V/H/S

V/H/STAPE 56 (director: Adam Wingard; screenwriter: Simon Barrett; cinematographers: Andrew Droz Palermo/Michael J. Wilson/Adam Wingard; cast: Calvin Reeder (Gary), Lane Hughes (Zak), Adam Wingard (Brad), Frank Stack (Old Man); AMATEUR…

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VIOLENT COP

VIOLENT COP (SONO OTOKO, KYOBO NI TSUKI) (director: Takeshi Kitano; screenwriter: Hisashi Nozawa; cinematographer: Yasushi Sakakibara; editor: Nobutake Kamiya; cast: Takeshi Kitano (Azuma), Hakuryu (Kiyohiro), Maiko Kawakami (Akari), Shiro Sano…

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VISAGE

VISAGE (FACE) (director/writer: Tsai Ming-Liang; cinematographer: Pen-jung Liao; editor: Jacques Comets; music: Jean-Claude Petit; cast: Lee Kang-Sheng (Hsaio-Kang), Lu Yi-Ching (Kang's mother), Laetitia Casta (The Star of Salome), Jean-Pierre Leaud…

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WAG THE DOG

WAG THE DOG (director: Barry Levinson; screenwriters: Hilary Henkin/David Mamet/from the book "American Hero" by Larry Beinhart; cinematographer: Robert Richardson; editor: Stu Linder; cast: Robert De Niro (Conrad Bream), Dustin…

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WALKABOUT

WALKABOUT (director: Nicolas Roeg; screenwriters: Edward Bond/based on the novel by James Vance Marshall; cinematographer: Nicolas Roeg; editors: Antony Gibbs/Alan Pattillo; music: John Barry; cast: Jenny Agutter (Girl), Lucien John…

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WARRIOR

WARRIOR (director/writer: Gavin O'Connor; screenwriters: Anthony Tambakis/Cliff Dorfman; cinematographer: Masanobu Takayanagi; editor: John Gilroy; music: Mark Isham; cast: Joel Edgerton (Brendan Conlon), Tom Hardy (Tommy Conlon), Jennifer Morrison (Tess Conlon),…

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