CARGO 200

CARGO 200 (GRUZ) (aka: FREIGHT) (director/writer: Alexei Balabanov; cinematographer: Alexander Simonov; editor: Tatjana Kuzmyceva; cast: Leonid Gromov (Artem, Professor of Scientific Atheism), Alexei Serebryakov (Alexei), Yuri Stepanov (Mikhail, Colonel), Agniya…

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CASQUE D’OR

CASQUE D'OR (aka: GOLDEN MARIE) (director/writer: Jacques Becker; screenwriter: Jacques Companéez; cinematographer: Robert Le Febvre; editor: Marguerite Renoir; music: Georges Van Parys; cast: Simone Signoret (Marie 'Casque d'Or'), Serge Reggiani…

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PROJECTIONIST, THE

THE PROJECTIONIST (director/writer: Harry Hurwitz; cinematographer: Victor Petrashevic; editor: Harry Hurwitz; music: Igo Kantor/Irma Levin; cast: Chuck McCann (Chuck the Projectionist/Captain Flash), Rodney Dangerfield (Renaldi/The Bat), Ina Balin (The Girl),…

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CEMETERY OF SPLENDOR

CEMETERY OF SPLENDOR (Rak ti Khon Kaen) (director/writer: Apichatpong Weerasethakul; cinematographer: Diego Garcia; editor: Lee Chatametikool; cast: Jenjira Pongpas Widner (Jenjira), Banlop Lomnoi (Itt), Jarinpattra Rueangram (Keng), Petcharat Chaiburi (Nurse…

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PROSPERO’S BOOKS

PROSPERO'S BOOKS (director/writer: Peter Greenaway; screenwriter: from the play The Tempest by William Shakespeare; cinematographer: Sacha Vierny; editor: Marina Bodbijl; music: Michael Nyman; cast: John Gielgud (Prospero), Michael Clark (Caliban),…

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PUBLIC EYE, THE

THE PUBLIC EYE (director/writer: Howard Franklin; cinematographer: Peter Suschitzky; editor: Evan Lottman; music: Mark Isham; cast: Joe Pesci (Leo 'Bernzy' Bernstein), Barbara Hershey (Kay Levitz), Stanley Tucci (Sal), Richard Riehle…

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CHILD 44

CHILD 44 (director: Daniel Espinosa; screenwriters: Richard Price/based on the novel by Tom Rob Smith; cinematographer: Oliver Wood; editors: Pietro Scalia, Dylan Tichenor; music: Jon Ekstrand; cast: Tom Hardy (Leo…

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PUPPETMASTER, THE

PUPPETMASTER, THE (Hsimeng Jensheng) (director: Hou Hsiao-Hsien; screenwriters: Wu Nien-jen/Chu Tien-wen; cinematographer: Li Ping-Bin; editor: Liao Ching-song; music: Chen Ming-Chang; cast: Li T'ien-lu (Himself), Yang Liyin (Stepmother), Ming Hwa Bai…

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