A Very Special Favor (1965)
MICHAEL GORDON Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. USA, 1965. The Lankershim Company, Universal Pictures. Screenplay by Stanley Shapiro, Nate Monaster. Cinematography by Leo Tover. Produced by Stanley Shapiro. Music by Vic Mizzy. Production Design by Alexander Golitzen, … Continue reading
A Matter of Time (1976)
VINCENTE MINNELLI Bil’s rating (out of 5): B. Italy, 1976. American International Pictures, Coralta Cinematografica, Deux Femmes Service Company, General International Film Company. Screenplay by John Gay, based on the novel by Maurice Druon. Cinematography … Continue reading
The Fighting Lady (1944)
WILLIAM WYLER, EDWARD STEICHEN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. USA, 1944. Louis De Rochemont Associates, Delta Productions. Screenplay by John S. Martin, Eugene Ling. Produced by Louis De Rochemont. Music by David Buttolph. Production Design by … Continue reading
Love Affair (1939)
LEO MCCAREY Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. USA, 1939. RKO Radio Pictures. Story by Leo McCarey, Mildred Cram, Screenplay by Delmer Daves, Donald Ogden Stewart. Cinematography by Rudolph Mate. Produced by … Continue reading
Barefoot In The Park
BBB (out of 5) Neil Simon’s hit play transfers to the screen with charming results, obviously maintaining its small scope of space but never feeling cramped. Jane Fonda is delightful as … Continue reading
The Earrings Of Madame De… (Madame De…)
BBBB (out of 5) Max Ophuls was such a master of making films that were incredibly beautiful and so strikingly unimportant. In fact, the shallow romances that inhabited many of … Continue reading
Arch Of Triumph (1948)
LEWIS MILESTONE Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB. USA, 1948. Enterprise Productions, Arch of Triumph Inc.. Screenplay by Lewis Milestone, Harry Brown, based on the novel serialized in Collins Magazine by Erich … Continue reading
Fanny
BBBB (out of 5) Marcel Pagnol’s touching stories, previously filmed as a trilogy in France in the 1930s, were transformed into a hit Broadway musical in the fifties. When the … Continue reading
Mayerling (1936)
ANATOLE LITVAK Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB.5. France, 1936. Nero Films. Screenplay by Irma von Cube, dialogue by Joseph Kessel, based on the novel by Claude Anet. Cinematography by Jean Isnard, Armand … Continue reading
