Michael's Movies: Movies

2025-12-20 Eyes Wide Shut (1999) imdb.com

Director: Stanley Kubrick
Synopsis: After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.
Cast: Tom Cruise as Dr. William Harford, Nicole Kidman as Alice Harford, Sydney Pollack as Victor Ziegler, Sky du Mont as Sandor Szavost, Todd Field as Nick Nightingale, Rade Šerbedžija as Mr. Milich, Fay Masterson as Sally
Links
Film
cinemafromthespectrum.com
rogerebert.com
33degreesofeyeswideshut.wordpress.com

Bill, Alice		Alice with daughter	Alice, Bill at the party	Sandor Szavost, Alice

Bill at work	Nick performing	Bill in NYC streets		Bill, Milich

Milich's daughter		The orgy. Mansion	The orgy

			Back home	Alice at home

Bill, Sally	Bill followed	Victor, Bill		Alice with mask

2025-09-12 Barton Fink (1991) imdb.com

Director: Joel Coen
Synopsis: A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Cast: John Turturro as Barton Fink, John Goodman as Charlie Meadows, Judy Davis as Audrey Taylor, Michael Lerner as Jack Lipnick, John Mahoney as W.P. Mayhew, Tony Shalhoub as Ben Geisler, Steve Buscemi as Chet
Links
Film
rogerebert.com
variety.com
variety.com
asharperfocus.com

Barton Fink	At the hotel			In the Lipnick's office

	Charlie	Ben Geisler	Mayhew, Audrey	Barton Fink, Audrey

		Lipnick's kiss	Detectives

At work with Charlie's package	Celebration of the finished script	Mad Charlie	Lipnick's wrath	At the beach

2025-09-06 Miller's Crossing (1990) imdb.com

Director: Joel Coen
Synopsis: Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
Cast: Gabriel Byrne as Tom Reagan, Marcia Gay Harden as Verna, John Turturro as Bernie Bernbaum, Jon Polito as Johnny Caspar, J.E. Freeman as Eddie Dane, Albert Finney as Leo, Steve Buscemi as Mink
Links
Film
rogerebert.com
filmsite.org
thegrognardfiles.com
cageyfilms.com
Youtube. Mercy Scene
Youtube. Get out of Here
Youtube. Final scene

Tom	Caspar	Dane	Mink

Leo	Leo, Tom	Tom, Verna

		Bernie	Leo

Tom, cop	Leo	Tom, Bernie

2024-11-10 The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) imdb.com

Director: Anthony Minghella
Synopsis: Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.
Cast: Matt Damon as Tom Ripley, Gwyneth Paltrow as Marge Sherwood, Jude Law as Dickie Greenleaf, Cate Blanchett as Meredith Logue, Philip Seymour Hoffman as Freddie Miles, Jack Davenport as Peter Smith-Kingsley, James Rebhorn as Herbert Greenleaf, Sergio Rubini as Inspector Roverini
Links
Film
Novel
Purple Noon
rogerebert.com
JANET MASLIN
netflix.com
thomasmason.co.uk

Tom		Tom, Meredith	Meredith	Marge, Dickie

Tom, Dickie, Marge	Tom, Dickie		Dickie, Marge	Freddie	Tom, Dickie, Freddie

Dickie, Tom in the boat	Freddie killed by Tom		Inspector Roverini, Tom	Tom, Marge, Herbert Greenleaf	Peter

2024-07-28 The Portrait of a Lady (1996) imdb.com

Director: Jane Campion
Synopsis: Ms. Isabel Archer isn't afraid to challenge societal norms. Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhearted cousin writes her into his fatally ill father's will. Suddenly rich and independent, Isabelle ventures into the world, along the way befriending a cynical intellectual and romancing an art enthusiast. However, the advantage of her affluence is called into question when she realizes the extent to which her money colors her relationships.
Cast: Nicole Kidman as Isabel Archer, John Malkovich as Gilbert Osmond, Barbara Hershey as Madame Serena Merle, Richard E. Grant as Lord Warburton, John Gielgud as Mr. Touchett, Viggo Mortensen as Caspar Goodwood, Martin Donovan as Ralph Touchett, Valentina Cervi as Pansy Osmond
Links
Film
Novel
Wiki
themoviedb.org
rogerebert.com
variety.com
maramarietta.com

Mr. Touchett		Caspar Goodwood	Ralph Touchett	Isabel Archer, Caspar Goodwood	Lord Warburton

Isabel Archer		Gilbert Osmond			Pansy Osmond, Gilbert Osmond

Pansy Osmond, Madame Serena Merle	Pansy Osmond	Ralph Touchett, Isabel Archer	Isabel Archer

2024-07-21 To Die For (1995) imdb.com

Director: Gus Van Sant
Synopsis: Suzanne Stone wants to be a world-famous news anchor and she is willing to do anything to get what she wants. What she lacks in intelligence, she makes up for in cold determination and diabolical wiles. As she pursues her goal with relentless focus, she is forced to destroy anything and anyone that may stand in her way, regardless of the ultimate cost or means necessary.
Cast: Nicole Kidman as Suzanne Stone, Matt Dillon as Larry Maretto, Illeana Douglas as Janice Maretto, Joaquin Phoenix as Jimmy Emmett, Casey Affleck as Russel Hines, Alison Folland as Lydia Mertz
Links
Film
themoviedb.org
rogerebert.com
cinemafromthespectrum.com
reelviews.net

City view	Suzanne, Larry				Suzanne

				Suzanne, Janice	Janice

Jimmy			Lydia	Russel, Jimmy, Lydia	At Larry's funeral

2024-05-29 The Bridges of Madison County (1995) imdb.com

Director: Clint Eastwood
Synopsis: Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s.
Cast: Clint Eastwood as Robert Kincaid, Meryl Streep as Francesca Johnson, Annie Corley as Caroline Johnson, Victor Slezak as Michael Johnson
Links
Film
Novel
themoviedb.org

