QUEEN OF DIAMONDS

QUEEN OF DIAMONDS (director/writer/cinematographer/editor/producer: Nina Menkes; editor: Tinka Menkes; cast: Tinka Menkes (Vegas dealer), Jeff Douglas (Motel guy); Runtime: 77; MPAA Rating: NR; Facets Video; 1991) "A Rorschach test for…

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COLD HEAVEN

  COLD HEAVEN (director: Nicolas Roeg; screenwriter: from the novel by Brian Moore/Allan Scott; cinematographer: Francis Kelly; editor: Tony Lawson; music: Stanley Myers; cast: Theresa Russell (Maria Davenport), Mark Harmon…

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RACING EXTINCTION

RACING EXTINCTION (director: Louie Psihoyos; screenwriter: Mark Monroe; cinematographers: John Behrens, Shawn Heinrichs, Sean Kirby, Petr Stepanek; editors: Geoffrey Richman, Lyman Smith, Jason Zeldes; music: J. Ralph; cast: Christopher Clark,…

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COOL ONES, THE

THE COOL ONES (director/writer: Gene Nelson; screenwriters: Robert Kaufman/Joyce Geller/story by Joyce Geller; cinematographer: Floyd D. Crosby; editor: James Heckert; music: Ernie Freeman ; cast: Roddy McDowall (Tony Krum), Debbie…

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RAINBOW VALLEY

RAINBOW VALLEY (director: Robert North Bradbury; screenwriter: Lindsley Parsons; cinematographer: William Hyer; editor: Carl Pierson; cast: John Wayne (John Martin), LeRoy Mason (Rogers), George "Gabby" Hayes (George Hale), Buffalo Bill,…

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CRADLE WILL ROCK

CRADLE WILL ROCK (director/writer: Tim Robbins; cinematography: Jean Yves Escoffier; editor: Geraldine Peroni; cast: Hank Azaria (Marc Blitzstein), Ruben Blades (Diego Rivera), Joan Cusack (Hazel Huffman), John Cusack (Nelson Rockefeller),…

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RAMPO

RAMPO (Mystery of Rampo, The) (director/writer: Kazuyoshi Okuyama; screenwriter: Yuhei Enoki; cinematographer: Yasushi Sasakibara; editor: Akimasa Kawashima; music: Akira Senju; cast: Naoto Takenaka (Edogawa Rampo), Michiko Hada (Shizuko), Masahiro Motoki…

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