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Category Archives: Romance

The Red Balloon

1956
D: Albert Lamorisse
C: Pascal Lamorisse, Georges Sellier, Vladimir Popov, Paul Perey, René Marion, Sabine Lamorisse, Michel Pezin
W: Albert Lamorisse
Original Music: Maurice Leroux
Cinematography: Edmond Séchan
Editing: Pierre Gillette
Runtime: 34 min
Country: France
Language: French
Color: Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix: Mono
Certification: Unrated

An allegory on nonconformism, good and evil, friendship, and loneliness about a Parisian child’s love for a big red balloon that follows [...]

Posted 19 July 2007 † filmbuff § Non-English § Short Film ‡ Comments (2) °

Secretary

2002
D: Steven Shainberg
C: James Spader, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeremy Davies, Lesley Ann Warren, Stephen McHattie, Patrick Bauchau, Jessica Tuck, Oz Perkins, Amy Locane, Mary Joy, Michael Mantell, Lily Knight, Sabrina Grdevich, Lacey Kohl, Julene Renee
W: Erin Cressida Wilson (screenplay); Mary Gaitskill (short story); Steven Shainberg & Erin Cressida Wilson (story adaptation)
Original Music: Angelo Badalamenti
Cinematography: Steven Fierberg
Editing: [...]

Posted 31 May 2007 † filmbuff § ‡ Comments (0) °

L’Atalante

1934
D: Jean Vigo
C: Michel Simon, Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Gilles Margaritis, Louis Lefebvre, Maurice Gilles, Raphaël Diligent
W: Jean Guinée; Albert Riéra & Jean Vigo (dialogue)
Original Music: Maurice Jaubert
Cinematography: Jean-Paul Alphen, Louis Berger & Boris Kaufman
Editor: Louis Chavance
Runtime: 89 min
Country: France
Language: French
Color: Black and White
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1
Sound Mix: Mono
Certification: Unrated

A riverboat captain, Jean [...]

Posted 17 May 2007 † filmbuff § Comedy § Non-English ‡ Comments (0) °

Belle de Jour

1967
D: Luis Buñuel
C: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Geneviève Page, Pierre Clémenti, Françoise Fabian, Macha Méril, Muni, Maria Latour, Claude Cerval, Michel Charrel, Iska Khan, Bernard Musson, Marcel Charvey, François Maistre, Francisco Rabal, Georges Marchal, Francis Blanche
W: Luis Buñuel & Jean-Claude Carrière; Joseph Kessel(novel)
Cinematography: Sacha Vierny
Editor: Louisette Hautecoeur
Runtime: 101 min
Country: France / Italy
Language: Spanish [...]

Posted 16 May 2007 † filmbuff § Comedy § Drama § Non-English ‡ Comments (0) °

Little Fugitive

1953
D: Ray Ashley, Morris Engel & Ruth Orkin
C: Richie Andrusco, Richard Brewster, Winifred Cushing, Jay Williams, Will Lee, Charlie Moss, Tommy DeCanio
W: Ray Ashley, Morris Engel & Ruth Orkin
Original Music: Eddy Lawrence Manson
Cinematography: Morris Engel
Editor: Ruth Orkin & Lester Troob
Runtime: 80 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Black and White
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1
Sound Mix: Mono
Certification: Not Rated

A [...]

Posted 30 April 2007 † filmbuff § Comedy § Documentary § Drama ‡ Comments (0) °

The Paper Chase

1973
D: James Bridges
C: Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, John Houseman, Graham Beckel, James Naughton, Edward Herrmann, Craig Richard Nelson, Robert Lydiard, Lenny Baker, David Clennon, Regina Baff, Irma Hurley, Bill Moher, Blair Brown, Richard Whelan, Alan Kwinter, Nicholas Olah, David B. Johns, Tony Silverthorne
W: John Jay Osborn Jr. (novel); James Bridges (screenplay)
Original Music: John Williams
Cinematography: Gordon [...]

Posted 27 March 2007 † filmbuff § Comedy § Drama ‡ Comments (0) °

Rocky

1976
D: John G. Avildsen
C: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith, Thayer David, Joe Spinell, Jimmy Gambina, Bill Baldwin, Al Silvani, George Memmoli, Jodi Letizia, Pedro Lovell, Frank Stallone, Joe Frazier
W: Sylvester Stallone
Original Music: Bill Conti
Cinematography: James Crabe
Editing: Scott Conrad
Runtime: 119 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix: Mono
Certification: PG

Why you should see [...]

