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HOLLOW REED – Martin Donovan, Joely Richardson
Alternative Film Guide Nov 15 09
Hollow Reed (1996)
Direction: Angela Pope
Screenplay: Paula Milne
Cast: Martin Donovan, Joely Richardson, Sam Bould, Ian Hart, Jason Flemyng, Annette Badland, Roger Lloyd-Pack
Hollow Reed, the tale of a little boy loved by his gay father and abused by his hetero stepfather, was the winner of the Audience Award at the 1996 Dinard British Film Festival.
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TO EACH HIS OWN – Olivia de Havilland, John Lund
Alternative Film Guide Nov 13 09
To Each His Own (1946)
Direction: Mitchell Leisen
Screenplay: Charles Brackett and Jacques Théry; from a story by Brackett
Cast: Olivia de Havilland, John Lund, Mary Anderson, Roland Culver, Phillip Terry, Bill Goodwin
Olivia de Havilland, John Lund in To Each His Own
Olivia de Havilland, who had starred in the 1941 melodrama Hold Back the Dawn, returns to the wartime milieu in To Each His Own (1946), once again under the direction of Mitchell Leisen, who guides the proceedings with his characteristic sincerity while cleverly skirting the Production Code’s restrictive guidelines.
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THE GODDESS – Kim Stanley – d: John Cromwell
Alternative Film Guide Nov 12 09
The Goddess (1958)
Direction: John Cromwell
Screenplay: Paddy Chayefsky
Cast: Kim Stanley, Lloyd Bridges, Steven Hill, Betty Lou Holland, Joan Copeland, Gerald, Hiken, Patty Duke
Kim Stanley in The Goddess
Paddy Chayefsky evokes a cynical Tennessee Williams in his screenplay for The Goddess, a Hollywood cautionary tale directed by veteran John Cromwell.
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JCVD – Jean-Claude Van Damme
Alternative Film Guide Nov 11 09
JCVD (2008)
Direction: Mabrouk El Mechri
Screenplay: Mabrouk El Mechri and Frédéric Benudis; from an idea by Frédéric Taddeï and Vincent Ravalec
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, François Damiens, Liliane Becker
Jean-Claude Van Damme in JCVD
Mabrouk El Mechri’s JCVD is one of the best films Jean-Claude Van Damme has starred in for some years, equal to his more recent efforts in Wake of Death and Replicant.
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THE APARTMENT ABOVE d: Leon Trystan
Alternative Film Guide Nov 02 09
Pietro Wyzej / The Apartment Above (1937)
Direction: Leon Trystan
Screenplay: Emanuel Schlechter, Ludwik Starski, Eugeniusz Bodo
Cast: Eugeniusz Bodo, Helena Grossówna, Józef Orwid
Leon Trystan’s Pietro Wyzej (alternately known in the US as The Apartment Above, Neighbors, and The Neighbor from the Next Floor) is a delightful Polish comedy about two men — one older (Józef Orwid), the other younger (Eugeniusz Bodo) — who happen to have the same name.
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THE RAVEN – Henry B. Walthall – d: Charles Brabin
Alternative Film Guide Nov 02 09
The Raven (1915)
Direction: Charles Brabin
Screenplay: Charles Brabin; from George Cochran Hazelton’s novel and play The Raven: The Love Story of Edgar Allan Poe
Cast: Henry B.
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THE GREAT WHITE TRAIL – Doris Kenyon
Alternative Film Guide Nov 01 09
The Great White Trail (1917)
Direction: Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton
Screenplay: Gardner Hunting and Leopold Wharton
Cast: Doris Kenyon, Paul Gordon, Richard Stewart, Thomas Holding, Louise Hotaling, Hans Roberts, Edgar Davenport
Some films have "everything except the kitchen sink" as the saying goes.
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HER NIGHT OF ROMANCE – Constance Talmadge, Ronald Colman
Alternative Film Guide Nov 01 09
Her Night of Romance (1924)
Direction: Sidney Franklin
Screenplay: Hans Kräly
Cast: Constance Talmadge, Ronald Colman, Jean Hersholt, Albert Grand, Robert Rendel
Directed by Sidney Franklin and written by frequent Ernst Lubitsch collaborator Hans Kräly, Her Night of Romance is certainly on my list of top three favorite films at Cinesation 2009.
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A COTTAGE ON DARTMOOR d: Anthony Asquith
Alternative Film Guide Oct 30 09
A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929)
Direction: Anthony Asquith
Screenplay: Anthony Asquith; from a story by Herbert Price
Cast: Norah Baring, Uno Henning, Hans Schlettow
Uno Henning in A Cottage on Dartmoor
Very little in a career overview of filmmaker Anthony Asquith prepares a viewer for the brilliant thriller A Cottage on Dartmoor, released by Kino, which he both wrote (from a story by Herbert Price) and directed.
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PILLARS OF SOCIETY – Henry B. Walthall – d: Raoul Walsh
Alternative Film Guide Oct 30 09
Pillars of Society (1916)
Direction: Raoul Walsh
Screenplay: From a novel by Henrik Ibsen
Cast: Henry B.
