BEFORE WE VANISH

BEFORE WE VANISH (SANPO SURU SHINRYAKUSHA) (director/writer: Kiyoshi Kurosawa; screenwriter: adaptation of a stage play by Tomohiro Maekawa/Sachiko Tanaka; cinematographer: Akiko Ashizawa; editor: Koichi Takahashi; music: Yusuke Hayashi; cast: Masami…

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ANIMAL HOUSE

ANIMAL HOUSE (director: John Landis; screenwriters: Harold Ramis/Chris Miller/Douglas Kenney; cinematographer: Charles Correll; editor: George Folsey Jr.; music: Elmer Bernstein; cast: John Belushi (John "Bluto" Blutarsk), John Vernon (Vernon Wormer),…

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BACKTRACK

BACKTRACK (director: Earl Bellamy; screenwriter: Borden Chase; cinematographers: Ben Kline/John L. Russell/Andrew Jackson; editor: Michael R. McAdam; music: Russell Garcia/Jack Marshall; cast: Doug McClure (Trampas), Rhonda Fleming (Carmelita Flanagan), Philip…

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GLORIA BELL

GLORIA BELL (director/writer: Sebastián Lelio; screenwriter: Alice Johnson Boher; cinematographer: Natasha Braier; editor: Soledad Salfate; music: Matthew Herbert; cast: Julianne Moore (Gloria), John Turturro (Arnold), Sean Astin (Jeremy), Michael Cera (Peter),…

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