Movie Count

  • Jan-17
  • Feb-13
  • Mar-9
  • Apr-6
  • May-11
  • Jun-4
  • Total-60

December 31st

Border Incident*
Director: Anthony Mann
Writers: John C. Higgins & George Zuckerman
Starring: Ricardo Montalban & George Murphy
Rating: 4/5

December 29th

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street*
Director: Tim Burton
Writers: John Logan & Christopher Bond
Starring: Johnny Depp & Helena Bonham Carter
Rating: 3/5

December 28th

Side Street*
Director: Anthony Mann
Writer: Sydney Boehm
Starring: Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, James Craig, & Paul Kelly
Rating: 4/5

December 27th

Behind Locked Doors*
Director: Budd Boetticher
Writers: Eugene Ling & Malvin Wald
Starring: Lucille Bremer & Richard Carlson
Rating: 3.5/5










Railroaded*
Director: Anthony Mann
Writers: Gertrude Walker & John C. Higgins
Starring: John Ireland, Sheila Ryan, Hugh Beaumont, & Jane Randolph

Rating: 3.5/5

December 26th

Blade Runner* (Theatrical Cut)
Director: Ridley Scott
Writers: Hampton Fancher, David Webb Peoples, & Roland Kibbee
Starring: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, & Sean Young
Rating: 3.5/5

December 25th

Notorious
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writers: Ben Hecht, Alfred Hitchcock, & Clifford Odets
Starring: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, & Claude Rains
Rating: 4.5/5

December 23rd

A Fistfull of Dynamite*
Director: Sergio Leone
Writers: Sergio Leone, Sergio Donati, & Luciano Vincenzoni
Starring: Rod Steiger & James Coburn
Rating: 4/5

December 22nd

Barry Lyndon*
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Writer: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Ryan O'Neal & Marisa Berenson
Oscars: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Ken Adam, Roy Walker, & Vernon Dixon), Best Cinematography (John Alcott), Best Costume Design (Ulla-Britt Söderlund & Milena Canonero), & Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation (Leonard Rosenman)
Rating: 4/5

December 21st

The Narrow Margin*
Director: Richard Fleischer
Writers: Earl Felton, Martin Goldsmith, & Jack Leonard
Starring: Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, & Jacqueline White
Rating: 4/5

December 20th

Lolita*
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Writers: Vladimir Nabokov & Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Sue Lyon, James Masonm, Shelley Winters, & Peter Sellers
Rating: 4/5

Deecmber 15th

Port of Shadows*
Director: Marcel Carne
Writer: Jacques Prévert
Starring: Jean Gabin, Michel Simon, & Michèle Morgan
Rating: 4.5/5

December 14th

Fanny & Alexander*
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Writer: Ingmar Bergman
Starring: Bertil Guve & Jan Malmsjö
Oscars: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Anna Asp & Susanne Lingheim), Best Cinematography (Sven Nykvist), Best Costume Design (Marik Vos-Lundh), Best Foreign Language Film (Sweden).
Rating: 4.5/5

December 13th

Wild Strawberries
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Writer: Ingmar Bergman
Starring: Victor Sjöström & Bibi Andersson
Rating: 4/5

December 8th

Variety Lights*
Directors: Federico Fellini & Alberto Lattuada
Writers: Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Alberto Lattuada, &
Tullio Pinelli
Starring: Peppino De Filippo, Carla Del Poggio, & Giulietta Masina
Rating: 4/5

December 7th

The Illusionist*
Director: Neil Burger
Writer: Neil Burger
Starring: Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, & Jessica Biel

Rating: 2.5/5













Paths of Glory*
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Writers: Stanley Kubrick, Calder Willingham, & Jim Thompson
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, & Adolphe Menjou
Rating: 4.5/5

















December 1st

Fargo
Directors: Joel & Ethan Coen
Writers: Joel & Ethan Coen
Starring: Frances McDormand, Peter Stormare, Steve Buscemi, & William H. Macy
Oscars: Best Actress in a Leading Role (Frances McDormand) & Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Ethan Coen & Joel Coen)
Rating: 4.5/5








Sullivan's Travels*

Director: Preston Sturges
Writers: Preston Sturges
Starring: Veronica Lake & Joel McCrea

Rating: 4/5













Days of Heaven*
Director: Terrence Malick
Writer: Terrence Malick
Starring: Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, & Sam Shepard, & Linda Manz
Oscar: Best Cinematography (Néstor Almendros)
Rating: 4/5

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