NAMESAKE, THE

  THE NAMESAKE (director: Mira Nair; screenwriters: Sooni Taraporevala/based on the novel by Jhumpa Lahiri; cinematographer: Frederick Elmes; editor: Allyson Johnson; music: Nitin Sawhney; cast: Kal Penn (Gogol Ganguli), Tabu…

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ALPHAVILLE

  ALPHAVILLE (ALPHAVILLE, UNE ETRANGE AVENTURE DE LEMMY CAUTION) (director/writer: Jean-Luc Godard; screenwriter: from the novel by Paul Éluard "La Capitale de la douleur"; cinematographer: Raoul Coutard; editor: Agnès Guillemot;…

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NARGESS

NARGESS (director/writer: Rakhshan Bani-Etemad; screenwriter: Fereydoun Jeyrani; cinematographer: Hossein Djafarian; editor: Shirin Vahidi; music: Mohammad Reza Aligholi; cast: Atefeh Razavi (Nargess), Abolfazl Poorarab (Adel), Farimah Farjami (Afagh), Reza Karam Rezai…

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A MAN THERE WAS

A MAN THERE WAS (TERJE VIGEN) (director/writer: Victor Seastrom; screenwriter: Gustaf Molander/from a Henrik Ibsen poem cinematographer: Julis Jaenzen; cast: August Falck (The Lord), Victor Seastrom (Terje Vigen), Edith Erastoff…

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NAZARIN

NAZARIN (director/writer: Luis Buñuel; screenwriters: from the book by Benito Perez Galdos/Julio Alejandro/Emilio Carballido; cinematographer: Gabriel Figueroa; editor: Carlos Savage; music: Rodolfo Halffter; cast: Francisco Rabal (Father Nazario), Marga López…

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AMELIA

  AMELIA (director: Mira Nair; screenwriters: Ron Bass/Anna Hamilton Phelan/based on the books “East to the Dawn” by Susan Butler and “The Sound of Wings” by Mary S. Lovell; cinematographer:…

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AMERICAN MOVIE

AMERICAN MOVIE(director/cinematographer/writer: Chris Smith; editor: Barry Poltermann; cast: Mark Borchardt (Filmmaker), Mike Schank (Friend/Musician), Monica Borchardt (Mark's Mom), Cliff Borchardt (Mark's Dad), Chris Borchardt (Mark's Brother), Alex Borchardt (Mark's Brother),…

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AMONGST FRIENDS

  AMONGST FRIENDS   (director/writer: Rob Weiss; cinematographer: Michael Bonvillain; editor: Leo Trombetta; cast: Steve Parlavecchio (Andy), Mira Sorvino (Laura), Patrick Mc Gaw (Trevor), Joseph Lindsey (Billy), Michael Artura (Michael),…

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