La La Land (2016)
DAMIEN CHAZELLE Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB.5. USA, 2016. Summit Entertainment, Black Label Media, TIK Films, Impostor Pictures, Gilbert Films, Marc Platt Productions. Screenplay by Damien Chazelle. Cinematography by Linus Sandgren. Produced by Fred … Continue reading
The Arrangement (1969)
ELIA KAZAN Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB.5. USA, 1969. Athena Productions. Screenplay by Elia Kazan, based on his novel. Cinematography by Robert Surtees. Produced by Elia Kazan. Music by David Amram. Production Design by Gene … Continue reading
Maleficent (2014)
ROBERT STROMBERG Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB.5. USA/United Kingdom, 2014. Roth Films, Walt Disney Pictures. Screenplay by Linda Woolverton, based on the motion picture Sleeping Beauty, Story by Erdman Penner, Screenplay by … Continue reading
500 Days Of Summer (2009)
MARC WEBB Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. USA, 2009. Fox Searchlight Pictures, Watermark, Dune Entertainment III. Screenplay by Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber. Cinematography by Eric Steelberg. Produced by Mason Novick, Jessica Tuchinsky, Mark Waters, … Continue reading
The Impostors
BBB.5 (out of 5) Stanley Tucci’s tribute to silent-era filmmaking is an art-deco delight, one that is short on substance but long on rollicking humour. Tucci and Oliver Platt play two … Continue reading
Did You Hear About The Morgans? (2009)
MARC LAWRENCE Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB.5. USA, 2009. Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Castle Rock Entertainment, Banter. Screenplay by Marc Lawrence. Cinematography by Florian Ballhaus. Produced by Liz Glotzer, Martin Shafer. Music by Theodore Shapiro. Production … Continue reading
