June 4th

Broken Flowers*

Director: Jim Jarmusch

Writers: Jim Jarmusch, Bill Raden (inspired by an idea from), & Sara Driver (inspired by an idea from)

Starring: Bill Murray, Julie Delpy, Jeffrey Wright, Sharon Stone, Frances Conroy, Jessica Lange, & Tilda Swinton

Rating: 4/5

June 3rd

Killing Zoe*

Director: Roger Avary

Writer: Roger Avary

Starring: Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy, & Jean-Hugues Anglade

Rating: 2/5

June 2nd

Lilith*

Director: Robert Rossen

Writers: Robert Alan Aurthur (uncredited), Robert Rossen (writer), & J.R. Salamanca (novel)

Starring: Warren Beatty, Jean Seberg, Peter Fonda, & Kim Hunter

Rating: 2.5/5

June 1st

Day For Night*

Director: François Truffaut

Writers: Jean-Louis Richard, Suzanne Schiffman, & François Truffaut

Starring: Jacqueline Bisset, Valentina Cortese, Dani, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Jean-Pierre Léaud, & François Truffaut

Oscar: Best Foreign Language Film (France.)

Rating: 4/5

Top Six Films of May

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May 31st

M. Hulot's Holiday

Director: Jacques Tati

Writers: Jacques Tati (story, screenplay, dialogue), Henri Marquet (story, screenplay, dialogue), Jacques Lagrange (screenplay uncredited), & Pierre Aubert (screenplay uncredited)

Starring: Jacques Tati

Rating: 4/5

May 29th

Hunger*

Director: Steve McQueen

Writers: Enda Walsh & Steve McQueen
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Stuart Graha, & Rory Mullen

Rating: 4.5/5

May 28th

Coffee & Cigarettes*

Director: Jim Jarmusch

Writer: Jim Jarmusch

Starring: Roberto Benigni, Steven Wright, Steve Buscemi, Tom Waits, Iggy Pop, Isaach De Bankolé, Cate Blanchett, Alfred Molina, Steve Coogan, Bill Murray, & Taylor Mead

Rating: 3/5

May 27th

Red River*

Directors: Howard Hawks & Arthur Rosson (co-director)

Writers: Borden Chase (Saturday Evening Post story & screenplay) & Charles Schnee (screenplay)

Starring: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan, & Joanne Dru

Rating: 4/5

May 26th

Leave Her to Heaven*

Director: John M. Stahl

Writers: Jo Swerling (screenplay) & Ben Ames Williams (novel)

Starring: Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Vincent Price, & Jeanne Crain

Oscar: Best Cinematography, Color (Leon Shamroy)

Rating:4/5

May 24th

Born to Kill

Director: Robert Wise

Writers: Eve Greene (screenplay), Richard Macaulay (screenplay), & James Gunn (novel "Deadlier than the Male")

Starring: Lawrence Tierney, Claire Trevor, & Walter Slezak

Rating: 4/5

May 23rd

Detour*

Director: Edgar G. Ulmer

Writers: Martin Goldsmith (screenplay & original story) & Martin Mooney (uncredited)

Starring: Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Edmund MacDonald, & Claudia Drake

Rating: 4.5/5

May 22nd

Gomorra*

Director: Matteo Garrone

Writers: Roberto Saviano (book & screenplay), Maurizio Braucci(screenplay), Ugo Chiti (screenplay), Gianni Di Gregorio (screenplay), Matteo Garrone (screenplay), & Massimo Gaudioso(screenplay)

Starring: Salvatore Abruzzese, Gianfelice Imparato, Salvatore Cantalupo, Toni Servillo, Marco Macor, & Ciro Petrone

Rating: 3.5/5

May 21st

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai*

Director: Jim Jarmusch

Writer: Jim Jarmusch

Starring: Forest Whitaker, John Tormey, Cliff Gorman, Richard Portnow, & Tricia Vessey

Rating: 3.5/5

May 9th

Insomnia*

Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg

Writers: Erik Skjoldbjærg (writer) & Erik Skjoldbjærg (writer)

Starring: Maria Mathiesen, Stellan Skarsgård, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Gisken Armand, & Bjørn Floberg

Rating: 4/5

May 1st

Ratcatcher*
Director: Lynne Ramsay
Writer: Lynne Ramsay
Starring: William Eadie, Tommy Flanagan, Mandy Matthews, Michelle Stewart, & John Miller
Rating: 4/5

Top Five Films of April

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April 25th

Fixed Bayonets*
Director: Samuel Fuller

Writers: John Brophy (novel) & Samuel Fuller (writer)