Michael, Caroline Johnson		Fransesca, Robert

2023-11-21 The Age of Innocence (1993) imdb.com

Director: Martin Scorsese
Synopsis: In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis as Newland Archer, Michelle Pfeiffer as Ellen Olenska, Winona Ryder as May Welland, Geraldine Chaplin as Mrs. Welland, Robert Sean Leonard as Ted Archer, Miriam Margolyes as Mrs. Catherine Mingott
Links
Film
Novel
cliffsnotes.com
rogerebert.com
theguardian.com
stuff.co.nz
loa.org

NYC view	Archer, May

			Mrs. Catherine Mingott

Archer, May, Mrs. Catherine Mingott	Ellen, Mrs. Welland, May	Ellen

Archer, Ellen		Older Archer, his son Ted

2023-09-06 Heat (1995) imdb.com

Director: Michael Mann
Synopsis: Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.
Cast: Al Pacino as Lt. Vincent Hanna, Diane Venora as Justine Hanna, Natalie Portman as Lauren, Robert De Niro as Neil McCauley, Val Kilmer as Chris Shiherlis, Tom Sizemore as Michael Cheritto, Amy Brenneman as Eady
Links
Film
themoviedb.org
film89.co.uk
rogerebert.com

City view	1st robbery	Hanna		Justine, Hanna	Lauren, Hanna

McCauley		Hanna, McCauley	Chris	Chris, Charlene	2nd shooting. Hanna

Chris, Cheritto shooting	McCauley, Chris	Eady, McCauley		Eady, Hanna	Final shooting at the airport

2023-09-03 The Iron Giant (1999) imdb.com

Director: Brad Bird
Synopsis: In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their own fears and prejudices.
Cast: Vin Diesel as The Iron Giant (voice), Eli Marienthal as Hogarth Hughes (voice), Jennifer Aniston as Annie Hughes (voice), Harry Connick Jr. as Dean McCoppin (voice), Christopher McDonald as Kent Mansley (voice), John Mahoney as General Rogard (voice)
Links
Film
Ted Hughes
Ted Hughes. The Iron Man
themoviedb.org
sideshow.com
rogerebert.com
animatedantic.com

Hogarth Hughes	Annie Hughes	Dean Mccopin	Annie, Hogarth, Dean	Iron Giant

Hogarh, Iron Giant	Iron Giant

Agent Kent Mansley, Annie	Agent, Hogarth	Agent Kent Mansley	Gen. Rogard	US Army

	USAF	Annie, agent Mansley, Dean, Howarth, Gen. Rogard	Iron Giant flying	Dean, Annie, Howarth

2022-08-21 Three Colors: Red (1994) imdb.com

Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski
Synopsis: Valentine, a student model in Geneva, struggles with a possessive boyfriend and a troubled family. When she runs over a dog, she discovers that its owner, a retired judge, is illegally wiretapping and eavesdropping on his neighbors' phone calls. Although Valentine is outraged, she develops a strange bond with the judge – and as the two become closer, she finds herself caught in the middle of events that could change her life.
Cast: Irène Jacob as Valentine Dussaut, Jean-Louis Trintignant as Richter Joseph Kern, Jean-Pierre Lorit as Auguste Bruner
Links
Film
themoviedb.org
reelviews.net
altfg.com

Valentine	The hurt dog	Valentine		Valentine's poster

Judge Joseph Kern	Judge, Valentine		Auguste	Valentine saved from the ferry

2022-08-20 Three Colors: White (1994) imdb.com

Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski
Synopsis: Polish immigrant Karol Karol finds himself out of a marriage, a job and a country when his French wife, Dominique, divorces him after six months due to his impotence. Forced to leave France after losing the business they jointly owned, Karol enlists fellow Polish expatriate Mikolah to smuggle him back to their homeland.
Cast: Zbigniew Zamachowski as Karol Karol, Julie Delpy as Dominique, Karol's wife, Janusz Gajos as Mikołaj, Jerzy Stuhr as Jurek, Karol's brother
Links
Film
themoviedb.org
asharperfocus.com
theguardian.com
researchgate.net

Dominique, Karol Karol after the divorce				Karol begging in the Metro	Karol, Mikołaj in the Metro

Karol tries to shoot Mikołaj	Mikołaj smuggles Karol to Poland	Karol is back in Poland	Jurek, Karol's brother	Karol, Mikołaj in business

Dominique in Poland	Karol, Dominique reunited in Poland			Dominique in prison	Karol near the prison

2022-08-19 Three Colors: Blue (1993) imdb.com

Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski
Synopsis: Julie is haunted by her grief after living through a tragic auto wreck that claimed the life of her composer husband and young daughter. Her initial reaction is to withdraw from her relationships, lock herself in her apartment and suppress her pain. But avoiding human interactions on the bustling streets of Paris proves impossible, and she eventually meets up with Olivier, an old friend who harbors a secret love for her, and who could draw her back to reality.
Cast: Juliette Binoche as Julie Vignon, Benoît Régent as Olivier, Florence Pernel as Sandrine, Charlotte Véry as Lucille, Emmanuelle Riva as Madame Vignon, Julie's mother
Links
Wiki
themoviedb.org
rogerebert.com
sensesofcinema.com

The accident	Julie after the accident	Julie, Olivier

Julie, Olivier			Julie's Mom

Julie

Lucille			Sandrine

2021-09-06 Avalon (1990) imdb.com

Director: Barry Levinson
Synopsis: It is the late 1940s and early 1950s, and much has happened to the family of Polish Jewish immigrant Sam Krichinsky since he first arrived in America in 1914 and eventually settled in Baltimore.
Cast: Armin Mueller-Stahl as Sam Krichinsky, Aidan Quinn as Jules Kaye, Kevin Pollak as Izzy Kirk, Elijah Wood as Michael Kaye
Links
Film
tcm.com
rogerebert.com

Sam, Izzy, Jules with their wives	Jules, Sam	Michael, Sam	Michael, Jules		Uncle Gabriel at Thanksgiving

