July 29th

Family Plot*
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writers: Victor Canning (novel) & Ernest Lehman (writer)
Starring: Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, & William Devane
Rating: 4/5











Clerks
Director: Kevin Smith
Writer: Kevin Smith
Starring: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Marilyn Ghigliotti, & Lisa Spoonhauer
Rating: 5/5

July 28th

Frenzy*

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Writers: Arthur La Bern (novel)& Anthony Shaffer (screenplay)

Starring: Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, & Anna Massey

Rating: 4/5

July 27th

Topaz*

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Writers: Leon Uris (novel) & Samuel A. Taylor (screenplay)

Starring: Frederick Stafford, Dany Robin, John Vernon, & Karin Dor

Rating: 2.5/5

July 26th

Blast of Silence*

Director: Allen Baron

Writers: Allen Baron(writer) & Waldo Salt (narration written by)

Starring: Allen Baron, Molly McCarthy, Larry Tucker, & Peter H. Clune

Rating: 4/5

July 25th

Torn Curtain*
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writers: Brian Moore(written by), Willis Hall, uncredited, & Keith Waterhouse uncredited
Starring: Paul Newman & Julie Andrews
Rating: 3.5/5











Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind*
Director: Michel Gondry
Writers: Charlie Kaufman(story & screenplay), Michel Gondry (story), & Pierre Bismut (story)
Starring: Jim Carry, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood, & Tom Wilkinson
Oscar: Best Writing, Original Screenplay: Charlie Kaufman(screenplay/story) Michel Gondry (story) Pierre Bismuth (story)
Rating: 4/5

July 24th

Marnie*
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writers: Winston Graham(novel) & Jay Presson Allen(screenplay)
Starring: "Tippi" Hedren & Sean Connery
Rating: 3.5/5












Surfwise*
Director: Doug Pray
Writers: Doug Pray
Starring: The Paskowitz Family
Rating: 3/5

July 23rd

Pulp Fiction*

Director: Quentin Tarantino

Writers: Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avery

Starring: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Maria de Medeiros, & Uma Thurman

Oscar: Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Quentin Tarantino & Roger Avary)

Rating: 4/5

July 22nd

Guys & Dolls*

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Writers: Jo Swerling (book for musical play "Guys and Dolls"), Abe Burrows, (book for musical play "Guys and Dolls"), Damon Runyon(story "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown"), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (Screenplay), & Ben Hecht (uncredited)

Starring: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, & Vivian Blaine

Rating: 4/5

July 20th

The Dark Knight*
Director: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan, & David S. Goyer
Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, & Morgan Freeman
Rating: 4/5











The Hallelujah Trail*
Director: John Sturges
Writers: William Gulick(novel) & John Gay(screenplay)
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Lee Remick, Jim Hutton, & Donald Pleasence
Rating: 3/5

July 18th

Scanners*

Director: David Cronenberg

Writer: David Cronenberg

Starring: Jennifer O'Neill, Stephen Lack, Patrick McGoohan, & Michael Ironside

Rating: 4/5

July 17th

The Fog*
Director: John Carpenter
Writers: John Carpenter & Debra Hill
Starring: Adrienne Barbeau, Jamie Lee Curtis, & Janet Leigh
Rating: 4/5











The Brood*
Director: David Cronenberg
Writers: David Cronenberg
Starring: Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art Hindle, & Cindy Hinds
Rating: 4/5

July 15th

Bowling for Columbine*
Director: Michael Moore
Writer: Michael Moore
Starring: Michael Moore,
Oscar: Best Documentary, Features (Michael Moore & Michael Donovan)
Rating: 4/5










Gates of Heaven*
Director: Errol Morris
Writers: n/a
Starring: Cal Harberts, Dan Harberts, Dan Harberts, Scottie Harberts, & Floyd McClure
Rating: 4/5

July 13th

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes*

Director: Billy Wilder

Writers: Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond, & Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (characters)

