17 AGAIN

17 AGAIN (director: Burr Steers; screenwriter: Jason Filardi; cinematographer: Tim Suhrstedt; editor: Padraic McKinley; music: Rolfe Kent; cast: Zac Efron (Mike O’Donnell), Leslie Mann (Scarlet, adult), Thomas Lennon (Ned Gold),…

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MOBY DICK

MOBY DICK (director/writer: John Huston; screenwriters: based on the novel by Herman Melville/Ray Bradbury/Roald Dahl and John Goldley uncredited; cinematographer: Oswald Morris; editor: Russell Lloyd; music: Philip Sainton; cast: Gregory…

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25TH HOUR

25TH HOUR (director: Spike Lee; screenwriter: David Benioff/based on Mr. Benioff's book; cinematographer: Rodrigo Prieto; editor: Barry Alexander Brown; music: Terence Blanchard; cast: Edward Norton (Monty Brogan), Philip Seymour Hoffman…

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35 SHOTS OF RUM

35 SHOTS OF RUM (director/writer: Claire Denis; screenwriter: Jean-Pol Fargeau; cinematographer: Agnès Godard; editor: Guy Lecorne; music: Tindersticks; cast: Alex Descas (Lionel), Mati Diop (Joséphine), Nicole Dogue (Gabrielle), Grégoire Colin…

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MONSIEUR LAZHAR

MONSIEUR LAZHAR (director/writer: Philippe Falardeau; screenwriter: based on the stage play by Evelyne de la Chenelière; cinematographer: Ronald Plante; editor: Stéphane Lafleur; music: Martin Léon; cast: Mohamed Fellag (Bachir Lazhar),…

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45 YEARS

45 YEARS (director/writer: Andrew Haigh; screenwriter: based on the story “In Another Country” by David Constantine; cinematographer: Lol Crawley; editor: Jonathan Alberts; cast: Charlotte Rampling (Kate Mercer), Tom Courtenay (Geoff…

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MONTEREY POP

MONTEREY POP (director: D.A. Pennebaker; cinematographers: D.A. Pennebaker/Richard Leacock/James Desmond, Barry Feinstein, Albert Maysles, Roger Murphy; editor: Nina Schulman; Runtime: 79; MPAA Rating: NR; producers: John Phillips/Lou Adler; The Criterion…

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MOON OVER HARLEM

MOON OVER HARLEM (director: Edgar G. Ulmer; screenwriters: Shirley Ulmer/Mathew Mathews; cinematographers: J. Burgi Contner/Edward Hyland; editor: Jack Kemp; cast: Donald Heywood Cast: Percy 'Bud' Harris (Dollar Bill), Cora Green…

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