2021-08-12 Goodfellas (1990) imdb.com

Director: Martin Scorsese
Synopsis: The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mob, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate.
Cast: Ray Liotta as Henry Hill, Robert De Niro as Jimmy Conway, Joe Pesci as Tommy DeVito, Lorraine Bracco as Karen Hill, Paul Sorvino as Paul Cicero
Links
Film
Henry Hill
Tim Dirks
tcm.com
R. Ebert
J. Berardinelli

Henry, Karen

Wedding: Paul Cicero, Karen, Henry	Devito, Henry	Henry, Paul Cicero	DeVito, Henry, Conway	In action

	Henry interrogated	In Court	Henry's family visits him in prison	Conway, Henry

2021-03-11 The Ninth Gate (1999) imdb.com

Director: Roman Polanski
Synopsis: An authority on rare books is drawn into a confrontation with the forces of darkness in this thriller directed by Roman Polanski. Dean Corso (Johnny Depp) is a rare book broker who makes his living tracking down valuable items for rich bibliophiles. Corso is hired by Boris Balkan (Frank Langella), a millionaire New Yorker with a vast collection of occult literature and a keen interest in "The Nine Gates to the Kingdom of Shadows." Legend has it that the book was co-written by Satan in the 17th century, and only three copies are known to exist; the owner of one recently sold the book to Balkan a few days before killing himself. Balkan wants Corso to find the other two copies (one owned by a Mr. Fargas in Portugal and the other by a French collector named Kessler) and examine them to determine if they are forgeries. Corso is told to be thorough and spare no expense. He begins by visiting Liana Telfer (Lena Olin), the widow of the man who once owned Balkan's copy of the book, who has an unusually strong desire to get the book back, and confers with his friend Bernie (James Russo), who soon turns up dead, in a manner much like an illustration from the book. Corso learns that the book contains clues to a puzzle that will allow people to call up the devil, and certain people will stop at nothing to find the missing parts of the formula. - By Mark Deming
Cast: Johnny Depp as Dean Corso, Frank Langella as Boris Balkan, Lena Olin as Liana Telfer, Emmanuelle Seigner as The Girl, Barbara Jefford as Baroness Kessler
Links
Wiki. Film
Wiki
Wiki

Engravings

Corso, Balkan		Corso	Corso studies the books

Corso's friend is dead	Corso finds Fargas drowned	Corso			Liana Telfer

	With the Girl				Baroness Kessler

		Order of the Silver Serpent	Balkan, Liana Telfer		With Balkan

		With the Girl			Château de Puivert

2021-02-28 The Godfather Part III (1990) imdb.com

Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Synopsis: After a break of more than 15 years, director Francis Ford Coppola and writer Mario Puzo returned to the well for this third and final story of the fictional Corleone crime family. Two decades have passed, and crime kingpin Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), now divorced from his wife Kay (Diane Keaton), has nearly succeeded in keeping his promise that his family would one day be "completely legitimate." A philanthropist devoted to public service, Michael is in the news as the recipient of a special award from the Pope for his good works, a controversial move given his checkered past. Determined to buy redemption, Michael and his lawyer B.J. (George Hamilton) are working on a complicated but legal deal to bail the Vatican out of looming financial troubles that will ultimately reap billions and put Michael on the world stage as a major financial player. However, trouble looms in several forms: The press is hostile to his intentions. Michael is in failing health and suffers a mild diabetic stroke. Stylish mob underling Joey Zaza (Joe Mantegna) is muscling into the Corleone turf. "The Commission" of Mafia families, represented by patriarch Altobello (Eli Wallach) doesn't want to let their cash cow Corleone out of the Mafia, though he has made a generous financial offer in exchange for his release from la cosa nostra. And then there's Vincent Mancini (Andy Garcia), the illegitimate and equally temperamental son of Michael's long-dead brother Sonny. Vincent desperately wants in to the family (both literally and figuratively), and at the urging of his sister Connie (Talia Shire), Michael welcomes the young man and allows him to adopt the Corleone name. However, a flirtatious attraction between Vincent and his cousin, Michael's naïve daughter Mary (Sofia Coppola) develops, and threatens to develop into a full-fledged romance and undo the godfather's future plans. - By Karl Williams
Cast: Al Pacino as Michael Corleone, Diane Keaton as Kay Adams, Andy Garcia as Vincent Mancini, Sofia Coppola as Mary Corleone
Links
Wiki
tcm.com
rogerebert.com
uproxx.com

Michael Corleone	With Vatican reps	With Mary	Mary	With Kay	At the meeting with mafia bosses

Vince	Mary, Vince	Vince, Michael	Vince - head of the family	Michael shot, Mary dead	The end

2021-02-25 Unforgiven (1992) imdb.com

Director: Clint Eastwood
Synopsis: Dedicated to his mentors Sergio Leone and Don Siegel, Clint Eastwood's 1992 Oscar winner examines the mythic violence of the Western, taking on the ghosts of his own star past. Disgusted by Sheriff "Little Bill" Daggett's decree that several ponies make up for a cowhand slashing a whore's face, Big Whiskey prostitutes, led by fierce Strawberry Alice (Frances Fisher), take justice into their own hands and put a 1000-dollar bounty on the lives of the perpetrators. Notorious outlaw-turned-hog farmer William Munny (Eastwood) is sought out by neophyte gunslinger the Schofield Kid (Jaimz Woolvett) to go with him to Big Whiskey and collect the bounty. While Munny insists, "I ain't like that no more," he needs the bounty money for his children, and the two men convince Munny's clean-living comrade Ned Logan (Morgan Freeman) to join them in righting a wrong done to a woman. Little Bill (Oscar winner Gene Hackman), however, has no intention of letting any bounty hunters impinge on his iron-clad authority. When pompous gunman English Bob (Richard Harris) arrives in Big Whiskey with pulp biographer W.W. Beauchamp (Saul Rubinek) in tow, Little Bill beats Bob senseless and promises to tell Beauchamp the real story about frontier life and justice. But when Munny, the true unwritten legend, comes to town, everyone soon learns a harsh lesson about the price of vindictive bloodshed and the malleability of ideas like "justice." "I don't deserve this," pleads Little Bill. "Deserve's got nothin' to do with it," growls Munny, simultaneously summing up the insanity of Western violence and the legacy of Eastwood's the Man With No Name. - By Lucia Bozzola
Cast: Clint Eastwood as Bill Munny, Gene Hackman as Sheriff "Little Bill" Daggett, Morgan Freeman as Ned Logan, Richard Harris as English Bob, Jaimz Woolvett as The "Schofield Kid", Saul Rubinek as W.W. Beauchamp, Anthony James as Skinny Dubois
Links
Wiki
Tim Dirks
tcm.com
rogerebert.com
reelviews.net

