BESIEGED

BESIEGED (director/writer: Bernardo Bertolucci; screenwriters: Clare Peploe/story by James Lasdun; cinematographer: Fabio Cianchetti; Editor: Jacopo Quadri; cast: Thandie Newton (Shandurai), David Thewlis (Jason Kinsky), Claudio Santamaria (Agostino); Runtime: 94; Fine…

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PARIS, TEXAS

PARIS, TEXAS (director: Wim Wenders; screenwriters: Sam Shepard/L.M. Kit Carson; cinematographer: Robby Müller; editor: Peter Przygodda; music: Ry Cooder; cast: Harry Dean Stanton (Travis), Nastassja Kinski (Jane), Bernhard Wicki (Doctor…

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BETTY BLUE

BETTY BLUE (37°2 le matin) (director/writer: Jean-Jacques Beineix; screenwriter: from the novel by Philippe Djian; cinematographer: Jean-François Robin; editors: Marie-Aimée Debril/Monique Prim; music: Gabriel Yared; cast: Jean-Hugues Anglade (Zorg), Béatrice…

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PASSAGE, THE

PASSAGE, THE (director/writer: Daniel Casey-Vanhout; cinematographers: Mark T. Elliott/Richard Ferrando/Daniel Casey-Vanhout; editor: Daniel Casey-Vanhout; music: Hush/Scott Sumner/Nick Raftis; cast: Greg Dow (Andrew Hill), Bob Young (Guy Delmorte), Brian Altman (Seth…

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BEYOND THE ROCKS

BEYOND THE ROCKS (director: Sam Wood; screenwriters: Jack Cunningham/based on the novel by Elinor Glyn; cinematographer: Alfred Gilks; music: Henny Vrienten, restored version; cast: Gloria Swanson (Theodora Fitzgerald), Rudolph Valentino…

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PATANG

PATANG (THE KITE) (director/writer: Prashant Bhargava; screenwriter: James Townsend; cinematographer: Shanker Raman; editor: Prashant Bhargava; music: Mario Grigorov; cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui(Chakku), Mukkund Shukla (Jayesh), Seema Biswas (Sudha), Sugandha Garg(Priya), Aakash…

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MAHANAGAR

MAHANAGAR (THE BIG CITY) (director/writer: Satyajit Ray; screenwriter: from a story by Narendranath Mitra; cinematographer: Subrata Mitra; editor: Dulal Dutta; music: Satyajit Ray; cast: Madhabi Mukherjee (Arati), Anil Chatterjee (Subrata),…

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PAWNBROKER, THE

PAWNBROKER, THE (director: Sidney Lumet; screenwriters: David Friedkin/Morton Fine/based on the novel by Edward Lewis Wallant; cinematographer: Boris Kaufman; editor: Ralph Rosenblum; music: Quincy Jones; cast: Rod Steiger (Sol Nazerman),…

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