DRIVE, HE SAID

DRIVE, HE SAID (director/writer: Jack Nicholson; screenwriter: from the novel by Jeremy Larner/Jeremy Larner; cinematographer: Bill Butler; editors: Donn Cambern/Christopher Holmes /Pat Somerset /Robert L. Wolfe; music: David Shire; cast:…

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EARLY SUMMER

EARLY SUMMER (Bakushû) (director/writer: Yasujiro Ozu; screenwriter: Kôgo Noda; cinematographer: Yuharu Atsuta; editor: Yoshiyasu Hamamura; music: Senji Itô; cast: Setsuko Hara (Noriko Mamiya), Chishu Ryu (Koichi Mamiya), Chikage Awashima (Aya…

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EDGE OF TOMORROW

EDGE OF TOMORROW (director: Doug Liman; screenwriters: Christopher McQuarrie/Jez/ John-Henry Butterworth/based on the novel “All You Need Is Kill,” by Hiroshi Sakurazaka; cinematographer: Dion Beebe; editor: James Herbert; music: Christophe…

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ELEPHANT

ELEPHANT (director/writer/editor: Gus Van Sant; cinematographer: Harris Savides; music: Ludwig van Beethoven; cast: Alex Frost (Alex), Eric Deulen (Eric), John Robinson (John McFarland), Elias McConnell (Elias), Jordan Taylor (Jordan), Carrie…

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EUROPA EUROPA

  EUROPA, EUROPA  (director/writer: Agnieszka Holland; screenwriter: based on the autobiography of Solomon Perel; cinematographer: Jacek Petrycki; editors: Ewa Smal/Isabelle Lorente; music: Zbigniew Preisner; cast: Marco Hofschneider (Solomon Perel ),…

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FAMILY LIFE

FAMILY LIFE (aka: WEDNESDAY"S CHILD) (director: Ken Loach; screenwriter: David Mercer/from Mr. Mercer's TV play In Two Minds; cinematographer: Charles Stewart; editor: Roy Watts; music: Marc Wilkinson; cast: Sandy Ratcliff…

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FAVOURITE, THE

THE FAVOURITE (director: Yorgos Lanthimos; screenwriters: Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara; cinematographer: Robbie Ryan; editor: Yorgos Lanthimos; cast: Olivia Colman (Queen Anne), Rachel Weisz (Lady Sarah),Nicholas Hoult (Harley), Emma Stone (Abigail),…

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