	Bill Munny at his pig farm		With Ned		Ned's wife

Entering Big Whiskey	Sheriff Little Bill, English Bob, W.W. Beauchamp	W.W. Beauchamp, Little Bill	Bill Munny, Schofield Kid	Bill Munny

Little Bill	Skinny Dubois, the pimp	Skinny Dubois, prostitues	Delilah Fitzgerald	Little Sue delivers money to Munny and Kid	Little Bill tortures Ned

2018-12-19 The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) imdb.com

Director: Henry Selick
Synopsis: This stop-motion animated fable was a big hit when it was released -- not only at the box office, but critically. It was praised for its stunning originality and for the excellence of its execution. In addition, it was praised for being a completely absorbing fable that both grownups and children can enjoy, so long as the children are able to its handle scary bits (beginning perhaps at age seven or eight). In the story, Jack Skellington (voice of Chris Sarandon) is the Pumpkin King of Halloweentown, a realm of reality where the inhabitants make it their life's work to scare humans on Halloween. He's good at his work, and is very popular around town, but it all bores him. In a funk one day, he wanders into a wood where every tree is the doorway to realms serving one or another human holiday, and falls through the doorway into Christmas. There, he sees scenes of such glee and good will that he is overwhelmed. He returns to Halloweentown with the inspiration to persuade his fellow citizens to kidnap Santa and do Christmas in their own Halloweentown way -- complete with snakes and shrunken heads. Despite strong arguments against this project by Jack's otherwise loyal girlfriend, Sally (voice of Catherine O'Hara), Santa (voice of Edward Ivory) is duly captured, and the townspeople prepare a very special Christmas for everyone. Jack is excited about the new plan, and at first doesn't notice that Sally isn't around much anymore. Meanwhile, Oogie Boogie (voice of Ken Page), a sinister opponent of Jack's, has re-kidnapped Santa and has captured Sally as well. Since Sally is the true love of Jack's life and (he eventually realizes) the only one who can be relied upon to tell him the truth in every circumstance, a confrontation with Oogie Boogie becomes inevitable. In addition to being a monumental work of animation (it took over 120 animators and many more technicians more than two years to film it), this show features ten very appropriate musical numbers by composer Danny Elfman, who also supplies Jack's singing voice. In October 2006, fans of the innovative animated classic got to experience The Nightmare Before Christmas in a whole new dimension when the film was re-released into theaters in Disney Digital 3-D -- a process developed to add remarkable new depth to films that were originally released in standard 2-D. - By Clarke Fountain
Cast: Chris Sarandon, Danny Elfman as Jack Skellington, Catherine O'Hara as Sally, William Hickey as Dr. Finklestein, Glenn Shadix as Mayor, Paul Reubens as Lock, Ken Page as Oogie Boogie
Links
Wiki
Wiki
rogerebert.com
reelviews.net

Zero, Jack, Sally	Zero, Sally, Jack	Hall Meeting: Sally, Jack and others	Jack as Santa Claus

Mayor, Jack	Oogie Boogie	Doctor Finklestein	Lock, Shock and Barrel

2018-08-02 Cape Fear (1991) imdb.com

Director: Martin Scorsese
Synopsis: A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him.
Cast: Robert De Niro as Max Cady, Nick Nolte as Sam Bowden, Jessica Lange as Leigh Bowden, Juliette Lewis as Danielle Bowden, Joe Don Baker as Claude Kersek, Illeana Douglas as Lori Davis
Links
Wiki
tcm.com
washingtonpost.com
nytimes.com
Youtube. Max beaten

Max is out of prison	Danielle, Leigh	Leigh	Sam, Max

Lori	Max, Lori		Leigh, Sam	Kersek, Sam

Danielle talks to Max	Max	Sam watches Max beaten	Max kills Kersek	Max under the car

Max beats Sam	Leigh threatened by Max	Danielle burns Max	Sam fights with Max

2018-07-15 Out of Sight (1998) imdb.com

Director: Steven Soderbergh
Synopsis: Steven Soderbergh directed this crime caper adapted from the novel by Elmore Leonard. When ex-con Jack Foley (George Clooney) robs a bank, his car goes dead, and Foley lands in a Florida prison. His escape from prison doesn't go as planned, since it's witnessed by deputy federal marshal Karen Sisco (Jennifer Lopez). Foley's pal Buddy Bragg (Ving Rhames) intervenes, with the result that Sisco winds up in the trunk of the getaway car with Foley, and the two realize they're attracted to each other, despite being on opposite sides of the law. However, that doesn't stop Sisco from her mission to capture Foley, who has spent much of his life in prison. Flashbacks introduce Foley's fellow prisoners, including dim dude Glenn Michaels (Steve Zahn), violent Maurice "Snoopy" Miller (Don Cheadle), and insider trader and billionaire Richard Ripley (Albert Brooks), who talks too much about his wealth. This later leads to a break-in at Ripley's posh Detroit estate by Miller, his brother-in-law Kenneth (Isaiah Washington), and menacing White Boy Rob (Keith Loneker). While seeking a hidden safe, the group threatens Ripley's housekeeper Midge (Nancy Allen). Foley and Bragg are in on this operation, but they wind up outwitting the others, and Sisco is close on their trail. The film features uncredited cameos by Michael Keaton and Samuel L. Jackson, and was shot in locations in Florida, Louisiana, and Michigan. - By Bhob Stewart
Cast: George Clooney as Jack Foley, Jennifer Lopez as Karen Sisco, Don Cheadle as Maurice (Snoopy) Miller, Dennis Farina as Marshall Sisco, Steve Zahn as Glenn Michaels
Links
Film
Novel
rogerebert.com
empireonline.com