Posted 10 February 2007 † filmbuff § Action § Drama ‡ Comments (0) °

Harold & Maude

1971
D: Hal Ashby
C: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack, Charles Tyner, Ellen Geer, Eric Christmas, G. Wood, Judy Engles, Shari Summers, Tom Skerritt, Susan Madigan, Ray K. Goman, Gordon Devol, Harvey Brumfield, Henry Dieckoff, Philip Schultz, Sonia Sorrell, Margot Jones, Barry Higgins
Writing: Colin Higgins
Original Music: Cat Stevens
Cinematography: John A. Alonzo
Runtime: 91 min
Country: USA
Language: [...]

Posted 08 January 2007 † filmbuff § Comedy ‡ Comments (1) °

The Coca-Cola Kid

1985
D: Dusan Makavejev
C: Eric Roberts, Greta Scacchi, Bill Kerr, Chris Haywood, Kris McQuade, Max Gillies, Tony Barry, Paul Chubb, David Slingsby, Tim Finn, Colleen Clifford, Rebecca Smart, Esben Storm, Steve Dodd, Ian Gilmour, David Argue
Writing: Frank Moorhouse (screenplay)
Original Music: Tim Finn (songs); William Motzing
Cinematography: Dean Semler
Runtime: 98 min
Country: Australia
Language: English
Color: Color (Eastmancolor)
Sound Mix: Dolby
Certification: R
A [...]

Posted 06 January 2007 † filmbuff § Comedy ‡ Comments (0) °

Stranger Than Fiction

2006
D: Marc Forster
C: Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah, Emma Thompson
W: Zach Helm
Original Music: Britt Daniel & Brian Reitzell
Cinematography: Roberto Schaefer
Editing: Matt Chesse
Runtime: 113 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Certification: PG-13

A friend of mine wrote a screenplay with the exact same title and with a very similar concept and was shopping it [...]

Posted 03 January 2007 † filmbuff § Comedy ‡ Comments (0) °

Danny Deckchair

2003
D: Jeff Balsmeyer
C: Rhys Ifans, Miranda Otto, Justine Clarke, Rhys Muldoon, John Batchelor, Alan Flower, Julie Sobotta, Brian Langsworth, Steve Rassios, Madeleine James, Jane Ruggiero, Gina Bortolin, Duncan Young, Garrie Scott
Writing: Jeff Balsmeyer
Original Music: David Donaldson , Plan 9, Steve Roche, Janet Roddick
Cinematography: Martin McGrath
Runtime: 90 min
Country: Australia
Language: English
Color: Color
Sound Mix: DTS / Dolby Digital
Certification: PG-13
Very [...]

Posted 16 November 2006 † filmbuff § Comedy ‡ Comments (0) °

The Devil Wears Prada

2006
D: David Frankel
C: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Adrian Grenier, Tracie Thoms, Rich Sommer, Simon Baker, Daniel Sunjata, Jimena Hoyos, Rebecca Mader
Writing: Aline Brosh McKenna (screenplay); Lauren Weisberger (novel)
Original Music: Theodore Shapiro; Chris Trapper (song “Every Angel”)
Cinematography: Florian Ballhaus
Runtime: 109 min
Country: USA
Language: French / English
Color: Color
Sound Mix: SDDS / DTS / Dolby [...]

Posted 12 November 2006 † filmbuff § Comedy ‡ Comments (0) °

Hockey Night

1984
D: Paul Shapiro
C: Megan Follows, Rick Moranis, Gail Youngs, Henry Ramer, Sean McCann, Ingrid Veninger, Maury Chaykin, Yannick Bisson, Robin Ward, Ken Camroux, Deanna Ethridge, Elizabeth Lennie,Rob McEwan, Ralph Benmergui, Betty Carney
Writing: Jack Blum & Paul Shapiro
Original Music: Fred Mollin
Cinematography: René Ohashi
Runtime: USA:74 min
Country: Canada
Language: English
Color: Color
Sound Mix: Stereo
A teenage girl makes it on an all-boys [...]

