A BETTER LIFE

A BETTER LIFE (director: Chris Weitz; screenwriters: Eric Eason/based on a story by Roger L. Simon; cinematographer: Javier Aguirresarobe; editor: Peter Lambert; music: Alexandre Desplat; cast: Demian Bichir (Carlos Galindo),…

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MOSCOW ELEGY

MOSCOW ELEGY (MOSKOVSKAYA ELEGIYA) (director/writer: Alexander Sokurov; cinematographer: Aleksandr Burov; cast: Andrei Tarkovsky, Tonino Guerra, Alexander Sokurov (Narrator); Runtime: 90; MPAA Rating: NR; Facets; 1987-Russia-in Russian and Italian with English…

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A BOY AND HIS DOG

A BOY AND HIS DOG  (director/writer: L.Q. Jones; screenwriters: novella by Harlan Ellison/Wayne Cruseturner; cinematographer: John Arthur Morrill; editor: Scott Conrad; music: Tom McIntire/Jaime Mendoza-Nava; cast: Don Johnson (Vic), Susanne…

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A BUSINESS AFFAIR

A BUSINESS AFFAIR (D'une Femme A L'autre) (director: Charlotte Brandstrom; screenwriters: Charlotte Brandstrom/inspired from two books by Barbara Skelton "Tears Before Bedtime" and "Weep No More"; cinematographer: Willy Kurant; editor:…

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MR. NOBODY

MR. NOBODY (director/writer: Jaco Van Dormael; cinematographer: Christophe Beaucarne; editors: Susan Shipton/Matyas Veress; music: Pierre van Dormael; cast: Jared Leto (Nemo Nobody), Diane Kruger (Adult Anna), Sarah Polley (Adult Elise),…

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ACT OF KILLING, THE

THE ACT OF KILLING (directors: Joshua Oppenheimer/Christine Cynn/Anonymous; cinematographers: Carlos Mariano Arango de Montis/Lars Skree; editors: Niels Pagh Andersen/Janus Billeskov Jansen/Mariko Montpetit/Charlotte Munch Bengtsen/Ariadna Fatjó-Vilas Mestre; music: Elin Oyen Vister;…

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MUDBOUND

MUDBOUND (director/writer: Dee Rees; screenwriter:Virgil Williams/novel by Hillary Jordan; cinematographer: Tachel Morrison; editor: Maka Kamitsuna; music: Tamar-kali; cast: Jason Mitchell (Ronsel Jackson), Mary J. Blige(Florence Jackson), Carey Mulligan (Laura McAllan),…

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