Jail break	Karen shooting	Karen surrenders	Karen at home with her dad		Jack, Karen, Glenn

Buddy Bragg	Jack, Karen			Home robbery by Maurice

2017-12-29 Autumn Tale (1998) imdb.com

Director: Éric Rohmer
Synopsis: The final installment in Eric Rohmer's Tales of the Four Seasons quartet of films examines matchmaking among the middle-aged and romance in the Rhone Valley. The target of the matchmakers is widowed vintner Magali (Béatrice Romand), alone at her vineyard after the departure of her grown children. Her best friend (Marie Rivière) plots to pair her with a friendly businessman (Alain Libolt), while her son's girlfriend (Alexia Portal) schemes to introduce her to a high-school philosophy teacher. Rohmer's film was shown at the 1998 Venice Film Festival, the 1998 Telluride Film Festival, the 1998 Toronto Film Festival, and the 1998 New York Film Festival. - By Bhob Stewart
Cast: Marie Rivière as Isabelle, Béatrice Romand as Magali, Alain Libolt as Gerald, Didier Sandre as Etienne, Alexia Portal as Rosine, Stephane Darmon as Leo
Links
Wiki
nytimes.com
variety.com
culturevulture.net

Isabelle, Magali	Rosine, Etienne	Rosine, Magali	Rosine, Etienne

Rosine, Leo	Isabelle, Gerald	Rosine, Etienne	The wedding

Gerald, Magali	Etienne, Magali	Isabelle, Gerald	Rosine, Magali

Gerald, Magali, Isabelle	Magali in Gerald's car	Magali at railroad station	Magali, Isabelle

2017-07-16 A Tale of Springtime (1990) imdb.com

Director: Eric Rohmer
Synopsis: French filmmaker Eric Rohmer begins his Tales of the Four Seasons series with A Tale of Springtime. Parisian philosophy teacher Jeanne (Anne Teyssedre) is temporarily without a place to stay as her cousin occupies her own home and she refuses to stay in her boyfriend's messy apartment while he is away. A young pianist, Natasha (Florence Darel), offers the use of her house and she accepts. After the two become friends, it is apparent there is a rivalry between Natasha and her father Igor's girlfriend, Eve. As Natasha's father drifts away from Eve, Natasha unwittingly finds herself embroiled in the mess. A Winter's Tale is the following installment. - By Matthew Tobey
Cast: Anne Teyssedre as Jeanne, Hugues Quester as Igor, Florence Darel as Natasha, Eloise Bennett as Eve, Sophie Robin as Gaelle
Links
R.Ebert
NYT
sensesofcinema.com

At home with cousin Gaelle and her bf	With Natasha at the birthday party	With Natasha at her place	Natasha's father Igor is back	At Natasha's place

With Natasha	With Igor	Igor, Eve	Talking to Eve	Eve leaves

With Igor		Confrontaion with Natasha	Necklace found	Back at bf's place

2017-04-11 All About My Mother (1999) imdb.com

Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Synopsis: Pedro Almodóvar directed this story of a woman and her circle of friends who find themselves suffering a variety of emotional crises. Manuela (Cecilia Roth) is a single mother who has raised her son, Esteban (Eloy Azorín), to adulthood on her own and has come to emotionally depend on him. One night, Manuela and Esteban take in a production of A Streetcar Named Desire; after the show, Esteban is struck and killed by a passing motorist as he dashes into the street to get an autograph from Huma Rojo (Marisa Paredes), who played Blanche. Emotionally devastated, Manuela relocates to Barcelona in hopes of finding her ex-husband (and Esteban's father), who is now working as a female impersonator. Manuela becomes reacquainted with old friend La Agrado (Antonia San Juan), a transsexual, and is introduced to Sister Rosa (Penélope Cruz), a good-hearted nun who has to contend with her considerably more cynical mother (Rosa María Sardà). While looking for work, Manuela becomes acquainted with Huma Rojo. Huma, on the other hand, has troubles of her own, most involving her drug-addicted significant other, Nina (Candela Peña). Displaying Almodóvar's trademark visual style and a unusually strong sense of character-driven drama, Todo Sobre Mi Madre/All About My Mother received a highly anticipated theatrical run in Spain before winning the Best Director award at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival; in 2000, Almodóvar would receive the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. - By Mark Deming
Cast: Cecilia Roth as Manuela, Marisa Paredes as Huma Rojo, Candela Peña as Nina, Antonia San Juan as La Agrado, Eloy Azorín as Esteban, Penelope Cruz as Hermana Rosa, Rosa María Sardà as Rosa's Mother, Toni Canto as Lola
Links
Wiki
rottentomatoes.com
rogerebert.com
nytimes.com

Manuela in the kitchen	Manuela, her son Esteban	The accident	Argado, Manuela	Huma, Manuela