Starring: Robert Stephens, Colin Blakely, & Geneviève Page

Rating: 4/5

July 11th

The Fugitive Kind*

Director: Sidney Lumet

Writers: Tennessee Williams & Meade Roberts

Starring: Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, & Joanne Woodward
Rating: 4.5/5

July 10th

The Kentuckian*

Director: Burt Lancaster

Writers: Felix Holt (novel) & A.B. Guthrie Jr. (screenplay)

Starring: Burt Lancaster, Dianne Foster, Diana Lynn, & John McIntire

Rating: 4/5

July 9th

State of Grace*

Director: Phil Joanou

Writer: Dennis McIntyre

Starring: Sean Penn, Gary Oldman, Ed Harris

Rating: 3/5

July 8th

Vertigo*
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writers: Pierre Boileau(novel "...d'Entre les Morts"), Thomas Narcejac (novel "...d'Entre les Morts"), Alec Coppel(screenplay), & Samuel A. Taylor(screenplay) (as Samuel Taylor)
Starring: James Stewart & Kim Novak
Rating: 4/5











Gangster No. 1*
Director: Paul McGuigan
Writer: Johnny Ferguson (screenplay)
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis, Paul Bettany, & Saffron Burrows
Rating: 3.5/5











The Saddest Music in the World*
Director: Guy Maddin
Writers: Kazuo Ishiguro (original screenplay), George Toles(written by) , & Guy Maddin(written by)
Starring: Mark McKinney, Isabella Rossellini, Maria de Medeiros, David Fox, & Ross McMillan
Rating: 4/5

July 7th

Monkey on my Back*

Director: André De Toth

Writers: Paul Dudley (writer), Barney Ross (book), Anthony Veiller (writer), & Crane Wilbur (writer)

Starring: Cameron Mitchell & Dianne Foster

Rating: 4/5

July 6th

Shadows and Fog*

Director: Woody Allen

Writer: Woody Allen

Starring: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, John Malkovich,

Rating: 3.5/5

July 3rd

Shalako*
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Writers: Louis L'Amour(novel), Clarke Reynolds(screen story), James Griffith(screenplay) (as J.J. Griffith), Hal Hopper(screenplay),& Scott Finch(screenplay) (as Scot Finch)
Starring: Sean Connery & Brigitte Bardot
Rating: 1.5/5




Edward Dmytryk brought audiences great film-noirs like Cross-Fire and Murder,My Sweet. He also gave audiences trash like this in his last films.













Vernon, Florida*
Director: Errol Morris
Starring: Albert Bitterling, Roscoe Collins, George Harris, & Joe Payne
Rating: 4/5

July 2nd

Custer of the West*

Director: Robert Siodmak

Writers: Bernard Gordon (written by) & Julian Zimet(written by) (originally as Julian Halevy)

Starring: Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Ty Hardin, & Jeffrey Hunter

Rating: 2.5/5

July 1st

Giant*
Director: George Stevens
Writers:Edna Ferber(novel), Fred Guiol(screenplay),& Ivan Moffat(screenplay)
Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, & James Dean
Oscar: Best Director (George Stevens)
Rating: 4/5









The Man Who Knew Too Much*
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writers: John Michael Hayes(screenplay), Charles Bennett(story), & D.B. Wyndham-Lewis(story)
Starring: James Stewart & Doris Day
Oscar: Best Music, Original Song (Jay Livingston & Ray Evans) For the song "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)".
Rating: 4/5

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June 30th

Hell In The Pacific*

Director: Jon Boorman

Writers: Reuben Bercovitch(story), Alexander Jacob(screenplay), & Eric Bercovici(screenplay)

Starring: Lee Marvin & Toshiro Mifune

Rating: 4/5

June 29th

The Trouble With Harry*

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Writers: John Michael Hayes (screenplay)& Jack Trevor Story (novel)

Starring: Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, & Shirley MacLaine

Rating: 3/5