MOSCOW ELEGY

MOSCOW ELEGY (MOSKOVSKAYA ELEGIYA) (director/writer: Alexander Sokurov; cinematographer: Aleksandr Burov; cast: Andrei Tarkovsky, Tonino Guerra, Alexander Sokurov (Narrator); Runtime: 90; MPAA Rating: NR; Facets; 1987-Russia-in Russian and Italian with English…

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A BREED APART

A BREED APART (director: Philippe Mora; screenwriter: Paul Wheeler; cinematographer: Geoffrey Stephenson; editor: Chris Lebenzon ; music: Maurice Gibb; cast: Rutger Hauer (Jim Malden), Donald Pleasence (J.P. Whittier), Powers Boothe…

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A CIVIL ACTION

  A CIVIL ACTION (director/writer: Steven Zaillian; screenwriter: based on the book by Jonathan Harr; cinematographer: Conrad L. Hall; editor: Wayne Wahrman; cast: John Travolta (Jan Schlichtmann), Robert Duvall (Jerome…

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MR. NOBODY

MR. NOBODY (director/writer: Jaco Van Dormael; cinematographer: Christophe Beaucarne; editors: Susan Shipton/Matyas Veress; music: Pierre van Dormael; cast: Jared Leto (Nemo Nobody), Diane Kruger (Adult Anna), Sarah Polley (Adult Elise),…

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ACTRESS, THE

  ACTRESS, THE (CENTRE STAGE) (Yuen Ling-yuk) (director: Stanley Kwan; screenwriters: Yau Tai On-ping/Tai An-Ping Chiu as Peggy Chiu; cinematographer: Hang-Sang Poon; editor: Peter Cheung; music: Siu Chung/Huang Jin Chen;…

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MUDBOUND

MUDBOUND (director/writer: Dee Rees; screenwriter:Virgil Williams/novel by Hillary Jordan; cinematographer: Tachel Morrison; editor: Maka Kamitsuna; music: Tamar-kali; cast: Jason Mitchell (Ronsel Jackson), Mary J. Blige(Florence Jackson), Carey Mulligan (Laura McAllan),…

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A DOG’S PURPOSE

A DOG'S PURPOSE (director: Lasse Hallström; screenwriters: novel by W. Bruce Cameron/Cameron, Cathryn Michon, Audrey Wells, Maya Forbes, Wally Wolodarsky; cinematographer: Terry Stacey; editor: Robert Leighton; music: Rachel Portman; cast:…

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