A PRIVATE WAR

A PRIVATE WAR (director: Matthew Heineman; screenwriters: Arash Amel/based on the Vanity Fair article “Marie Colvin’s Private War” written by Marie Brenner; cinematographer: Robert Richardson; editor: Nick Fenton; music: H.…

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NOBODY

NOBODY (director/writer: Shundo Ohkawa; cinematographer: Hiroshi Ogata; editor: Yoshio Kitazawa; cast: Masaya Kato (Taki), Jimpachi Nezu (Detective Karaki), Riki Takeuchi (Nanbu), Hideo Nakano (Konishi), Hiromi Nakajima (Rika), Yumi Nishiyama (Reiko);…

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NO RESERVATIONS

  NO RESERVATIONS   director: Scott Hicks; screenwriter: Carol Fuchs/based on the screenplay "Mostly Martha" by Sandra Nettelbeck; cinematographer: Stuart Dryburgh; editor: Pip Karmel; music: Philip Glass; cast: Catherine Zeta-Jones…

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A SIMPLE PLAN

A SIMPLE PLAN (director: Sam Raimi; screenwriter: Scott B. Smith, based on his novel; cinematographer: Alar Kivilo; editor: Arthur Coburn; cast: Bill Paxton (Hank), Billy Bob Thornton (Jacob), Bridget Fonda…

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NOSTALGHIA

NOSTALGHIA (director/writer: Andrei Tarkovsky; cinematographer: Giuseppe Lanci; editor: Erminia Marani; cast: Oleg Jankovsky (Andrei Gortchakov), Erland Josephson (Domenico), Domiziana Giordano (Eugenia), Patrizia Terreno (Gortchakov's wife), Laura De Marchi (chambermaid), Delia…

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