PEPPERMINT FRAPPE

PEPPERMINT FRAPPE (director/writer: Carlos Saura; screenwriters: story by Carlos Saura/Rafael Azcona/Angelino Fons; cinematographer: Luis Cuadrado; editor: Pablo González del Amo; music: Teddy Bautista/Luis de Pablo; cast: Geraldine Chaplin (Elena/Ana), José…

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BIG MIRACLE

BIG MIRACLE (director: Ken Kwapis; screenwriters: Jack Amiel/Michael Begler/based on Thomas Rose’s 1989 “Freeing the Whales: How the Media Created the World’s Greatest Non-Event”; cinematographer: John Bailey; editor: Cara Silverman;…

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PHANTOM LADY

PHANTOM LADY (director: Robert Siodmak; screenwriters: Bernard Schoenfeld/from the novel by Cornell Woolrich; cinematographer: Woody Bredell; editor: Arthur D. Hilton; cast: Franchot Tone (Jack Marlow), Ella Raines (Carol "Kansas" Richman),…

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PHONE BOOTH

PHONE BOOTH (director: Joel Schumacher; screenwriter: Larry Cohen; cinematographer: Matthew Libatique; editor: Mark Stevens; music: Harry Gregson-Williams; cast: Colin Ferrell (Stu Shepard), Forest Whitaker (Capt. Ramey), Katie Holmes (Pamela McFadden),…

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BIRDMAN

BIRDMAN or (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) (director/writer: Alejandro G. Iñárritu; screenwriters: Nicolás Giacobone/Alexander Dinelaris Jr./Armando Bo; cinematographer: Emmanuel Lubezki; editors: Douglas Crise/Stephen Mirrione; music: Antonio Sanchez; cast: Michael Keaton…

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PICKUP ALLEY

PICKUP ALLEY (INTERPOL) (director: John Gilling; screenwriters: John Paxton/short story by A.J. Forrest; cinematographer: Ted Moore; editor: Richard Best; music: Richard Bennett; cast: Victor Mature (Charles Sturgis), Anita Ekberg (Gina…

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BLACKBOARDS

BLACKBOARDS (Takhté siah) (director/writer: Samira Makhmalbaf; screenwriter: Mohsen Makhmalbaf; cinematographer: Ebrahim Ghafori; editor: Mohsen Makhmalbaf; music: Mohammad Reza Darvishi; cast: Saeed Mohamadi (Saïd), Bahman Ghobadi (Reeboir), Behnaz Jafari (Halaleh), Rafat…

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