BIG MIRACLE

BIG MIRACLE (director: Ken Kwapis; screenwriters: Jack Amiel/Michael Begler/based on Thomas Rose’s 1989 “Freeing the Whales: How the Media Created the World’s Greatest Non-Event”; cinematographer: John Bailey; editor: Cara Silverman;…

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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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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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BIRDMAN

BIRDMAN or (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) (director/writer: Alejandro G. Iñárritu; screenwriters: Nicolás Giacobone/Alexander Dinelaris Jr./Armando Bo; cinematographer: Emmanuel Lubezki; editors: Douglas Crise/Stephen Mirrione; music: Antonio Sanchez; cast: Michael Keaton…

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BLACKBOARDS

BLACKBOARDS (Takhté siah) (director/writer: Samira Makhmalbaf; screenwriter: Mohsen Makhmalbaf; cinematographer: Ebrahim Ghafori; editor: Mohsen Makhmalbaf; music: Mohammad Reza Darvishi; cast: Saeed Mohamadi (Saïd), Bahman Ghobadi (Reeboir), Behnaz Jafari (Halaleh), Rafat…

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