Nina, Manuela	Manuela, Rosa	Rosa with her Mother	Manuela with Rosa's baby	Lola

2017-04-06 Live Flesh (1997) imdb.com

Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Synopsis: This Pedro Almodóvar melodrama examines how several lives are changed by a single gunshot. Adapting the novel Live Flesh by British mystery author Ruth Rendell, Almodóvar has given the material a Spanish makeover with added political thrust. Beginning in 1970 in Franco's Madrid, when a prostitute (Penelope Cruz) gives birth to a son, Victor, the story leaps forward to contemporary Madrid. Wealthy diplomat's daughter Elena (Francesca Neri) is watching Luis Buñuel's The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de La Cruz (1955) while waiting for the arrival of her heroin dealer, and she buzzes Victor (Liberto Rabal) (with whom she made a date, then forgot about him) into the building. In the confusion that follows, two cops, David (Javier Bardem) and Sancho (Jose Sancho) arrive, and a gun goes off. The story then makes another leap to four years later: Victor is in prison, while Elena, no longer on drugs, runs a disadvantaged children's shelter and is married to wheelchair-bound David. After his release, Victor visits his mother's grave and spots David and Elena at the cemetery -- where David meets philandering wife Clara (Angela Molina). Fate interweaves the tangled interrelationships of all into a complex tapestry of destiny and guilt. Shown at 1997 London and New York film festivals. - By Bhob Stewart
Cast: Penelope Cruz as Isabel Plaza Caballero, Javier Bardem as David, Francesca Neri as Elena, Liberto Rabal as Victor, Ángela Molina as Clara, Jose Sancho as Sancho
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Isabel gived birth to Victor in the bus	Victor in the bus	Victor, Elena	David, Sancho	Victor after jail	David paralyzed

David, Victor	Clara		David makes pictures of David and Clara	Elena, David	Clara, Sancho dead

2017-03-30 High Heels (1991) imdb.com

Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Synopsis: A girl's mother returns after 15 years to find her daughter has married one of her (the mother's) old boyfriends. They try to mend their broken mother/daughter relationship and deal with ...
Cast: Victoria Abril as Rebeca, Marisa Paredes as Becky del Paramo, Miguel Bose as Judge Eduardo Dominguez/Letal/Hugo, Feodor Atkine as Manuel (Rebeca's husband)
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rogerebert.com
nytimes.com

Becky, Rebeca meet	Rebeca		On TV	Becky

Becky, Rebeca, Manuel	Rebeca with Letal	Rebeca in jail		Rebeca, Judge

2015-11-16 A Heart in Winter (1993) imdb.com

Director: Claude Sautet
Cast: Daniel Auteuil as Stephane, Emmanuelle Beart as Camille, Andre Dussollier as Maxime, Brigitte Catillon as Regine
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timeout.com
Hal Hinson
James Berardinelli
Roger Ebert

Maxime, Stephane	Maxime, Camille	Stephane at work	Stephane, Camille

Camille	Camille, Regine	Camille	Stephane, Camille

2015-09-05 Wild at Heart (1990) imdb.com

Director: David Lynch
Synopsis: Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern play a pair of lovers on the run in David Lynch's surrealist road movie Wild At Heart. Cage's Sailor Ripley is a violent ex-convict with an Elvis Presley fixation who falls in love with Dern's Lula Pace Fortune, the daughter of a rich, but mentally unstable, Southern belle named Marietta (Diane Ladd, Dern's real-life mother). Just after Sailor is released from prison, where he was jailed for brutally killing one of Marietta's thugs, he and Lula take off on a wild cross-country trip, pursued by his parole officer, her mother, criminals, bounty hunters, and detectives. Along the way, Sailor and Lula have a lot of sex, share their pasts, share their respective obsessions for Elvis and The Wizard of Oz, and meet a lot of bizarre characters, including a seedy ex-marine (Willem Dafoe) who persuades Sailor to participate in a bank robbery. - By Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Cast: Nicolas Cage as Sailor Ripley, Laura Dern as Lula Pace Fortune, Diane Ladd as Marietta Fortune, Willem Dafoe as Bobby Peru, Harry Dean Stanton as Johnnie Farragut, J.E.Freeman as Marcello Santos
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Wiki
rottentomatoes.com
Vincent Canby
Hal Hinson
Roger Ebert
Desson Thomson

Sailor	Sailor, Lula	Marietta, Farragut	Marietta confronts Sailor	Sailor, Lula dancing

Sailor, Lula		Stanton, Marietta	Marietta desperate	Farragut, Marietta

Car crash victim dies	Stanton, Marietta	Sailor, Lula	Lula, Peru	Sailor, Peru

Sailor, Lula Peru before the heist	The failed heist		Lula, Marietta	Sailor in jail

Lula, her son, Sailor after jail	Sailor, Luka	Sailor confronts the street gang	Sailor' hallucination	Sailor reunited with Lula

2015-01-25 A Tale of Winter (1992) imdb.com

Director: Eric Rohmer
Synopsis: A Tale of Winter is the second installment in Eric Rohmer's Tales of the Four Seasons. Félicie (Charlotte Véry) and Charles (Frédéric Van Den Driessche) had a brief affair during a seaside vacation. Then Charles went abroad on business, and Félicie gave him her address so they could stay in touch; however, she made an unexplainable mistake in the address and has lost all trace of her lover. Five years later, she is still single and raising a daughter by Charles. Though she is courted both by her no-nonsense boss, Maxence (Michel Voletti), and her highbrow friend Loic (Hervé Furic), she is still in love with Charles and hopes to meet him again. - By Yuri German
Cast: Charlotte Very as Felicie, Michel Voletti as Maxence, Michael Voletti, Ava Loraschi, Christiane Desbois
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Michael Wilmington
Kevin Thomas
Jonathan Rosenbaum
James Berardinelli
Geoff Andrew
Vincent Canby
Roger Ebert
Desson Thomson
Hal Hinson

2014-09-08 Exotica (1994) imdb.com

Director: Atom Egoyan
Synopsis: The action in Canadian provocateur Atom Egoyan's cryptic Exotica revolves largely around the strip club, which lends the film its name, a faux-tropical hothouse where young female dancers cater to their customers' sexual and psychological needs. Among the regulars is Francis (Bruce Greenwood), a troubled taxman haunted by Christina, a young stripper played by Mia Kirshner. As the film hypnotically unfolds, their relationship is slowly explored, the narrative dovetailing with the stories of a gay pet shop owner (Don McKellar), the Exotica's pregnant owner (Arsinee Khanjian), and its embittered DJ (Elias Koteas). Like all of Egoyan's films, Exotica is a riddle, its answers only fostering more questions. The director's recurring themes of family breakdowns, voyeurism and obsession are all in the mix here as well, but essayed with a new clarity of vision and intensity. - By Jason Ankeny
Cast: Bruce Greenwood as Francis, Mia Kirshner as Christina, Don McKellar as Thomas, Arsinée Khanjian as Zoe, Elias Koteas as Eric, Sarah Polley as Tracey
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Caryn James
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Hal Hinson
Roger Ebert
James Berardinelli
Desson Thomson
Mick LaSalle
Youtube. Christina dancing
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Christina dancing	Eric the DJ	Christina, Francis	Eric, Zoe	Christina, Zoe	Francis auditing Thomas

