Lions, Love (…and Lies) (Lions Love) (1969)
AGNES VARDA Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB.5. France/USA, 1969. Max L. Raab Productions. Screenplay by Agnès Varda. Cinematography by Stevan Larner. Produced by Agnès Varda. Music by Joseph Byrd. … Continue reading
The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
ORSON WELLES Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB.5. France/Iran/USA, 2018. Royal Road Entertainment, Les Films de l’Astrophore, SACI, Americas Film Conservancy. Screenplay by Oja Kodar, Orson Welles. Cinematography by Gary Graver. Produced by Frank Marshall, … Continue reading
While We’re Young (2014)
NOAH BAUMBACH Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBB. USA, 2014. Scott Rudin Productions. Screenplay by Noah Baumbach. Cinematography by Sam Levy. Produced by Noah Baumbach, Eli Bush, Scott Rudin, Lila Yacoub. Music by James Murphy. Production Design by Adam … Continue reading
F For Fake (Verites Et Mensonges) (1973)
ORSON WELLES Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB.5. France/Iran/West Germany, 1973. Janus Film, SACI. Screenplay by Orson Welles. Cinematography by Francois Reichenbach. Produced by Dominique Antoine. Music by Michel Legrand. Film Editing by Marie-Sophie Dubus, Dominique Engerer. … Continue reading
Infamous (2006)
DOUGLAS McGRATH Bil’s rating (out of 5): BB. USA, 2006. Warner Independent Pictures, Killer Films. Screenplay by Douglas McGrath, based on the book Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintances and Detractors Recall … Continue reading
Festival In Cannes
B (out of 5) Henry Jaglom strikes a pitifully wrong note with this talky and boring drama that takes place during the film festival in Cannes. Anouk Aimee (still gorgeous as … Continue reading
A Decade Under The Influence (2003)
TED DEMME, RICHARD LaGRAVENESE Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBB. USA, 2003. Constant Communication, Written in Stone. Cinematography by Tony C. Jannelli, Clyde W. Smith. Produced by Ted Demme, Jerry Kupfer, Richard LaGravenese, … Continue reading
The Cat’s Meow
BBB.5 (out of 5) It’s 1924, and publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst (Edward Herrmann) has invited a group of guests (celebrities and mortals alike), onto his giant yacht for an … Continue reading
Noises Off…
BBB.5 (out of 5) Hilarious adaptation of the hit play features terrific comic actors at their best. The film shows two dress rehearsals and one performance of a silly bedroom … Continue reading
