CARAVAGGIO

CARAVAGGIO (director/writer: Derek Jarman; screenwriter: from an original idea by Nicholas Ward Jackson; cinematographer: Gabriel Beristain; editor: George Akers; cast: Nigel Terry (Caravaggio), Sean Bean (Rannuccio Thomasoni), Tilda Swinton (Lena),…

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PRIVATE PROPERTY

PRIVATE PROPERTY (Nue propriété) (director/writer: Joachim Lafosse; screenwriter: François Pirot; cinematographer: Hichame Alaouie; editor: Sophie Vercruysse; cast: Isabelle Huppert (Pascale), Jérémie Renier (Thierry), Yannick Renier (François), Kris Cuppens (Jan), Patrick…

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CASINO

CASINO (director/writer: Martin Scorsese; screenwriter: Nicholas Pileggi/based on the book by Nicholas Pileggi; cinematographer: Robert Richardson; editor: Thelma Schoonmaker; cast: Robert De Niro (Sam Rothstein), Sharon Stone (Ginger McKenna), Joe…

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PROMISED LAND

PROMISED LAND (ZIEMIA OBIECANA) (director/writer: Andrzej Wajda; screenwriter: based on the novel by Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont; cinematographers: Waclaw Dybowski/Edward Klosinski/Witold Sobocinski; editors: Halina Prugar/Zofia Dwornik; music: Wojciech Kilar; cast: Andrzej…

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PSYCHIC, THE

THE PSYCHIC (COPENHAGEN'S PSYCHIC LOVES) (director/writer: James F. Hurley; screenwriter: Herschell Gordon Lewis; cinematographer: Herschell Gordon Lewis; editor: Richard Brinkman; music: Vincent Oddo; cast: Dick Genola (Dan Thomas), Robyn Guest…

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CHAN IS MISSING

CHAN IS MISSING (director/writer/editor/producer: Wayne Wang; screenwriters: Isaac Cronin/Terrel Seltzer; cinematographer: Michael Chin; music: Robert Kikuchi; cast: Wood Moy (Jo), Marc Hayashi (Steve), Lauren Chew (Amy), Peter Wang (Henry the…

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PULP

PULP (director/writer: Mike Hodges; cinematographer: Ousama Rawi; editor: John Glen; cast: Michael Caine (Mickey King), Mickey Rooney (Preston Gilbert), Lionel Stander (Ben Dinuccio), Lizabeth Scott (Princess Betty Cippola), Nadia Cassini…

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CHEYENNE AUTUMN

CHEYENNE AUTUMN (director: John Ford; screenwriters: James R. Webb/suggested by a book by Mari Sandoz; cinematographer: William Clothier; editor: Otho Lovering; music: Alex North; cast: Richard Widmark (Capt. Thomas Archer),…

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PURPLE NOON

PURPLE NOON (PLEIN SOLEIL) (director/writer: Rene Clement; screenwriters: Paul Gegauff/based on the novel The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith; cinematographer: Henri Decae; editor: Francoise Javet; music: Nino Rota; cast:…

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