PINKY

PINKY (director: Elia Kazan; screenwriters: Philip Dunne/Dudley Nichols/based on the novel Pinky by Cid Ricketts Sumner; cinematographer: Joseph MacDonald; editor: Harmon Jones; music: Alfred Newman; cast: Jeanne Crain (Patricia 'Pinky'…

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PITCH BLACK

PITCH BLACK (director/writer: David Twohy; screenwriters: Jim and Ken Wheat/based on a story by the Wheat brothers; cinematographer: David Eggby; editor: Rick Shaine; cast: Vin Diesel (Riddick), Radha Mitchell (Fry),…

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BLINDSPOTTING

BLINDSPOTTING (director: Carlos López Estrada; screenwriters: Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs; cinematographer: Robby Baumgartner; editor: Gabriel Fleming; music: Michael Yezerski; cast: Daveed Diggs (Collin), Rafael Casal(Miles), Jasmine Cephas Jones (Ashley), Janina…

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PLATFORM

PLATFORM (ZHANTAI) (director/writer: Jia Zhang-Ke; cinematographer: Yu Lik Wai; editor: Jing Lei Kong; music: Yoshihiro Hanno; cast: Wang Hong-wei (Cui Minliang), Liang Jing-dong (Zhang Jun), Zhao Tao (Yin Ruijuan), Yang…

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PLUCKING THE DAISY

PLUCKING THE DAISY (EN EFFEUILLANT LA MARGUERITE) (MADEMOISELLE STRIPTEASE) (director/writer: Marc Allegret; screenwriters: from a story by William Benjamin/Roger Vadim; cinematographer: Louis Page; editor: Suzanne de Troeye; music: Paul Misraki;…

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BOILER ROOM

BOILER ROOM (director/writer: Ben Younger; cinematographer: Enrique Chediak; editor: Chris Peppe; cast: Giovanni Ribisi (Seth), Vin Diesel (Chris), Nia Long (Abby), Nicky Katt (Greg), Scott Caan (Richie), Ron Rifkin (Seth's…

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POLICE, ADJECTIVE

POLICE, ADJECTIVE (POLITIST, ADJ.) (director/writer: Corneliu Porumboiu; cinematographer: Marius Panduru; editor: Roxana Szel; music: Mirabela Dauer/Yan Raiburg; cast: Dragos Bucur (Cristi), Vlad Ivanov (Anghelache), Ion Stoica (Nelu), Irina Saulescu (Anca),…

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BORN TO DANCE

BORN TO DANCE (director: Roy Del Ruth; screenwriters: Jack McGowan/Sid Silvers/based on a story by McGowan, Silvers, & B.G. DeSylva; cinematographer: Ray June; editor: Blanche Sewell; music: Cole Porter; cast:…

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