CHINESE ROULETTE

CHINESE ROULETTE (Chinesisches Roulette) (director/writer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder; cinematographer: Michael Ballhaus; editor: Ila von Hasperg; music: Peer Raben; cast: Margit Carstensen (Ariane Christ), Andrea Schober (Angela Christ), Anna Karina (Irene…

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QUEEN BEE

QUEEN BEE (director/writer: Ranald MacDougall; screenwriter: based on the novel The Queen Bee by Edna L. Lee; cinematographer: Charles Lang; editor: Viola Lawrence; music: George Duning; cast: Joan Crawford (Eva…

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CIRCLE, THE

CIRCLE, THE (Dayereh) (director/editor/writer: Jafar Panahi; screenwriter: Kambozia Partovi/based on a story by Mr. Panahi; cinematographer: Bahram Badakhshani; cast: Maryam Parvin Almani (Arezou), Nargess Mamizadeh (Nargess), Fatemeh Naghavi (The Mother),…

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QUICKSAND

QUICKSAND (director: Irving Pichel; screenwriter: Robert Smith; cinematographer: Lionel Lindon; editor: Walter Thompson; music: Louis Gruenberg; cast: Mickey Rooney (Dan Brady), Jeanne Cagney (Vera Novak), Barbara Bates (Helen), Peter Lorre…

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CLOUD ATLAS

CLOUD ATLAS (directors/writers: Lana Wachowski/Andy Wachowski/Tom Tykwer; screenwriter: based on the novel by David Mitchell; cinematographers: John Toll/Frank Griebe; editor: Alexander Berner; music: Tom Tykwer/Johnny Klimek/Reinhold Heil; cast: Tom Hanks…

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RABBIT, RUN

RABBIT, RUN (director: Jack Smight; screenwriters: based on a John Updike novel/Howard B. Kreitsek; cinematographer: Philip Lathrop; editor: Archie Marshek; music: William Lava; cast: James Caan (Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom), Jack…

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COLT .45

COLT .45 (aka: THUNDERCLOUD) (director: Edward L. Marin; screenwriter: Thomas W. Blackburn; cinematographer: Wilfred M. Cline; editor: Frank Magee; music: William Lava; cast: Randolph Scott (Steve Farrell), Ruth Roman (Beth…

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CONGRESS, THE

THE CONGRESS (director/writer: Ari Folman; screenwriter: based on “The Futurological Congress” by Stanislaw Lem; cinematographer: Michal Englert; editor: Nili Feller; music: Max Richter; cast: Robin Wright (Robin Wright), Harvey Keitel…

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RAMBO

RAMBO (director/writer: Sylvester Stallone; screenwriters: Art Monterastelli/characters by David Morrell; cinematographer: Glen MacPherson; editor: Sean Albertson; music: Brian Tyler; cast: Sylvester Stallone (John Rambo), Julie Benz (Saran Miller), Ken Howard…

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