Director: Bob Clark
Year: 1983
Book by: Jean Shepherd
Adapted by: Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown, Bob Clark
Cinematographer: Reginald H. Morris
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The Passenger *****
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Year: 1975
Writers: Mark Peploe, Michelangelo Antonioni, Peter Wollen
Cinematographer: Luciano Tovoli
Andrei Rublev ****
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Year: 1966
Writers: Andrei Tarkovsky, Andrey Konchalovskiy
Cinematographer: Vadim Yusov
Solyaris *****
Director: Andrei Tarkovsky
Year: 1972
Book by: Stanislaw Lem
Adapted by: Andrei Tarkovsky, Fridrikh Gorenshtein
Cinematographer: Vadim Yusov
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
Original Title: Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
Writer/Director: Werner Herzog
Year: 1972
Cinematographer: Thomas Mauch
Mala Noche ****
Director: Gus Van Sant
Year: 1985
Story by: Walt Curtis
Writer: Gus Van Sant
Cinematographer: John J. Campbell
Drugstore Cowboy *****
Director: Gus Van Sant
Year: 1989
Book by: James Fogle
Adapted by: Gus Van Sant, Daniel Yost
Cinematographer: Robert Yeoman
Solaris ***
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Year: 2002
Book by: Stanislaw Lem
Adapted by: Steven Soderbergh
Cinematographer: Steven Soderbergh
A good movie, but nothing compared to the original by Tarkovsky.
Worth seeing, but first see 1972's Solyaris.
My Own Private Idaho ****
Director: Gus Van Sant
Year: 1991
Play by: William Shakespeare (Henry IV)
Adapted by: Gus Van Sant
Cinematographer: John J. Campbell, Eric Alan Edwards
Ocean's Eleven *****
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Year: 2001
Writer: Ted Griffin
(original 1960 story by George Clayton Johnson, Jack Golden Russell, screenplay by Harry Brown, Charles Lederer)
Cinematographer: Steven Soderbergh
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues ***
Director: Gus Van Sant
Year: 1993
Book by: Tom Robbins
Adapted by: Gus Van Sant
Cinematographer: John J. Campbell, Eric Alan Edwards
Good Will Hunting ****
Director: Gus Van Sant
Year: 1997
Writers: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck
Cinematographer: Jean-Yves Escoffier
Finding Forrester ***
Director: Gus Van Sant
Year: 2000
Writer: Mike Rich
Cinematographer: Harris Savides
Gerry *****
Director: Gus Van Sant
Year: 2002
Writers: Gus Van Sant, Matt Damon, Casey Affleck
Cinematographer: Harris Savides
Paris, je t'aime ***
Directors: Olivier Assayas, Frederic Auburtin, Emmanuel Benbihy, Gurinder Chadha, Sylvain Chomet, Joel and Ethan Coen, Isabel Coixet, Wes Craven, Alfonso Cuarón, Gerard Depardieu, Christopher Doyle, Richard LaGravenese, Vicenzo Natali, Alexander Payne, Bruno Podalydes, Walter Salles, Oliver Schmitz, Nobuhiro Suwa, Daniela Thomas, Tom Tykwer, Gus Van Sant
Year: 2006
Paranoid Park ****
Director: Gus Van Sant
Year: 2007
Book by: Blake Nelson
Adapted by: Gus Van Sant
Cinematographer: Christopher Doyle
Signs *****
Writer/Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Year: 2002
Cinematographer: Tak Fujimoto
My favorite of Shyamalan's films, and my favorite film about aliens coming to earth.
Lady in the Water ***
Writer/Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Year: 2006
Cinematographer: Christopher Doyle
Rabbit-Proof Fence ****
Director: Phillip Noyce
Year: 2002
Book by: Doris Pilkington
Adapted by: Christine Olsen
Cinematographer: Christopher Doyle
Last Life in the Universe ***
Director: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Year: 2003
Writers: Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, Prabda Yoon
Cinematographer: Christopher Doyle
Erin Brockovich ****
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Year: 2000
Writer: Susannah Grant
Cinematographer: Edward Lachman
Syriana ****
Director: Stephen Gaghan
Year: 2005
Book by: Robert Baer
Adapted by: Stephen Gaghan
Cinematographer: Robert Elswit
Good Night, and Good Luck. ****
Director: George Clooney
Year: 2005
Writers: George Clooney, Grant Heslov
Cinematographer: Robert Elswit
Adaptation. ****
Director: Spike Jonze
Year: 2002
Book by: Susan Orlean
Adapted by: Charlie Kaufman
Cinematographer: Lance Acord
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind ****
Director: George Clooney
Year: 2002
Book by: Chuck Barris
Adapted by: Charlie Kaufman
Cinematographer: Newton Thomas Sigel
Being John Malkovich *****
Director: Spike Jonze
Year: 1999
Writer: Charlie Kaufman
Cinematographer: Lance Acord
Human Nature *****
Director: Michel Gondry
Year: 2001
Writer: Charlie Kaufman
Cinematographer: Tim Maurice-Jones
Hugely overlooked Gondry/Kaufman collaboration. Great film.
The Science of Sleep ****
Writer/Director: Michel Gondry
Year: 2006
Cinematographer: Jean-Louis Bompoint
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind *****
Director: Michel Gondry
Year: 2004
Writers: Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry, Pierre Bismuth
Cinematographer: Ellen Kuras
The greatest screenwriter of our time, Charlie Kaufman, paired with the most creative filmmaker of our time, Michel Gondry.
L'enfant *****
(The Child)
Writers/Directors: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Year: 2005
Cinematographer: Alain Marcoen
Le fils *****
(The Son)
Writers/Directors: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Year: 2002
Cinematographer: Alain Marcoen
Distant ****
Original Title: Uzak
Writer/Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Year: 2002
Cinematographer: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Climates ****
Original Title: Iklimler
Writer/Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Year: 2006
Cinematographer: Gökhan Tiryaki
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu ****
Director: Cristi Puiu
Year: 2005
Writers: Cristi Puiu, Razvan Radulescu
Cinematographer: Oleg Mutu, Andrei Butica
4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days *****
Writer/Director: Cristian Mungiu
Year: 2007
Cinematographer: Oleg Mutu
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada ****
Director: Tommy Lee Jones
Year: 2005
Writer: Guillermo Arriaga
Cinematographer: Chris Menges
Very good present day western.
The Proposition *****
Director: John Hillcoat
Year: 2005
Writer: Nick Cave
Cinematographer: Benoit Delhomme
Nick Cave's screenplay for an Australian western is surprisingly good, and his soundtrack is a totally unexpected expressionistic force. The story, the acting, the directing, the cinematography and the soundtrack work together powerfully to tell a unique western which, while hitting upon some usual tropes, finds interesting twists in the genre.
A must see film, especially for western fans.
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