BLACKBOARDS

BLACKBOARDS (Takhté siah) (director/writer: Samira Makhmalbaf; screenwriter: Mohsen Makhmalbaf; cinematographer: Ebrahim Ghafori; editor: Mohsen Makhmalbaf; music: Mohammad Reza Darvishi; cast: Saeed Mohamadi (Saïd), Bahman Ghobadi (Reeboir), Behnaz Jafari (Halaleh), Rafat…

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PICKUP ALLEY

PICKUP ALLEY (INTERPOL) (director: John Gilling; screenwriters: John Paxton/short story by A.J. Forrest; cinematographer: Ted Moore; editor: Richard Best; music: Richard Bennett; cast: Victor Mature (Charles Sturgis), Anita Ekberg (Gina…

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BLINDSPOTTING

BLINDSPOTTING (director: Carlos López Estrada; screenwriters: Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs; cinematographer: Robby Baumgartner; editor: Gabriel Fleming; music: Michael Yezerski; cast: Daveed Diggs (Collin), Rafael Casal(Miles), Jasmine Cephas Jones (Ashley), Janina…

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PIRATE RADIO

  PIRATE RADIO (aka: THE BOAT THAT ROCKED)   (director/writer: Richard Curtis; cinematographer: Danny Cohen; editor: Emma E. Hickox; cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman (the Count), Bill Nighy (Quentin), Rhys Ifans…

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BOILER ROOM

BOILER ROOM (director/writer: Ben Younger; cinematographer: Enrique Chediak; editor: Chris Peppe; cast: Giovanni Ribisi (Seth), Vin Diesel (Chris), Nia Long (Abby), Nicky Katt (Greg), Scott Caan (Richie), Ron Rifkin (Seth's…

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PLEASANTVILLE

PLEASANTVILLE (director/writer: Gary Ross; cinematographer: John Lindley; editor: William Goldenberg; cast: Tobey Maguire (David/Bud Parker), Jeff Daniels (Johnson), Joan Allen (Betty Parker), William H. Macy (George Parker), J.T. Walsh (Big…

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