A HUMBLE LIFE

A HUMBLE LIFE (Smirennaya zhizn) (director/writer: Alexander Sokurov; cinematographer: Alexi Fiodorov; editor: Leda Semionova; music: Algirdas Paulavicius; cast: Umeno Matuyoshi, Alexander Sokurov (Narrator); Runtime: 76; MPAA Rating: NR; producer: Alexander…

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MYSTERIOUS ISLAND

  MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (director: Cy Endfield; screenwriters: John Prebble/Daniel Ullman/Crane Wilbur/based on the novel by Jules Verne; cinematographer: Wilkie Cooper; editor: Frederick Wilson; music: Bernard Herrmann; cast: Michael Craig (Captain…

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MYSTIC RIVER

MYSTIC RIVER (director: Clint Eastwood; screenwriters: from the novel by Dennis Lehane/Brian Helgeland; cinematographer: Tom Stern; editor: Joel Cox; music: Clint Eastwood; cast: Sean Penn (Jimmy), Tim Robbins (Dave), Kevin…

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NANA

NANA (director/writer: Jean Renoir; screenwriters: Pierre Lestringuez/from the novel by Emile Zola; cinematographers: Edmund Corwin/Jean Bachelet; editor: Jean Renoir; music: Marc-Olivier Dupin; cast: Catherine Hessling (Nana), Jean Angelo (Count de…

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