JARHEAD (2005)

 

Directed By: Sam Mendes Written By: William D. Broyles Jr.  Based on the book By: Anthony Swafford  Cinematography: Roger Deakins  Editor: Walter Murch 

Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Peter Sarsgaard, Lucas Black, Ming Lo, Brian Geraghty, Scott Macdonald 

A psychological study of Marine's state of mind during the Gulf War. Told through the eyes of a U.S. Marine sniper who struggles to cope with boredom, a sense of isolation, and other issues back home.

EMPIRE OF LIGHT (2022)

 

Written & Directed By: Sam Mendes  Cinematography: Roger Deakins  Editor: Lee Smith 

Cast: Olivia Colman, Michael Ward, Colin Firth, Toby Jones, Tom Brooke, Tanya Moore, Hannah Onslow, Crystal Clarke, Monica Dolan, Rob Cook 

Hilary is a cinema manager struggling with her mental health, and Stephen is a new employee longing to escape the provincial town where he faces daily adversity. Together they find a sense of belonging and experience the healing power of music, cinema, and community.

HOMICIDE (1991)

Written & Directed By: David Mamet 
Cinematography By: Roger Deakins 
Editor: Barbara Tulliver 

Cast: Joe Mantegna, William H. Macy, J.J. Johnston, Rebecca Pidgeon, Vincent Gustaferro, Ron Butler, Erica Gimpel, Ving Rhames, Jonathan Katz, Ricky Jay 


Policeman Bob Gold has to capture a murderer that not even the FBI has been able to find. But before he can even start he is re-assigned to the murder of an old Jewish lady in a black area. The evidence points at a Jewish hate group and he discovers connections between them and his previous case.

JEFF OF THE CINEFILES & UNFINISHED BUSINESS: HALL OF FAME: FILE #0051:THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE (2001)

Written & Directed By: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen 
Cinematography By: Roger Deakins 
Editor: Joel Coen &Ethan Coen (Under the name Roderick Jaymes) &Tricia Cooke 


Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, Scarlett Johanson, Michael Badalucco, James Gandolfini, Richard Jenkins, Jon Polito, Tony Shalhoub, Katherine Borowitz, Christopher McDonald 

1949, Santa Rosa, California. A laconic, chain-smoking barber with fallen arches tells a story of a man trying to escape a humdrum life. It's a tale of suspected adultery, blackmail, foul play, death, Sacramento city slickers, racial slurs, invented war heroics, shaved legs, a gamine piano player, aliens, and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. Ed Crane cuts hair in his in-law's shop; his wife drinks and may be having an affair with her boss, Big Dave, who has $10,000 to invest in a second department store. Ed gets wind of a chance to make money in dry cleaning. Blackmail and investment are his opportunity to be more than a man no one notices. Settle in the chair and listen.

UNBROKEN (2014)

Directed By: Angelina Jolie 
Written By: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Richard Lagravenese & William Nicholson 
Based on the book by: Laura Hillenbrand 
Cinematography By: Roger Deakins 
Editor: William Goldenberg &Tim Squyres 

Cast: Jack O’Connell, Takamasa Ishihara, Domhnall Gleeson, Garrett Hedlund, Finn Witrock, Jai Courtney, Luke Treadway 

The life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic athlete who joined the armed forces during the second world war. Only to be captured by the Japanese navy after a plane crash and spending a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewman in the Pacific. During his capture, Louie must continue his fight by surviving through the war in a POW Camp.

THE COMPANY MEN (2011)

Written & Directed By: John Wells 
Cinematography By: Roger Deakins 
Editor: Robert Frazen 

Cast: Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper, Maria Bello, Rosemarie DeWitt, Kevin Costner, Craig T. Nelson, Eammon Walker, Cady Huffman 

The story centers on a year in the life of three men trying to survive a round of corporate downsizing at a major company - and how that affects them, their families, and their communities.

HAIL, CAESAR! (2016)

Written & Directed By: Joel & Ethan Coen 
Cinematography By: Roger Deakins 
Editor: Roderick Jaynes 


Cast: Josh Brolin, George Clooney, Alden Ehrenreich, Scarlett Johansson, Ralph Fiennes, Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Clancy Brown, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Christopher Lambert, Robert Picardo, Fisher Stevens, David Krumholtz, Alex Karpovsky, Alison Pill, Fred Melamed, Wayne Knight, Jack Huston, Agyness Deyn

SICARIO (2015)

Directed By: Dennis Villeneuve 
Written By: Taylor Sheridan 
Cinematography By: Roger Deakins 
Editor: Joe Walker 


Cast: Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Jeffrey Donovan, Victor Garber, Jon Bernthal, Daniel Kaluuya, Maximilano Herandez, Raoul Trujillo

THE LADYKILLERS (2004)

Written & Directed By: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen Cinematography By: Roger Deakins Editor: Joel Coen & Etahn Coen (As Roderick Jaynes) Cast: Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall, Marlon Wayans, J.K. Simmons, Tzi Ma, Ryan Hurst, Diane Delano, Jason Weaver, Stephen Root, Greg Grunberg

SKYFALL (2012): Jeff's Review

Directed By: Sam Mendes 
Written By: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade & John Logan 
Based on Characters by: Ian Flemming 
Cinematography By: Roger Deakins 
Editor: Sturat Baird 


Cast: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw, Berenice Marlohe, Albert Finney, Rory Kinnear

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007)

Written & Directed By: Joel & Ethan Coen (The Coen Brothers)
Based On The Book By: Cormac McCarthy
Edited By: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen as Roderick Jaynes
Cinematography By: Roger Deakins

Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Kelly McDonald, Woody Harrelson, Stephen Root, Barry Corbin, Garret Dillahunt

THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD (2007)

Written & Directed By: Andrew Dominik
Based On A Novel By: Ron Hansen
Cinematography By: Roger Deakins
Editor: Curtiss Clayton, Dylan Tichnor

Cast: Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell, Paul Schneider, Jeremy Renner, Sam Shepard, Garret Dillahunt, Mary Louise Parker