The Nightbird Awards – 2012

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The Top 20: Lincoln Argo Les Miserables Amour Silver Linings Playbook Life of Pi Zero Dark Thirty Beasts of the Southern Wild Django Unchained Skyfall Anna Karenina Moonrise Kingdom The Dark Knight Rises The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey The Master … Continue reading →

In the Bedroom (2001) Review

In the Bedroom Director: Todd Field Writer: Robert Festinger / Todd Field (from the short story “Killings” by Andre Dubus) Producer: Todd Field / Ross Kats / Graham Leader Studio: Miramax Cast: Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Marisa Tomei, Nick Stahl … Continue reading →

Save the Tiger (1973) Review

Save the Tiger Director: John G. Avildsen Writer: Steve Shagan Producer: Martin Ransohoff / Steve Shagan Studio: Paramount Stars: Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford, Laurie Heineman Length: 100 min Genre: Drama MPAA Rating: R My Rating: **** Oscar Nominations: Original Screenplay, … Continue reading →

True Grit (1969) Review

True Grit Director: Henry Hathaway Writer: Marguerite Roberts (from the novel by Charles Portis) Producer: Hal B. Wallis Studio: Paramount Stars: John Wayne, Kim Darby, Glen Campbell, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper, Strothern Martin Length: 127 min Genre: Western MPAA Rating: G … Continue reading →

The Night of the Hunter (1955) Review

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The Night of the Hunter Director: Charles Laughton Writer: James Agee (from the novel by Davis Grubb) Producer: Paul Gregory Studio: United Artists Stars: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, Billy Chapin, Sally Jane Bruce, James Gleason Length: 93 min … Continue reading →

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) Review

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner Director: Stanley Kramer Writer: William Rose Producer: Stanley Kramer Studio: Columbia Stars: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Houghton, Cecil Kellaway, Beah Richards, Roy Glenn, Isabel Sanford Length: 108 min Genre: Drama MPAA Rating: … Continue reading →

All the King’s Men (1949) Review

All the King’s Men Director: Robert Rossen Writer: Robert Rossen (from the novel by Robert Penn Warren) Producer: Robert Rossen Studio: Columbia Stars: Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge Length: 110 min Genre: Drama MPAA Rating: Not Rated My Rating: … Continue reading →

Vertigo (1958) Review

Vertigo Director: Alfred Hitchcock Writer: Alec Coppel / Samuel A. Taylor (from the book D’entre les morts by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narejac) Producer: Alfred Hitchcock Studio: Paramount Stars: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes Length: 129 min Genre: Mystery … Continue reading →

The Master (2012) Review

The Master Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson Producer: Paul Thomas Anderson / Megan Ellison / Daniel Lupi / JoAnne Sellar Studio: The Weinstein Company Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams Length: 138 min Genre: Drama … Continue reading →

Lincoln (2012) Review

Lincoln Director: Steven Spielberg Writer: Tony Kushner (from the book Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin) Producer: Kathleen Kennedy / Steven Spielberg Studio: Touchstone Pictures Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Tommy Lee Jones, Sally Field, David Stratharin, Hal Holbrook, James Spader, … Continue reading →