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CROOKED STREETS – Ethel Clayton
Alternative Film Guide Oct 29 09
Crooked Streets (1920)
Direction: Paul Powell
Screenplay: Edith M. Kennedy; from a story by Samuel Merwin
Cast: Ethel Clayton, Jack Holt, Clyde Fillmore, Josephine Crowell
Beautiful Ethel Clayton, a major star in the 1910s, plays a young woman who takes a job as secretary to a Professor of antiquities about to embark upon a trip to China.
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O MIMI SAN – Sessue Hayakawa, Mildred Harris
Alternative Film Guide Oct 29 09
O Mimi San (1914)
Direction: Charles Miller
Screenplay: Thomas H. Ince (unconfirmed)
Cast: Sessue Hayakawa, Mildred Harris, Tsuru Aoki
O Mimi San is historically important as Japanese actor Sessue Hayakawa’s first film.
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THE DEVIL’S CLAIM – Sessue Hayakawa
Alternative Film Guide Oct 29 09
The Devil’s Claim (1920)
Direction: Charles Swickard
Screenplay: J. Grubb Alexander
Cast: Sessue Hayakawa, Rhea Mitchell, Colleen Moore, William Buckley
In The Devil’s Claim, Sessue Hayakawa plays an Indian (!) novelist who uses his experiences with women as inspiration for his novels.
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THE TIGER’S TAIL – Brendan Gleeson – d: John Boorman
Alternative Film Guide Sep 01 09
The Tiger’s Tail (2007)
Direction and Screenplay: John Boorman
Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Kim Cattrall, Ciarán Hinds, Sinéad Cusack, Briain Gleeson, Sean McGinley
Brendan Gleeson, Kim Cattrall in The Tiger’s Tail
One might initially be surprised to find that John Boorman’s latest film, The Tiger’s Tail, has all but gone straight to DVD in the United States.
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MADE IN U.S.A / 2 OR 3 THINGS I KNOW ABOUT HER d: Jean-Luc Godard
Alternative Film Guide Aug 16 09
Made in U.S.A. (1966)
Direction: Jean-Luc Godard
Screenplay: Jean-Luc Godard; from Donald E. Westlake’s novel
Cast: Anna Karina, László Szabó, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marianne Faithfull, Yves Afonso
2 ou 3 choses que je sais d’elle / 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her (1967)
Direction and screenplay: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Marina Vlady, Joseph Gehrard, Anny Duperey, Roger Montsoret, Raoul Lévy, Jean [.
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SITTING PRETTY d: Walter Lang
Alternative Film Guide Aug 13 09
Sitting Pretty (1948)
Direction: Walter Lang
Screenplay: F. Hugh Herbert; from Gwen Davenport’s novel Belvedere
Cast: Clifton Webb, Maureen O’Hara, Robert Young, Richard Haydn, Louise Allbritton, Randy Stuart, Ed Begley
In the late 1940s, the bucolic suburb of Hummingbird Hill is shaken in its tranquil complacency by the scandalous actions of two middle-aged, unmarried men.
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THE KILLING KIND d: Curtis Harrington
Alternative Film Guide Aug 04 09
The Killing Kind (1973)
Direction: Curtis Harrington
Screenplay: Tony Crechales and George Edwards
Cast: Ann Sothern, John Savage, Ruth Roman, Cindy Williams, Luana Anders, Sue Bernard, Marjorie Eaton, Peter Brocco
When I read that The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film described Curtis Harrington’s The Killing Kind as "a seldom-seen sickie" I just knew I had to see it.
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THE MASSEURS AND THE WOMAN d: Hiroshi Shimizu
Alternative Film Guide Aug 01 09
Anma to onna / The Masseurs and a Woman (1938)
Direction and screenplay: Hiroshi Shimizu
Cast: Shin Tokudaiji, Shinichi Himori, Mieko Takamine
The usual 1930s Japanese film preoccupations with societal roles are explored in writer-director Hiroshi Shimizu’s moving Anma to onna / The Masseurs and a Woman (1938).
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SOUNDER d: Martin Ritt
Alternative Film Guide Jul 31 09
Sounder (1972)
Direction: Martin Ritt
Screenplay: Lonne Elder III; from William H. Armstrong’s book
Cast: Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Kevin Hooks, Carmen Mathews, Taj Mahal, James Best
Sounder probably features more extremely wide shots than any movie besides Lawrence of Arabia — and Martin Ritt’s movie is only half as long.
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I KILLED MY MOTHER d: Xavier Dolan
Alternative Film Guide Jul 28 09
J’ai tué ma mère / I Killed My Mother (2009)
Direction and Screenplay: Xavier Dolan
Cast: Xavier Dolan, Anne Dorval, François Arnaud, Suzanne Clément
Xavier Dolan’s semi-autobiographical J’ai tué ma mère / I Killed My Mother has been getting a lot of attention, mostly because Dolan is 19 and has won three awards at Cannes for his first [.
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