Christina, Francis	Young Eric, Chstina seraching for Francis' daughter	Thomas picks up a gay partner	Christina, Francis	Eric provokes Francis to touch Christina	Eric throws Thomas out of Exotica

Thomas, gay partner	Tracey, her Dad	Christina, Thomas	Francis asks Zoe to let him back to Exotica	Francis blackmails Thomas	Zoe, the DJ

Thomas, Christina	Young Eric and Christina find Francis' daughter	Francis hugs Eric	Young Francis, Christina

2013-10-13 Farinelli (1994) imdb.com

Director: Gerard Corbiau
Synopsis: The performer known as Farinelli, born Carlo Broschi (and played in this film by Stefano Dionisi), was famous in the 18th century as the world's greatest castrato, a male singer whose testicles were removed in childhood so that he would retain the high, clear voice of a child while gaining the control and power of an adult vocalist. A strikingly gifted singer with a range of more than three octaves, Farinelli was given little choice but to sacrifice his manhood in exchange for his art, and as his career was founded on the surgery that would dramatically restrict his off-stage life, his art was in turn hemmed in by his family. Carlo's father declared early on that he should only sing the songs of his brother Riccardo (Enrico LoVerso), and while Farinelli's fame gives Riccardo's career a needed boost, the mediocrity of Riccardo's compositions holds Farinelli back. When the singer is given the opportunity to work with the great composer Handel (Jeroen Krabbe), his brother's jealously and Farinelli's own poorly chosen career alliances stand in his way. The brothers' often contentious partnership also extends to the bedroom; while Farinelli's performances set women on fire, he's physically incapable of satisfying them sexually, so he provides the foreplay in a bizarre game of seduction and then turns his conquests over to his brother. Farinelli il Castrato received a Golden Globe award as Best Foreign Language Film of 1994 and an Academy Award nomination in the same category. - By Mark Deming
Cast: Stefano Dionisi as Carlo Broschi aka Farinelli, Enrico Lo Verso as Riccardo Broschi, Elsa Zylberstein as Alexandra, Caroline Cellier as Margareth Hunter, Jeroen Krabbé as Handel
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Farinelli
Handel
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Roger Ebert
James Berardinelli
Lisa Nesselson
Janet Maslin
Kevin Thomas
Desson Thomson
Hal Hinson
Edward Guthmann

Handel	Farinelli, Riccardo	Performing	Admirer	Noble admirer

Proposing to Margareth Hunter	With Alexandra	Handel, Farinelli	Handel's visit to Riccardo	Riccardo

Performing in Handel's opera				Desperate Riccardo arrives at the Spanish court

Alexandra asks Farinelli for Riccardo	Riccardo	Singing during the Solar eclipse	With rother, Alexandra	Riccrado leaving

2013-08-01 Jagarna (1996) imdb.com

Director: Kjell Sundvall
Synopsis: A Policeman from Stockholm comes up to Norrland in Sweden, to join his brother, now when their parents are dead. While there he starts to work on a long-running case where Deers have been poached and soon discovers that his brother is involved... Written by Per Bratt
Cast: Rolf Lassgard as Erik, Lennart Jahkel as Leif, Helena Bergstrom as Anna
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Erik	Erik, Leif	Erik	Erik, Anna

Leif	Poachers	Poacher shooting	Poachers, their victim

2013-04-23 Cronos (1993) imdb.com

Director: Guillermo del Toro
Synopsis: This surreal variant on the classic vampire tale is the directorial debut of Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, who garnered international acclaim and several awards. The film tells the story of elderly antique dealer Jesus Gris (Federico Luppi, in a role originally written for Max Von Sydow) who, with his eight-year-old granddaughter Aurora (Tamara Shanath), discovers an ancient artifact secreted within a statue obtained from the estate of a 16th-century alchemist. Unbeknownst to Gris, the device -- which resembles an ornate, gilded mechanical beetle -- houses an immortal parasite which will grant eternal life to its host. Naturally, there is a terrible price for this gift, which Gris is doomed to discover after the object anchors itself to his body. He begins to develop an extreme aversion to daylight, as well as an agonizing thirst for human blood. To compound matters, dying millionaire Dieter de la Guardia (Claudio Brook) has learned of the device's existence -- thanks to an occult tome obtained from its inventor -- and wishes to obtain it for his own use. To this end he employs his vain, brutish nephew Angel (Ron Perlman) to retrieve it for him. Angel's techniques are less than subtle, and he inevitably winds up killing Gris in his futile search for the artifact... but death is not permanent for the host of the Cronos, and he rises from the mortuary slab to reunite with the long-suffering Aurora. Together they confront de la Guardia and his nephew one last time, hoping to find a way to reverse the horrible process before Gris suffers the same monstrous fate as the device's creator. - By Cavett Binion
Cast: Federico Luppi as Jesus Gris, Ron Perlman as Angel de la Guardia, Claudio Brook as Dieter de la Guardia, Margarita Isabel as Mercedes Gris, Tamara Shanath as Aurora Gris, Daniel Jiménez Cacho as Tito, M. Martinez as Alchemist, Juan Carlos Colombo as Funeral Director, Farnesio DeBernal as Manuelito, Laurencio Cordero as Watchman, Francisco Sanchez as Mimo, Jorge Martinez de Hoyos as Narrator, Luis De Icaza as Tango Student
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Janet Maslin
Roger Ebert
Richard Harrington
Desson Thomson
James Berardinelli

