A MAN THERE WAS

A MAN THERE WAS (TERJE VIGEN) (director/writer: Victor Seastrom; screenwriter: Gustaf Molander/from a Henrik Ibsen poem cinematographer: Julis Jaenzen; cast: August Falck (The Lord), Victor Seastrom (Terje Vigen), Edith Erastoff…

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NEIGHBORS

NEIGHBORS (aka: MAILBOX) (aka: BACKYARD) (director/writer: Edward F. Cline/Buster Keaton; screenwriter: story by Buster Keaton; cinematographer: Elgin Lessley; cast: Buster Keaton (The Boy), Virginia Fox (The Girl), Joe Roberts (Her…

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AMELIA

  AMELIA (director: Mira Nair; screenwriters: Ron Bass/Anna Hamilton Phelan/based on the books “East to the Dawn” by Susan Butler and “The Sound of Wings” by Mary S. Lovell; cinematographer:…

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AMERICAN MOVIE

AMERICAN MOVIE(director/cinematographer/writer: Chris Smith; editor: Barry Poltermann; cast: Mark Borchardt (Filmmaker), Mike Schank (Friend/Musician), Monica Borchardt (Mark's Mom), Cliff Borchardt (Mark's Dad), Chris Borchardt (Mark's Brother), Alex Borchardt (Mark's Brother),…

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NEW ROSE HOTEL

NEW ROSE HOTEL (director/writer: Abel Ferrara; screenwriters: Christ Zois/based on the short story by William Gibson; cinematographer: Ken Kelsch; editors: Jim Moll/Anthony Redman; cast: Willem Dafoe (X), Christopher Walken (Fox),…

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AMONGST FRIENDS

  AMONGST FRIENDS   (director/writer: Rob Weiss; cinematographer: Michael Bonvillain; editor: Leo Trombetta; cast: Steve Parlavecchio (Andy), Mira Sorvino (Laura), Patrick Mc Gaw (Trevor), Joseph Lindsey (Billy), Michael Artura (Michael),…

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NICE GUYS, THE

THE NICE GUYS (director/writer: Shane Black; screenwriter: Anthony Bagarozzi; cinematographer: Philippe Rousselot; editor: Joel Negron; music: John Ottman/David Buckley; cast: Russell Crowe (Jackson Healy), Angourie Rice (Holly March), Ryan Gosling…

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ANATAHAN

ANATAHAN (THE SAGA OF ANATAHAN) (director/writer: Josef von Sternberg; screenwriters: Tatsuo Asano/from the novel by Michiro Maruyama, translated by Younghill Kang; cinematographers: Kôzô Okazaki/Josef von Sternberg; editor: Miyata; music: Ifukube;…

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