ARRIVAL

ARRIVAL (director: Denis Villeneuve; screenwriters: Eric Heisserer/based on Ted Chiang's 1998 novella Story of Your Life; cinematographer: Bradford Young; editor: Joe Walker; music: Johann Johannsson; cast: Amy Adams (Louise Banks),…

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ASCENT, THE

ASCENT, THE (Voskhozhdeniye) (director/writer: Larisa Shepitko; screenwriters: from the novel Sotnikov by Vasili Bykov/Yuri Klepikov; cinematographer: Vladimir Chukhnov/Pavel Lebeshev; music: Alfred Shnitke; cast: Boris Plotnikov (Sotnikov), Vladimir Gostyukhin (Rybak), Sergei…

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NORTHFORK

NORTHFORK (director/writer: Michael Polish; screenwriter: Mark Polish; cinematographer: M. David Mullen; editor: Leo Trombetta; music: Stuart Matthewman; cast: James Woods (Walter O'Brien), Nick Nolte (Father Harlan), Duel Farnes (Irwin), Daryl…

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NOTHING BUT A MAN

NOTHING BUT A MAN (director/writer: Michael Roemer; screenwriter: Robert Young; cinematographer: Robert Young; editor: Luke Bennett; cast: Ivan Dixon (Duff Anderson), Abbey Lincoln (Josie Dawson), Julius Harris (Will Anderson), Stanley…

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NOT SO DUMB

NOT SO DUMB (DULCY) (director: King Vidor; screenwriters: from the play by George S. Kaufman & Marc Connelly, Edwin Justus Mayer (dialogue), Wanda Tuchock (continuity); Lucille Newmark (titles, uncredited); cinematographer:…

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