PERSONS UNKNOWN

PERSONS UNKNOWN (TV) (director: George Hickenlooper; screenwriter: Craig Smith; cinematographer: Richard Crudo; editor: Suzanne Pettit; music: Ed Tomney; cast: Joe Mantegna (Jim Holland), Kelly Lynch (Amanda), Naomi Watts (Molly), J.T.…

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BIG MIRACLE

BIG MIRACLE (director: Ken Kwapis; screenwriters: Jack Amiel/Michael Begler/based on Thomas Rose’s 1989 “Freeing the Whales: How the Media Created the World’s Greatest Non-Event”; cinematographer: John Bailey; editor: Cara Silverman;…

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PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

PHYSICAL EVIDENCE (director: Michael Crichton; screenwriter: Bill Phillips/story by Steve Ransohoff]; cinematographer: John A. Alonzo; editor: Glenn Farr; music: Henry Mancini; cast:Burt Reynolds(Joe Paris), Theresa Russell ( Jenny Hudson), Ned…

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BIRDMAN

BIRDMAN or (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) (director/writer: Alejandro G. Iñárritu; screenwriters: Nicolás Giacobone/Alexander Dinelaris Jr./Armando Bo; cinematographer: Emmanuel Lubezki; editors: Douglas Crise/Stephen Mirrione; music: Antonio Sanchez; cast: Michael Keaton…

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PICTURE CLAIRE

PICTURE CLAIRE (director: Bruce McDonald; screenwriter: Semi Chellas; cinematographer: Miroslaw Baszak; editor: Michael Pacek; music: Paul Haslinger; cast: Mickey Rourke (Eddie), Gina Gershon (Lily), Juliette Lewis (Claire), Callum Keith Rennie…

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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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PINA

PINA (director/writer: Wim Wenders; cinematographers: Hélène Louvart/Jörg Widmer; editor: Toni Froschhammer; music: Thom Hanreich; cast: Pina Bausch; Runtime: 99; MPAA Rating: NR; producers: Wim Wenders/ Gian-Piero Ringel/Wolfgang Bergmann/Gabriele Heuser/Dieter Schneider;…

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