REALITY

REALITY (director/writer: Matteo Garrone; screenwriter: Massimo Gaudioso/Ugo Chiti/Maurizio Braucci; cinematographer: Marco Onorato; editor: Marco Spoletini; music: Alexander Desplat; cast: Aniello Arena (Luciano), Loredana Simioli (Maria), Nando Paone (Michelle), Graziella Marina…

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CUCKOO, THE

THE CUCKOO (KUKUSHKA) (director/writer: Alexander Rogozhkin; cinematographer: Andrei Zhegalov; editor: Yuliya Rumyantseva; music: Dmitri Pavlov; cast: Anni-Kristiina Juuso(Anni), Ville Khaapasalo (Veiko), Viktor Bychkov (Ivan); Runtime: 99; MPAA Rating: PG-13; producer:…

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REBIRTH

REBIRTH (director: Jim Whitaker; cinematographer: Thomas Lappin; editors: Kevin Filippini/Brad Fuller; music: Philip Glass; Runtime: 104; MPAA Rating: NR; producers: Jim Whitaker/David Solomon; Oscilloscope; 2011) "Whose intimate presentation makes it…

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DAMNED, THE

THE DAMNED (LA CADUTA DEGLI DEI) (GOTTERDAMMERUNG) (director/writer: Luchino Visconti; screenwriters: story by Nicola Badalucco and Enrico Medioli; cinematographer: Armando Nannuzzi/Pasquale De Santis; editor: Ruggero Mastroianni; music: Maurice Jarre; cast:…

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RED CORNER

RED CORNER (director: Jon Avnet; screenwriter: Robert King; cinematographer: Karl Walter Lindenlaub; editor: Peter E. Berger; music: Thomas Newman; cast: Richard Gere (Jack Moore), Bai Ling (Shen Yuelin), Bradly Whitford…

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RED LILY, THE

RED LILY, THE (director/writer: Fred Niblo; screenwriter: Bess Meredyth/based on a story by Fred Niblo; cinematographer: Victor Milner; editor: Lloyd Nosler; music: H. Scott Salinas; cast: Ramon Novarro (Jean Leonnec),…

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RED SCORPION

RED SCORPION (director: Joseph Zito; screenwriter: Arne Olsen; cinematographer: Joao Fernandes; editor: Daniel Loewenthal; music: Jay Chattaway; cast: Dolph Lundgren (Lt. Nikolai Rachenko), M. Emmet Walsh (Dewey Ferguson), Al White…

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DEAD BEAT

DEAD BEAT (director: Adam Dubov/writer; screenwriter: Janice Shapiro; cinematographer: Nancy Schreiber; editor: Lorraine Salk; music: Anton Sanko; cast: Balthazar Getty (Rudy), Bruce Ramsey (Kit), Natasha Gregson Wagner (Kristen), Meredith Salenger…

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