Posted 06 June 2006 † filmbuff § Drama § TV Film ‡ Comments (0) °

Tootsie

1982
D: Sydney Pollack
C: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Bill Murray, Sydney Pollack, George Gaynes, Geena Davis, Doris Belack, Ellen Foley, Peter Gatto, Lynne Thigpen, Ronald L. Schwary, Debra Mooney, Amy Lawrence, Estelle Getty, Christine Ebersole
Writing: Larry Gelbart
Original Music: Dave Grusin
Cinematography: Owen Roizman
Runtime: 119 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color
Sound Mix: Mono / [...]

Posted 16 April 2006 † filmbuff § Comedy ‡ Comments (0) °

The Black Stallion

1979
D: Carroll Ballard
C: Kelly Reno, Mickey Rooney, Teri Garr, Clarence Muse, Hoyt Axton, Michael Higgins, Ed McNamara, Doghmi Larbi, John Burton, John Buchanan, Kristen Vigard, Fausto Tozzi, John Karlsen, Leopoldo Trieste, Frank Cousins, Don Hudson, Marne Maitland, Tom Dahlgren
Writing: Walter Farley (novel); Melissa Mathison, Jeanne Rosenberg & William D. Wittliff
Original Music: Carmine Coppola
Cinematography: Caleb Deschanel
Runtime: [...]

Posted 03 March 2006 † filmbuff § Action ‡ Comments (0) °

Joe Versus the Volcano

1990
D: John Patrick Shanley
C: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, Abe Vigoda, Dan Hedaya, Barry McGovern, Amanda Plummer, Ossie Davis, Jayne Haynes, David Burton, Carol Kane, Jim Hudson, Antoni Gatti
Writing: John Patrick Shanley
Original Music: Georges Delerue & Peter Gordon
Cinematography: Stephen Goldblatt
Runtime: 102 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix: Dolby SR
Joe Banks trudges day [...]

Posted 02 March 2006 † filmbuff § Comedy ‡ Comments (0) °

Dersu Uzala

1975
D: Akira Kurosawa
C: Maksim Munzuk, Yuri Solomin, Svetlana Danilchenko, Dmitri Korshikov, Suimenkul Chokmorov, Vladimir Kremena, Aleksandr Pyatkov
Writing: Vladimir Arsenyev (memoir, Dersu Uzala); Akira Kurosawa & Yuri Nagibin (screenplay)
Original Music: Isaak Shvarts
Cinematography: Fyodor Dobronravov, Yuri Gantman & Asakazu Nakai
Runtime: 141 min / Soviet Union:144 min
Country: Soviet Union / Japan
Language: Russian
Color: Color (Sovcolor)
Sound Mix: 70 mm 6-Track

***Spoiler [...]

Posted 25 February 2006 † filmbuff § Action § Drama § Non-English § Suspense ‡ Comments (1) °

Lolita

1962
D: Stanley Kubrick
C: James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon, Gary Cockrell, Jerry Stovin, Diana Decker, Lois Maxwell, Cec Linder, Bill Greene, Shirley Douglas, Marianne Stone, Marion Mathie, James Dyrenforth, Maxine Holden, John Harrison, Colin Maitland, Terry Kilburn, C. Denier Warren, Roland Brand, Peter Sellers
Writing: Vladimir Nabokov (novel); Vladimir Nabokov (screenplay)
Original Music: Tom Adair (song [...]

Posted 07 February 2006 † filmbuff § Comedy § Drama ‡ Comments (2) °

It’s a Wonderful Life

1946
D: Frank Capra
C: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Henry Travers, Beulah Bondi, Frank Faylen, Ward Bond, Gloria Grahame, H.B. Warner, Frank Albertson, Todd Karns,
Samuel S. Hinds, Mary Treen, Virginia Patton, Charles Williams, Sarah Edwards, William Edmunds
Writing: Philip Van Doren Stern (story The Greatest Gift); Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett & Frank Capra [...]

Posted 25 January 2006 † filmbuff § ‡ Comments (0) °

Off Beat

1986
D: Michael Dinner
C: Judge Reinhold, Meg Tilly, Cleavant Derricks, Joe Mantegna, Jacques d’Amboise, Amy Wright, John Turturro, James Tolkan, Julie Bovasso, Anthony Zerbe, Fred Gwynne, Harvey Keitel, Victor Argo, Austin Pendleton, Penn Jillette
Writing: Dezsö Magyar (story); Mark Medoff (screenplay)
Runtime: 92 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color (Technicolor)

This is a pleasant romantic comedy, highlighted by a strong cast [...]

Posted 25 January 2006 † filmbuff § Comedy ‡ Comments (0) °