NINTH GATE, THE

NINTH GATE, THE (director/writer: Roman Polanski; screenwriters: John Brownjohn/Enrique Urbizu/from Arturo Perez-Reverte's Spanish novel El Club Dumas; cinematographer: Darius Khondji; editor: Hervé de Luze; cast: Johnny Depp (Dean Corso), Lena…

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APPLE, THE

  APPLE, THE (director/writer: Menahem Golan; screenwriters: Coby Recht/Iris Recht; cinematographer: David Gurfinkel; editor: Alain Jakubowicz; music: Coby Recht; cast: George Gilmour (Alphie), Catherine Mary Stewart (Bibi), Vladek Sheybal (Mr.…

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NO FEAR, NO DIE

NO FEAR, NO DIE (S'en Fout la Mort) (director/writer: Claire Denis; screenwriter: Jean-Pol Fargeau; cinematographer: Pascal Marti; editor: Dominique Auvray; music: Abdullah Ibrahim; cast: Isaach de Bankole (Dah), Alex Descas…

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ARGO

ARGO (director: Ben Affleck; screenwriters: Chris Terrio/based on the book “The Master of Disguise” by Antonio J. Mendez, and the Wired magazine article “The Great Escape” by Joshuah Bearman; cinematographer:…

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NO PLACE ON EARTH

NO PLACE ON EARTH (director/writer: Janet Tobias; screenwriter: Paul Laikin; cinematographers: Cesar Charlone/Eduard Grau/Sean Kirby/Peter Simonite; editors: Deirdre Slevin/Claus Wehlisch; music: John Piscitello; cast: Saul Stermer, Sam Stermer, Sonia Dodyk,…

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ASHES AND DIAMONDS

ASHES AND DIAMONDS (Popiol i Diament) (director/writer: Andrzej Wajda; screenwriter: Jerzy Andrzejewski/based on the novel by Andrzejewski; cinematographer: Jerzy Wojcik; editor: Halina Nawrocka; music: Jan Krenz/Filip Nowak; cast: Zbigniew Cybulski…

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