SAVED!

SAVED! (director/writer: Brian Dannelly; screenwriter: Michael Urban; cinematographer: Bobby Bukowski; editor: Pamela Martin; music: Christophe Beck; cast: Jena Malone (Mary), Mandy Moore (Hilary Faye), Macaulay Culkin (Roland), Patrick Fugit (Patrick),…

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SCORPIO RISING

SCORPIO RISING (director/writer: Kenneth Anger; cinematographer: Kenneth Anger; editor: Kenneth Anger; cast: Bruce Byron (Scorpio); Runtime: 28; MPAA Rating: NR; Mystic Fire Video; 1964) "Still retains its freshness." Reviewed by…

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SEE NO EVIL

SEE NO EVIL (BLIND TERROR) (director: Richard Fleischer; screenwriter: Brian Clemens; cinematographer: Gerry Fisher; editor: Thelma Connell; music: Elmer Bernstein; cast: Mia Farrow (Sarah), Brian Rawlinson (Barker, gardener), Norman Eshley…

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SESSIONS, THE

THE SESSIONS (director/writer: Ben Lewin; screenwriter: based on the autobiography article “On Seeing a Sex Surrogate” of Mark O'Brien; cinematographer: Geoffrey Simpson; editor: Lisa Bromwell; music: Marco Beltrami; cast: John…

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SHANGHAI EXPRESS

SHANGHAI EXPRESS (director: Josef von Sternberg; screenwriters: story by Harry Hervey/Jules Furthman; cinematographer: Lee Garmes; music: W. Franke Harling; cast: Marlene Dietrich (Shanghai Lily, aka Magdalen), Clive Brook (Captain Donald…

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SHOOTIST, THE

SHOOTIST, THE (director: Don Siegel; screenwriters: from the novel by Glendon Swarthout/Scott Hale/Miles Hood Swarthout; cinematographer: Bruce Surtees; editor: Douglas Stewart; music: Elmer Bernstein; cast: John Wayne (J.B. Books), Lauren…

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SIGNS & WONDERS

SIGNS & WONDERS (director/writer: Jonathan Nossiter; screenwriter: from a story by James Lasdun; cinematographer: Yorgos Arvanitis; editor: Madeleine Gavin; music: Adrian Utley; cast: Stellan Skarsgard (Alec), Charlotte Rampling (Marjorie), Deborah…

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SIROCCO

SIROCCO (director: Curtis Bernhardt; screenwriters: A. I. Bezzerides/Hans Jacoby/based on the novel Coup of Grace by Joseph Kessel; cinematographer: Burnett Guffey; editor: Viola Lawrence; music: George Antheil; cast: Humphrey Bogart…

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