Cinematography by Frank Redman. Produced by Dudley Nichols, Jean Renoir. Music by Lothar Perl. Production Design by Eugène Lourié. Costume Design by Renié. Film Editing by Frederic Knudtson. Academy Awards 1943. An small, unnamed European country is suffering under Nazi occupation, the brutish…
Category: BBB
Faithless (Trolösa) (2000)
LIV ULLMANN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. Sweden/Italy/Germany/Finland/Norway, 2000. Classic, Nordisk Film- & TV-Fond, Norsk Rikskringkasting, RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana, Rai Cinema, SVT Drama, Svensk Filmindustri, Svenska Filminstitutet, Yleisradio, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen. Screenplay by Ingmar Bergman. Cinematography by Jörgen Persson. Produced by Kaj Larsen, Johan Mardell. Production Design by Göran Wassberg. Costume Design by Inger Pehrsson. Film Editing by Sylvia Ingemarsson. Cannes Film Festival 2000. Toronto International Film Festival…
Halloween 2 (1981)
RICK ROSENTHAL Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. USA, 1981. Dino De Laurentiis Company, Universal Pictures. Screenplay by John Carpenter, Debra Hill, based on characters created by John Carpenter and Debra Hill. Cinematography by Dean Cundey. Produced by John Carpenter, Debra Hill. Music by John Carpenter, Alan Howarth. Production Design by J. Michael Riva. Costume Design by Jane Ruhm. Film Editing by Mark Goldblatt,…
Ben Is Back (2018)
PETER HEDGES Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. USA, 2018. Black Bear Pictures, 30West, Color Force. Screenplay by Peter Hedges. Cinematography by Stuart Dryburgh. Produced by Peter Hedges, Nina Jacobson, Teddy Schwarzman, Brad Simpson. Music by Dickon Hinchliffe. Production Design by Ford Wheeler. Costume Design by Melissa Toth. Film Editing by Ian Blume. Toronto International Film Festival 2018. Julia Roberts is preparing for Christmas Eve…
22 July (2018)
PAUL GREENGRASS Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. Norway/Iceland/USA, 2018. Scott Rudin Productions. Screenplay by Paul Greengrass, based on the book One of Us by Åsne Seierstad. Cinematography by Pål Ulvik Rokseth. Produced by Eli Bush, Gregory Goodman, Paul Greengrass, Scott Rudin. Music by Sune Martin. Production Design by Liv Ask. Costume Design by Margrét Einarsdóttir. Film Editing by William Goldenberg. Toronto International Film Festival…
Boy Erased (2018)
JOEL EDGERTON Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. USA/Australia, 2018. Anonymous Content, Blue-Tongue Films, Focus Features, Perfect World Pictures. Screenplay by Joel Edgerton, based on the memoir by Garrard Conley. Cinematography by Eduard Grau. Produced by Joel Edgerton, Steve Golin, Kerry Kohansky-Roberts. Music by Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans. Production Design by Chad Keith. Costume Design by Trish Summerville. Film Editing by Jay Rabinowitz. Golden Globe…
Bohemian Rhapsody
BRYAN SINGER Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. United Kingdom/USA, 2018. GK Films, New Regency Pictures, Queen Films Ltd., Regency Enterprises, Tribeca Productions. Story by Anthony McCarten, Peter Morgan, Screenplay by Anthony McCarten. Cinematography by Newton Thomas Sigel. Produced by Jim Beach, Robert De Niro, Graham King. Music by John Ottman. Production Design by Aaron Haye. Costume Design by Julian Day. Film Editing…
Almanac of Fall (Öszi almanach) (1984)
BELA TARR Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. Hungary, 1984. Screenplay by Béla Tarr. Cinematography by Buda Gulyás, Sándor Kardos, Ferenc Pap. Music by Mihály Vig. Production Design by Ágnes Hranitzky, Gyula Pauer. Costume Design by Gyula Pauer. Film Editing by Ágnes Hranitzky. Bela Tarr takes us inside a magnificent but crumbling apartment and examines the intimate lives of the characters who…
Outlaw King (2018)
DAVID MACKENZIE Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. United Kingdom/USA, 2018. Sigma Films, Anonymous Content, Clockwork Sessions. Screenplay by Bathsheba Doran, David Mackenzie, James MacInnes, additional writing by David Harrower, Mark Bomback. Cinematography by Barry Ackroyd. Produced by Gillian Berrie. Music by Barry Burns, Tony Doogan, Greg Lawson, Raymond MacDonald, David Mackenzie, Lucie Treacher. Production Design by Donald Graham Burt. Costume…
Transit (2018)
CHRISTIAN PETZOLD Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. Germany/France, 2018. Schramm Film, Neon Productions, Arte France Cinéma, ZDF/Arte, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für Angelegenheiten der Kultur und der Medien, Filmförderungsanstalt, Centre National de la Cinématographie, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Screenplay by Christian Petzold, based on the novel by Anna Seghers. Cinematography by Hans Fromm. Produced by Antonin Dedet, Florian Koerner…
Beautiful Boy (2018)
FELIX VAN GROENINGEN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. USA, 2018. Amazon Studios, Big Indie Pictures, Plan B Entertainment. Screenplay by Luke Davies, Felix van Groeningen, based on the book Beautiful Boy by David Sheff and Tweak by Nic Sheff. Cinematography by Ruben Impens. Produced by Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Brad Pitt. Music by Gabe Hilfer. Production Design by Ethan Tobman. Costume Design…
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…
