A review by Jeffrey Overstreet ● Directors – Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise; writer – Tab Murphy; based on a story by Kirk Wise, Gary Trousdale, Joss Whedon, Bryce Zabel, Jackie Zabel and Tab Murphy; editor – Ellen Keneshea; score – James Newton Howard, with the song ”Where the Dream Takes You” by Diane Warren and James Newton Howard, performed by Mya; art director – David Goetz; production designers – Mike Mignola, Matt Codd, Ricardo Delgado and Jim E. Martin;... Read more

A review by Jeffrey Overstreet. ● Director – Zacharias Kunuk; writer – by Paul Apak Angilirq; in Inuktitut, with English subtitles; director of photography – Norman Cohn; editors – Zacharias Kunuk, Norman Cohn and Marie-Christine Sarda; music – Chris Crilly; art director – James Ungalaaq; producers – Paul Apak Angilirq, Norman Cohn and Zacharias Kunuk. Starring – Natar Ungalaaq (Atanarjuat), Sylvia Ivalu (Atuat), Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq (Oki) Lucy Tulugarjuk (Puja), Madeline Ivalu (Panikpak), Pauloosie Qulitalik (Qulitalik), Eugene Ipkarnak (Sauri) and Pakkak... Read more

A brief review by Jeffrey Overstreet ● Director – Jean-Pierre Melville; writer – Jean-Pierre Melville; based on the novel by Joseph Kessel; director of photography – Pierre Lhomme; editor – Françoise Bonnot; music – Éric de Marsan; art director – Théobald Meurisse; producer – Jacques Dorfmann. Starring – Lino Ventura (Philippe Gerbier), Simone Signoret (Mathilde), Paul Meurisse (Luc Jardie), Jean-Pierre Cassel (François), Claude Mann (Le Masque) and Paul Crauchet (Félix). Rialto Pictures. 140 minutes. Unrated. ● Try to imagine what... Read more

A review by Jeffrey Overstreet ● Writer / Director – Robert Duvall Director of photography – Barry Markowitz Editor – Steve Mack Music – David Mansfield Production designer – Linda Burton Producer – Robert Carliner October Films. 148 minutes. Rated PG-13 or mild violence and language and situations regarding adult sexual indiscretions. STARRING: Robert Duvall (the Apostle E. F.), Farrah Fawcett (Jessie Dewey), Miranda Richardson (Toosie), John Beasley (Brother Blackwell), June Carter Cash (Mrs. Dewey Sr.) and Billy Bob Thornton... Read more

A review by Jeffrey Overstreet ● Director – Francis Ford Coppola Writers – John Milius and Francis Ford Coppola Cinematography – Vittorio Storraro Editor – Walter Murch Music – Carmine Coppola Producers – Francis Ford Coppola, Tom Sternberg, Fred Roos, Gray Frederickson; Production designers – Dean Tavoularis; Rick Heinrichs Set Designers – George R. Nelson Special Effects – A.D. Flowers Casting – Vic Ramos, Terry Liebling Art Director – Angelo P. Graham Additional Photography – Stephen H. Burum, Caleb Deschanel... Read more

A review by Jeffrey Overstreet ● Writer / Director – Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cumming Director of photography – John Bailey Editor – Carol Littleton and Suzanne Spangler Music – Michael Penn Producers – Joanne Sellar, Alan Cumming and Jennifer Jason Leigh Fine Line Features. 115 minutes. Rated R for profanity and sexual situations. STARRING: Alan Cumming (Joe Therrian), Jennifer Jason Leigh (Sally Therrian), John Benjamin Hickey (Jerry Adams), Parker Posey (Judy Adams), Phoebe Cates (Sophia Gold), Kevin Kline... Read more

A review by Jeffrey Overstreet ● Director – Peter Segal; writer – David Dorfman; director of photography – Donald M. McAlpine; editor – Jeff Gourson; music – Teddy Castellucci; production designer – Alan Au; producer – Jack Giarraputo and Barry Bernardi. Starring – Adam Sandler (Dave Buznik), Jack Nicholson (Dr. Buddy Rydell), Marisa Tomei (Linda), Luis Guzmán (Lou), Allen Covert (Andrew), Lynne Thigpen (Judge Daniels), Woody Harrelson (Galaxia/Security Guard), John Turturro (Chuck), Heather Graham (Kendra) and Robert Merrill (himself). Revolution Studios and... Read more

A review by Jeffrey Overstreet. ∙ Director –  Steven Spielberg; writer – David Franzoni; director of photography – Janusz Kaminski; editor – Michael Kahn; music – John Williams; production designer – Rick Carter; producers – Steven Spielberg, Debbie Allen and Colin Wilson. STARRING: Morgan Freeman (Joadson), Nigel Hawthorne (President Martin Van Buren), Anthony Hopkins (John Quincy Adams), Djimon Hounsou (Cinque), Matthew McConaughey (Baldwin), David Paymer (Secretary of State John Forsyth), Pete Postlethwaite (Holabird), Stellan Skarsgard (Tappan), Razaaq Adoti (Yamba), Abu Bakaar... Read more

A review by Jeffrey Overstreet. ∙ Director and producer – Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu; writer – Guillermo Arriaga; director of photography – Rodrigo Prieto; editors – Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Luis Carballar and Fernando Perez Unda; music – Gustavo Santaolalla; production designer – Brigitte Broch. Starring – Vanessa Bauche (Susana), Gael Garcia Bernal (Octavio), Umberto Busto (Jorge), Emilio Echevarria (El Chivo), Alvaro Guerrero (Daniel), Rodrigo Murray (Gustavo), Marco Perez (Romero), Jorge Salinas (Luis Miranda Solares) and Goya Toledo (Valeria). In Spanish, with... Read more