Starring: Richard Basehart, Gene Evans, Michael O'Shea, Richard Hylton, Craig Hill, & Skip Homeier

Rating: 4/5

Terror in a Texas Town*

Director: Joseph H. Lewis

Writer: Dalton Trumbo

Starring: Sterling Hayden, Sebastian Cabot, Carol Kelly, Eugene Martin, & Nedrick Young

Rating: 4/5

April 24th

JCVD*

Dicrector: Mabrouk El Mechri

Writers: Mabrouk El Mechri, Frédéric Benudis, & Christophe Turpin

Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme

Rating: 3.5/5

April 18th

The Apartment*

Director: Billy Wilder

Writers: Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond

Starring: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, & Fred MacMurray

Oscars: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Alexandre Trauner & Edward G. Boyle), Best Director (Billy Wilder), Best Film Editing (Daniel Mandell), Best Picture (Billy Wilder), Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen (Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond)

Rating: 4.5/5

April 17th

Wendy & Lucy*

Director: Kelly Reichardt

Writers: Jonathan Raymond (story & writer), Kelly Reichardt (writer)

Starring: Michelle Williams, Lucy, Will Patton, Wally Dalton

Rating: 4/5

April 2nd

On the Waterfront*

Director: Elia Kazan

Writers: Malcolm Johnson (suggested by articles) & Budd Schulberg(story & screenplay)

Starring: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, & Eva Marie Saint

Oscars: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Marlon Brando), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Eva Marie Saint), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Richard Day), Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (Boris Kaufman), Best Director (Elia Kazan), Best Film Editing (Gene Milford), Best Picture (Sam Spiegel), Best Writing, Story and Screenplay (Budd Schulberg)

Rating: 4.5/5

Top Seven Films of March

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March 28th

The Bridge on the River Kwai*

Director: David Lean

Writers: Pierre Boulle (novel), Michael Wilson (screenplay), & Carl Foreman (screenplay)

Starring: William Holden, Alec Guinness, & Jack Hawkins

Oscars: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Alec Guinness), Best Cinematography (Jack Hildyard) , Best Director (David Lean), Best Film Editing (Peter Taylor), Best Music, Scoring (Malcolm Arnold), Best Picture (Sam Spiegel), Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Pierre Boulle, Carl Foreman, & Michael Wilson),

Rating: 4/5

March 28th

Dead Man*

Director: Jim Jarmusch

Writer: Jim Jarmusch

Starring: Johnny Depp, Robert Mitchum, Iggy Pop, Billy Bob Thorton, John Hurt, Gary Farmer, Crispin Glover, Eugene Byrd, Gabriel Byrne, Jared Harris, Alfred Molina

Rating: 4.5/5

March 27th

Che: Part One*

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Writers: Peter Buchman (screenplay) & Ernesto 'Che' Guevara(memoir "Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War")

Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Julia Ormond, Oscar Isaac, Rodrigo Santoro, & Demián Bichir

Rating: 4/5

Che: Part Two*

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Writers: Peter Buchman (screenplay), Benjamin A. van der Veen (screenplay), & Ernesto 'Che' Guevara (Bolivian Diary)

Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Demián Bichir, Rodrigo Santoro, Catalina Sandino Moreno

Rating: 4/5

March 26th

City of God

Directors: Fernando Meirelles & Kátia Lund (co-director)

Writers: Paulo Lins (novel) & Bráulio Mantovani (screenplay)

Starring: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen, Matheus Nachtergaele, & Seu Jorge

Rating: 4/5

March 14th

Midnight Express*

Director: Alan Parker

Writers: Billy Hayes (book), William Hoffer (book), & Oliver Stone (screenplay)

Starring: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli, Paul L. Smith, Randy Quaid, & John Hurt

Oscars: Best Music, Original Score Giorgio Moroder) & Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Oliver Stone)

Rating: 3.5/5

March 13th

He Walked By Night*

Directors: Alfred L. Werker & Anthony Mann (uncredited)

Writers: Crane Wilbur (story & screenplay), John C. Higgins (screenplay), & Harry Essex (additional dialogue)

Starring: Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Jack Webb, Roy Roberts, Whit Bissell, & James Cardwell

Rating: 4/5

March 7th

The Big Red One*

Director: Samuel Fuller

Writer: Samuel Fuller

Starring: Lee Marvin, Mark Hamill, Robert Carradine, Bobby Di Cicco, & Kelly Ward

Rating: 4/5

March 6th

Waltz With Bashir*

Director: Ari Folman

Writers: Ari Folman

Starring: Ron Ben-Yishai, Ronny Dayag, Ari Folman, & Dror Harazi

Rating: 4/5

Top Nine Films of February

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