Saturday, November 24, 2018

DON'T WORRY, HE WON'T GET FAR ON FOOT (2018)



Written & Directed By: Gus Van Sant 
Based On The Book By: John Callahan 
Story By: Gus Van Sant, John Callahan, Jack Gibson & William Andrew Eatman 
Cinematography By: Christopher Blauvelt 
Editor: David Marks & Gus Van Sant 


Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara, Jack Black, Beth Ditto, Kim Gordon, Carrie Brownstein, Udo Kier, Mark Webber, Emilio Rivera, Angelique Rivera, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Tony Greenhand, Matt Bennett, Mireille Enos 


On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.

ILL MANORS (2012)



Written & Directed By: Ben Drew (Plan B) 
Cinematography By: Gary Shaw 
Editor: Farrah Drabu, David Freeman, Sotira Kyriacou & Hugh Williams 

Cast: Riz Ahmed, Ed Skrein, Lee Allen, Andrew Akello, Eloise Smyth, Natalie Press, Jo Hartley 

The lives of four drug dealers, one user and two prostitutes and so much more.

LOST ANGELS (1989)



Directed By: Hugh Hudson 
Written By: Michael Weller 
Cinematography By: Juan Ruiz Anchia 
Editor: David Gladwell 


Cast: Adam Horovitz, Donald Sutherland, Amy Locane, Kevin Corrigan, Celia Weston, Graham Beckel, Nina Siemaszko, Gary Riley, Patricia Richardson, William O’Leary, David Herman, Max Perlich, Kevin Tighe, John C. McGinley, Frances Fisher, Park Overall, Pauly Shore 


A troubled youth from a split Los Angeles family is sent to a private psychiatric hospital after a violent scrape with the police. In the hospital, he makes a connection with one of the doctors who has his own problems.

A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN (2017)



Directed By: Jean-Stephane Suavarie 
Written By: Jonathan Hirschbein & Nick Saltrese 
Cinematography By: David Ungaro 
Editor: Marc Boucrot 


Cast: Joe Cole 


Billy Moore, an English boxer, down on his luck, addicted to Ya Ba, and stuck in Thailand, ends up getting arrested and sent to Chiang Mai Prison, where he struggles to survive and eventually ends up fighting in Muay Tai boxing tournaments.

RESERVATION ROAD (2007)



Directed By: Terry George 
Written By: Terry George & John Burnham Schwartz 
Based On The Novel By: John Burnham Schwartz 
Cinematography By: John Lindley 
Editor: Naomi Geraghty 


Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Connolly, Mira Sorvino, Elle Fanning, John Slattery, Bill Camp, Gary Kohn 


The lives of two families change forever after a fatal tragedy takes place on Reservation Road.

Saturday, November 17, 2018

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME: FILE #0054: CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND (2002)



Directed By: George Clooney 
Written By: Charlie Kaufman 
Based on the Novel By: Chuck Barris 
Cinematography By: Newtom Thomas Sigel 
Editor: Stephen Mirrione 


Cast: Sam Rockwell, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Drew Barrymore, Rugter Hauer, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Cera, Robert John Burke, Rachelle Lefevre, Jerry Weintraub, Richard Kind, James Urbaniak 


Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" is the story of a legendary showman's double life - television producer by day, CIA assassin by night. At the height of his TV career, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.

LOVE GILDA (2018)



Directed By: Lisa D’Apolito 

With: Gilda Radner, Martin Short, Laraine Newman, Paul Shaffer, Bill Hader, Chevy Chase, Melissa McCarthy, Amy Poehler, Lorne Michaels, Maya Rudolph 


In her own words, comedienne Gilda Radner looks back and reflects on her life and career. Weaving together recently discovered audiotapes, interviews with her friends, rare home movies and diaries read by modern day comediennes, LOVE Gilda offers a unique window into the honest and whimsical world of a beloved performer whose greatest role was sharing her story.

