CEILING ZERO

CEILING ZERO (director: Howard Hawks; screenwriters: Morrie Ryskind/Frank Wead/play by Wead; cinematographer: Arthur Edeson; editor: William Holmes ; music: Bernhard Kaun; cast: James Cagney (Dizzy Davis), Pat O'Brien (Jack L.…

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PULP FICTION

PULP FICTION (director/writer: Quentin Tarantino; screenwriters: based on stories by Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary; cinematographer: Andrzej Sekula; editor: Sally Menke; music: Karyn Rachtman; cast: John Travolta (Vincent Vega), Samuel…

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CHESS PLAYERS, THE

THE CHESS PLAYERS (SHATRANJ KE KHILARI) (director/writer: Satyajit Ray; screenwriter: story by Munshi Premchand; cinematographer: Soumendu Roy; editor: Dulal Dutta; music: Satyajit Ray; cast: Richard Attenborough (General Outram), Sanjeev Kumar…

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Q & A

  Q & A (director/writer: Sidney Lumet; screenwriter: from the book by Edwin Torres; cinematographer: Andrzej Bartkowiak; editor: Richard P. Cirincione; music: Ruben Blades; cast: Nick Nolte (Captain Lt. Michael…

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CHOCOLAT

CHOCOLAT (director/writer: Claire Denis; screenwriter: Jean-Pol Fargeau; cinematographer: Robert Alazraki; editors: Monica Coleman/ Claudine Merlin/Sylvie Quester; music: Abdullah Ibrahim; cast: Isaach De Bankolé (Protée), Giulia Boschi (Aimée Dalens), François Cluzet…

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QUEEN MARGOT

QUEEN MARGOT (LA REINE MARGOT) (director/writer: Patrice Chereau; screenwriters: Daniele Thompson/based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas; cinematographer: Philippe Rousselot; editors: Francois Gedigier/Helene Viard; music: Goran Bregovic; cast: Isabelle Adjani…

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CITIZEN RUTH

CITIZEN RUTH( director/writer: Alexander Payne; cinematographer: James Glennon; editor: Kevin Trent; cast: Laura Dern (Ruth Stoops), Swoozie Kurtz (Diane), Kurtwood Smith (Norm Stoney), Mary Kay Place (Gail Stoney), Kelly Preston…

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QUIET CITY

QUIET CITY (director/writer: Aaron Katz; screenwriters: Erin Fisher/Cris Lankenau; cinematographer: Andrew Reed; editor: Aaron Katz; music: Keegan DeWitt; cast: Erin Fisher (Jamie), Cris Lankenau (Charlie Miller), Joe Swanberg (Adam), Sarah…

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