PURPLE NOON

PURPLE NOON (PLEIN SOLEIL) (director/writer: Rene Clement; screenwriters: Paul Gegauff/based on the novel The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith; cinematographer: Henri Decae; editor: Francoise Javet; music: Nino Rota; cast:…

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CHRISTMAS, AGAIN

CHRISTMAS, AGAIN (director/writer: Charles Poekel; cinematographer: Sean Price Williams; editor: Robert Greene; cast: Kentucker Audley (Noel), Craig Butta (Bluetooth Man), Maria Cantillo (Nighttime Customer), Hannah Gross (Lydia), Ben Webster (The…

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PYGMY ISLAND

PYGMY ISLAND (director: William Berke; screenwriter: Carroll Young; cinematographer: Ira H. Morgan; editor: Jerome Thoms; music: Mischa Bakaleinikoff; cast: Johnny Weissmuller (Jungle Jim), Ann Savage (Captain Ann Kingsley), David Bruce…

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CLASH BY NIGHT

CLASH BY NIGHT (director: Fritz Lang; screenwriters: David Dortort/Alfred Hayes/from play by Cliffort Odets; cinematographer: Nick Musuraca; editor: George J. Amy; cast: Barbara Stanwyck (Mae Doyle D'Amato), Paul Douglas (Jerry…

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QUEEN KELLY

QUEEN KELLY (director/writer: Erich von Stroheim; cinematographers: Paul Ivano/Gordon Pollock; editor: Viola Lawrence; music: Adolf Tandler; cast: Gloria Swanson (Kitty Kelly), Walter Byron (Prince Wolfram), Seena Owen (Queen Regina V),…

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CODE UNKNOWN

  CODE UNKNOWN (Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages)   (director/writer: Michael Haneke; cinematographer: Jürgen Jürges; editors: Andreas Prochaska/Karin Hartusch/Nadine Muse; cast: Juliette Binoche (Anne), Thierry Neuvic (Georges), Sepp…

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COMIC, THE

THE COMIC (aka: BILLY BRIGHT) (director/writer: Carl Reiner; screenwriter: Aaron Ruben; cinematographer: W. Wallace Kelley; editor: Adrienne Fazan; music: Jack Elliott; cast: Dick Van Dyke (Billy Bright), Michele Lee (Mary…

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RABID

RABID (director/writer: David Cronenberg; cinematographer: René Verzier; editor: Jean Lafleur; cast: Marilyn Chambers (Rose), Frank Moore (Hart Read), Joel Silver (Murray Cypher), Howard Ryshpan (Dr. Dan Keloid), Patricia Gage (Dr.…

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