BARBARA

BARBARA (director/writer: Christian Petzold; cinematographer: Hans Fromm; editor: Bettina Böhler; music: Stefan Will; cast: Nina Hoss (Barbara Wolff), Ronald Zehrfeld (Andre Reiser), Jasna Fritzi Bauer (Stella), Mark Waschke (Jörg), Rainer…

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BARRY LYNDON

BARRY LYNDON (director/writer: Stanley Kubrick; screenwriter: from the novel The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. by William Makepeace Thackeray; cinematographer: John Alcott; editor: Tony Lawson; music: Leonard Rosenman; cast: Ryan…

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ORNAMENTAL HAIRPIN

ORNAMENTAL HAIRPIN (Kanzashi) (director/writer: Hiroshi Shimizu; screenwriter: based on a story by Masuji Ibuse; cinematographer: Suketaro Inokai; editor: Yoshiyasu Hamamura; music: Takaaki Asai; cast: Kinuyo Tanaka (Emi), Hiroko Kawasaki (Okiku),…

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BATTLE HYMN

BATTLE HYMN (director: Douglas Sirk; screenwriters: Vincent B. Evans/Charles Grayson; cinematographer: Russell Metty; editor: Russell F. Schoengarth; music: Frank Skinner; cast: Rock Hudson (Dean Hess), Anna Kashfi (En Soon Yang),…

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OTHER F WORD, THE

  OTHER F WORD, THE (director/writer: Andrea Blaugrund Nevins; cinematographer: Geoffrey Franklin; editor: Geoffrey Franklin; cast: Jim Lindberg; Runtime: 100; MPAA Rating: R; producer: Cristan Reilly; Oscilloscope Pictures; 2011) "The…

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BEACH RED

BEACH RED (director: Cornel Wilde; screenwriters: from Peter Bowman's novel "Sunday Red Beach"/Jefferson Pascal/Don Peters/Clint Johnston; cinematographer: Cecil Cooney; editor: Frank Keller; cast: Cornel Wilde (Capt. MacDonald), Rip Torn (Sgt.…

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BEAUTIFUL BOY

BEAUTIFUL BOY (director/writer: Felix Van Groeningen; screenwriters: Luke Davies/based on the books Beautiful Boy by David Sheff and Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff; cinematographer: Ruben Impens; editor:…

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