THE WRECKING CREW (2008)



Directed By: Danny Tedesco 

Featuring: Danny Tedesco, Brian Wilson, Cher, Dick Clark, Glenn Campbell, Nancy Sinatra, Micky Dolenz 


A celebration of the musical work of a group of session musicians known as "The Wrecking Crew", a band that provided back-up instrumentals to such legendary recording artists as Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys and Bing Crosby.

Thursday, November 8, 2018

WRONG TURN (2003)



Directed By: Rob Schmidt 
Written By: Alan McElroy 
Cinematography By: John S. Bartley 
Editor: Michael Ross 


Cast: Eliza Dushku, Desmond Herrington, Emanuelle Chiriqui, Jeremy Sisto, Lindy Booth, Kevin Zegers 


Six people find themselves trapped in the woods of West Virginia, hunted down by cannibalistic mountain men grossly disfigured through generations of in-breeding.

FROM PARIS WITH LOVE (2010)



Directed By: Pierre Morel 
Written By: Adi Hasak 
Story By: Luc Besson 
Cinematography By: Michael Abramowicz 
Editor: Frederic Thoraval 


Cast: John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Kasia Smutniak, Amber Rose Revah, Richard Durden 


James Reece is an ambitious aide to the U.S. Ambassador in Paris, doing little jobs for the CIA and hoping to get into black ops. On the night he and his girlfriend, Caroline, become engaged, he's told to pick up Charlie Wax at Orly. Charlie is an unorthodox government employee - large, bald and bearded, foul-mouthed and eccentric. Charlie immediately takes James on a wild ride of murder and mayhem, through ethnic enclaves. As bodies pile up, the purpose remains opaque to James. Caroline, unhappy that James has been out of touch for a day, tells him to bring Charlie for dinner. Charlie can be charming - where will it lead? Does the chess-playing James have what it takes?

THE GUNMAN (2015)



Directed By: Pierre Morel 
Written By: Sean Penn, Pete Travis & Don McPherson 
Based on the Novel By: Jean-Patrick Machette 
Cinematography By: Flavio Martinez Labiano 
Editor: Frederic Thoraval 

Cast: Sean Penn, Javier Bardem, Idris Elba, Mark Rylance, Ray Winstone, Jasmine Trinca, Peter Franzen 

A sniper on a mercenary assassination team kills the minister of mines of the Congo. Terrier's successful kill shot forces him into hiding. Returning to the Congo years later, he becomes the target of a hit squad himself.

Sunday, November 4, 2018

DOMINO (2005)


Directed By: Tony Scott 
Written By: Richard Kelly 
Story By: Richard Kelly & Steve Barancik 
Cinematography By: Dan Mindel 
Editor: William Goldenberg & Christian Wagner 


Cast: Kiera Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Edgar Ramirez, Delroy Lindo, Mo’Nique, Christopher Walken, Mena Suvari, Tom Waits, Ian Ziering, Brian Austin Green, Lew Temple, Lucy Liu, Dale Dickey, Jaqueline Bisset, Macy Gray, T.K. Carter, Dabney Coleman, Peter Jacobson, Jerry Springer, Frederick Koehler, Andy Milder 


The daughter of an actor father and a social-climber mother, Domino Harvey, bored with her life, decides to join the team of Ed Moseby and becomes a bounty hunter. But she gets in trouble when the Mafia's money is stolen from an armored truck, while Moseby and his crew are participating in a reality show produced by Mark Heiss. The situation gets out of control when the sons of a rival mobster are kidnapped while the FBI is monitoring two gangs of mobsters.

DEEP END (1970)



Directed By: Jerzy Skolimowski 
Written By: Jerzy Skolimowski & J. Gruza & B. Sulik 
Cinematography By: Charly Steinberger 
Editor: Barrie Vince 


Cast: Jane Asher, John Moulder-Brown, Karl Michael Vogler, Christopher Sanford, Diana Dors, Louise Martini 


15-year-old Mike takes a job at the local swimming baths, where he becomes obsessed with an attractive young woman, Susan, who works there as an attendant. Although Susan has a fiancé, Mike does his best to sabotage the relationship, to the extent of stalking both her and her fiancé. Mike becomes increasingly desperate to have Susan for himself, with tragic results.