PALINDROMES

PALINDROMES (director/writer: Todd Solondz; cinematographer: Tom Richmond; editors: Mollie Goldstein/Kevin Messman; music: Nathan Larson; cast: Ellen Barkin (Joyce Victor), Stephen Adly Guirgis (Joe/Earl/Bob), Jennifer Jason Leigh (Aviva), Rachel Corr (Aviva),…

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BELLA

  BELLA (director/writer: Alejandro Gomez Monteverde; screenwriter: Patrick Million/Leo Severino; cinematographer: Andrew Cadelago; editors: Fernando Villena/Joseph Gutowski; music: Stephan Altman; cast: Eduardo Verástegui (José), Tammy Blanchard (Nina), Manny Perez (Restaurant…

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PARADISE NOW

PARADISE NOW (director/writer: Hany Abu-Assad; screenwriter: Bero Beyer; cinematographer: Antoine Héberlé; editor: Sander Vos; cast: Kais Nashef (Said), Ali Suliman (Khaled), Lubna Azabal (Suha), Amer Hlehel (Jamal), Hiam Abbass (Said's…

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PARKER KANE

PARKER KANE (tv) (director: Steve Perry; screenwriter: Peter Lenkov; cinematographer: Jan De Bont; editor: Mark Helfrich; music: Jay Ferguson; cast: Jeff Fahey (Parker Kane), Amanda Pays(Sarah), Stellan Skarsgård (Van Adams),…

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BERLIN EXPRESS

BERLIN EXPRESS (director: Jacques Tourneur; screenwriters: from the story by Curt Siodmak/Harold Medford; cinematographer: Lucien Ballard; editor: Sherman Todd; music: Frederick Hollander; cast: Merle Oberon (Lucienne), Robert Ryan (Robert Lindley),…

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PASSING FANCY

PASSING FANCY (Dekigokoro) (director/writer: Yasujiro Ozu; screenwriter: Tadao Ikeda; cinematographer: Hideo Shigehara/Shojiro Sugimoto; editor: Kazuo Ishikawa; cast: Takeshi Sakamoto (Kihachi), Nobuko Fushimi (Harue), Den Obinata (Jiro), Chouko Iida (Otome), Tomio…

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