I KNEW HER WELL

I KNEW HER WELL (LO LA CONOSCEVO BENE) (director/writer: Antonio Pietrangeli; screenwriters: Ettore Scola, Ruggero Maccari; cinematographer: Armando Nannuzzi; editor: Franco Fraticelli; music: Benedetto Ghiglia /Piero Piccioni; cast: Stefania Sandrelli…

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IMAGINARY CRIMES

IMAGINARY CRIMES (director: Anthony Drazan; screenwriters: from the book by Sheila Ballantyne/Kristine Johnson/Davia Nelson; cinematographer: John J Campbell; editor: Elizabeth Kling; music: Stephen Endelman; cast: Harvey Keitel (Ray Weiler), Fairuza…

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I’M NOT SCARED

  I'M NOT SCARED (Io non ho paura)   (director: Gabriele Salvatores; screenwriters: Niccolò Ammaniti/Francesca Marciano/based on the novel by Ammaniti; cinematographer: Italo Petriccione; editor: Massimo Fiocchi; music: Ezio Bosso/Pepo…

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IN CUSTODY

IN CUSTODY (director: Ismail Merchant; screenwriter: Anita Desai (also novel) /Shahrukh Husain; cinematographer: Larry Pizer; editor: Roberto Silvi; cast: Shashi Kapoor (Nur), Om Puri (Deven), Neena Gupta (Sarla), Tinnu Anand…

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INFERNO

INFERNO (director: Ron Howard; screenwriters: David Koepp/based on the novel by Dan Brown; cinematographer: Salvatore Totino; editors: Dan Hanley, Tom Elkins; music: Hans Zimmer; cast: Tom Hanks (Robert Langdon), Felicity…

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IN JACKSON HEIGHTS

IN JACKSON HEIGHTS (director/writer: Frederick Wiseman; cinematographer: John Davey; editor: Emmanuel Croset/Frederick Wiseman; Runtime: 190; MPAA Rating: NR; producer: Frederick Wiseman; Zipporah Films; 2015-In Engish-also Spanish, Arabic, Hindi dialogue) "This…

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IN OLD ARIZONA

IN OLD ARIZONA (directors: Raoul Walsh/Irving Cummings; screenwriters: from the story "The Caballero's Way" by O. Henry/Tom Barry; cinematographers: Arthur Edeson/Alfred Hansen; editor: Louis R. Loeffler; cast: Warner Baxter (The…

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INSPECTOR BELLAMY

INSPECTOR BELLAMY (director/writer: Claude Chabrol; screenwriter: Odile Barski; cinematographer: Eduardo Serra; editor: Monique Fardoulis; music: Matthieu Chabrol; cast: Gérard Depardieu (Paul Bellamy), Clovis Cornillac (Jacques Lebas), Jacques Gamblin (Noël Gentil/Emile…

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