PATRIOTS DAY

PATRIOTS DAY (director/writer: Peter Berg; screenwriter: Matt Cook/Joshua Zetumer; cinematographer: Tobias A. Schliessler; editors: Gabriel Fleming, Colby Parker Jr.; music: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross; cast: Mark Wahlberg (Tommy Saunder), Kevin…

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BIG COMBO, THE

BIG COMBO, THE (director: Joseph H. Lewis; screenwriter: Philip Yordan; cinematographer: John Alton; editor: Robert S. Eisen; cast: Cornel Wilde (Police Lt. Leonard Diamond), Capt. Peterson (Robert Middleton), Richard Conte…

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BIG HOUSE, THE

BIG HOUSE, THE (director: George W. Hill; screenwriters: Joseph Farnham/Martin Flavin/Frances Marion/Lennox Robinson; cinematographer: Harold Wenstrom; editor: Blanche Sewell; cast: Chester Morris (John Morgan), Wallace Beery (Butch Schmidt), Lewis Stone…

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PERFECT HOST, THE

PERFECT HOST, THE (director/writer: Nick Tomnay; screenwriter: Krishna Jones; cinematographer: Krishna Jones; editor: Nick Tomnay; music: John Swihart; cast: David Hyde Pierce (Warwick Wilson), Clayne Crawford (John Taylor), Nathaniel Parker…

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BIG SHAVE, THE

THE BIG SHAVE (director/writer: Martin Scorsese; cinematographer: Ares Demertzis; cast: Peter Bernuth; Runtime: 7; MPAA Rating: NR; Janus; 1968) "personal statement film." Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz Shot by recent NYU…

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PERSONA NON GRATA

PERSONA NON GRATA (director/writer: Krzysztof Zanussi; cinematographer: Edward Klosinski; editor: Wanda Zeman; music: Wojciech Kilar; cast: Zbigniew Zapasiewicz (Wiktor), Jerzy Stuhr (Radca), Remo Girone (Italian Consul), Andrzej Chyra (New Consul),…

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