Michael Riesman Movie Trailers

Signed: Lino Brocka Trailer (1987)

01 October 1987

Documentary filmmaker Christian Blackwood profiles controversial Filipino director Lino Brocka, detailing his rags-to-riches rise in the mainstream film industry of the Philippines.

Secret Window Trailer (2004)

12 March 2004

Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea.

Taking Lives Trailer (2004)

19 March 2004

Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again.

Einstein on the Beach Trailer (2014)

07 January 2014

This seminal work of avant-garde opera from composer Philip Glass and director Robert Wilson arrives full-circle, coming to France, the site of its 1976 Avignon Festival world premiere, at the tail end of this 2014 revival tour for a landmark Theâtre du Châtelet production and a first ever filming by award-winning arts filmmaker Don Kent.

Notes on a Scandal Trailer (2006)

25 December 2006

A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students.

Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh Trailer (1995)

17 March 1995

Annie, a young schoolteacher struggling to solve the brutal murder of her father, unwittingly summons the "Candyman" to New Orleans, where she learns the secret of his power, and discovers the link that connects them.

In the Upper Room Trailer (1986)

28 August 1986

In the Upper Room is a dance/theater collaboration between choreographer Twyla Tharp and composer Philip Glass.

The Fog of War Trailer (2003)

26 October 2003

Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, The Fog of War depicts his life, from working as a WWII whiz-kid military officer, to being the Ford Motor Company's president, to managing the Vietnam War as defense secretary for presidents Kennedy and Johnson.