With granddaughter Aurora	With the device		Drinking blood	Dying with family

2011-06-23 A Summer's Tale (1996) imdb.com

Eric Rohmer
J.Berardinelli
sfgate.com
guardian.co.uk
Melvil Poupaud as Gaspard, Gwenaëlle Simon as Solene, Aurelia Nolin as Lena

With Margot		With Solene

With Solene		In Solene's car, Margot

With Lena				With Margot

With Solene	Purplexed	With Margot

2011-02-06 The Outskirts / Okraina (1998) imdb.com

Pyotr Lutsik
NYT. DAVE KEHR. Breaking the Links in a Chain of Corruption
J. Hoberman. It's October Once More: Russian History Comes Full Circle
volovik.com
rutube.ru

2010-08-14 La Ceremonie (1995) imdb.com

Claude Chabrol
Wiki
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Isabelle Huppert as friend Jeanne
Jacqueline Bisset as Mme Lelievre
Jean-Pierre Cassel as George Lelievre
Virginie Ledoyen as Melinda
Valentin Merlet as Gilles

Maid hired	Arrival	With daughter	Desperate because unable to read	With postal girl	Daughter fixes the girl's car

Father, daughter	Maid, wife in the car	Daughter's birthday	Maid celebrates her birhday with the friend		Wife, son

Postal girl on husband	Maid evesdrops on the daughter		Husband fires the maid	Mocking the charity work	Playing with husband's guns

Trashing the family house		Killing the husband		Having coffee

Killing wife, daughter, son			Good bye	Postal girl died in the car accident

2010-07-16 Ham, ham (1992) imdb.com

Bigas Luna
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Penelope Cruz as Silvia, Javier Bardem as Raul, Stefania Sandrelli as mom, Anna Galiena as Canchita (Silvia's Jose's mom), Jordi Molla as Jose Luis

Mom, son, Sylvia	Sylvia, her mom	Mom, son	Ramon	Disco

Sylvia, son	Sylvia, Ramon	Mom, Ramon			Mom, Sylvia

Mom, Ramon	Dad, Sylvia	Final fight: son, Ramon

2010-06-27 Death and the Maiden (1994) imdb.com

Roman Polanski
R.Ebert
Tom Coatsworth
WaPo
Sigourney Weaver as Paulina Escobar, Ben Kingsley as Dr.Roberto Miranda
Youtube

2010-06-04 Benny's Video (1992) imdb.com

Michael Haneke
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Captive bolt pistol
Arno Frisch as Benny

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2009-12-01 Funny Games (1997) imdb.com

Michael Haneke
en.wikipedia.org
STEPHEN HOLDEN
Susanne Lothar as Anna, Ulrich Muhe as Georg, Stefan Clapczynski as Schorschi, Arno Frisch as Paul, Frank Giering as Peter

In the car	Family dog	Neighbors, attackers	In the kitchen		Attackers 'offended'

Family threatened	Dog killed	Neighbor's visit	Under pressure	Son

Wife tries to persuade the attacker	Son with gun

Attackers left	Drowning	Attackers chat

2009-11-08 Castle (1997) imdb.com

Michael Haneke
Synopsis: When land surveyor K. (Ulrich Mühe) arrives at a small village that houses a castle, local authorities refuse to allow him to enter. As he tries to convince the officials that they sent for him, they clamp down with increasingly complicated bureaucratic obstacles.
Cast: Ulrich Muhe as K., Susanne Lothar as Frieda, Felix Eitner as Jeremias, Nikolaus Paryla as Vorsteher, Andre Eisermann as Barnabas, Dorte Lyssewski as Olga, Inga Busch as Amalia
dvdtimes.co.uk
slantmagazine.com

Arrival	In the morning	Assistants	Barnabas	The village street

Barnabas family	With Frieda

	In the morning	In the morning. Assistants	In the morning	The mayor

Rejecting the school position	Frieda asks to accept the school position	Pepi	Drinking at Klamm's carriage	Castle gets negative info

Encouraging letter from Klamm	With Frieda	Morning scandal at school

The boy who wants to help	At Barnabas house. Amalia	At Barnabas house. Olga	Frieda. Goodbye

	With Castle Secretary		Pepi	Next job

2009-09-19 Ay, Carmela! (1990) imdb.com

Carlos Saura
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youtube.com

2009-09-05 Land and Freedom (1995) imdb.com

Ken Loach
J.Berardinelli
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auteurs_production.s3.amazonaws.com
3.bp.blogspot.com

2009-05-31 Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (1995) imdb.com

Peter Kuran
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2009-05-23 Eye of Vichy (1993) imdb.com

Claude Chabrol
Glenn Erickson
answers.com
Michey Mouse bombs France

2009-04-14 Boogie Nights (1997) imdb.com

Paul Thomas Anderson
Wiki
Youtube
Youtube. Dance
Mark Wahlberg as Dirk Diggler
Burt Reynolds as Jack Horner
William H.Macy as Little Bill
Julianne Moore as Amber Waves

2009-02-20 Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997) imdb.com

Michael Cohn rottentomatoes.com Christopher Null avclub.com youtube1 youtube2 youtube3 youtube4 youtube5 youtube6 youtube7 youtube8 youtube9 youtube10

2009-01-31 The Player (1992) imdb.com

Robert Altman
Synopsis: Certain that the anonymous threats he's been receiving are the work of David Kahane (Vincent D'Onofrio), producer Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) tries to fix things over cocktails. Instead, Griffin ends up murdering the screenwriter and courting the dead man's girlfriend (Greta Scacchi). As police investigate, Griffin concentrates on a prestigious film that might reinvigorate his career. But he soon learns that David's demise hasn't been forgotten by everyone in Hollywood.
Film
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variety.com
Youtube. The opening scene
Cast: Tim Robbins as Griffin Mill, Greta Scacchi as June Gudmundsdottir, Cynthia Stevenson as Bonnie Sherow