BIG FAN

BIG FAN (director/writer: Robert Siegel; cinematographer: Michael Simmonds; editor: Joshua Trank; music: Philip Nashel-Watts; cast: Patton Oswalt (Paul Aufiero), Kevin Corrigan (Sal), Michael Rapaport (Philadelphia Phil), Marcia Jean Kurtz (Theresa…

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PAYOFF, THE

PAYOFF, THE (director: Arthur Dreifuss; screenwriters: story by Arthur Hoerl/Edward Dein; cinematographer: Ira Morgan; editor: Charles Henkel Jr.; cast: Lee Tracy (Brad McKay), Tom Brown (Guy Norris), Tina Thayer (Phyllis…

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BIG KNIFE, THE

BIG KNIFE, THE (director: Robert Aldrich; screenwriters: from a play by Clifford Odets/James Poe; cinematographer: Ernest Laszlo; editor: Michael Luciano; music: Frank De Vol; cast: Jack Palance (Charles Castle), Ida…

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PEOPLE ON SUNDAY

PEOPLE ON SUNDAY (MENSCHEN AM SONNTAG) (director: Robert Siodmak/Edgar G. Ulmer; screenwriters: Billy Wilder/Robert Siodmak/Curt Siodmak/from a story by Curt Siodmak; cinematographer: Eugen Schüfftan; music: Elena Kats-Chernin (added in 2000);…

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PERSONA

PERSONA (director/writer: Ingmar Bergman; cinematographer: Sven Nykvist; editor: Ulla Ryghe; music: Lars Johan Werle; cast: Bibi Andersson (Alma, The Nurse), Liv Ullmann (Elisabeth Vogler, The Actress), Margaretha Krook (The Doctor),…

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BILLY ELLIOT

BILLY ELLIOT (director: Stephen Daldry; screenwriter: Lee Hall; cinematographer: Brian Tufano; editor: John Wilson; cast: Julie Walters (Mrs. Wilkinson), Gary Lewis (Dad, Jackie Elliot), Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot), Jamie Draven…

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PHANTOM KILLER

PHANTOM KILLER (director: William Beaudine; screenwriter: Karl Brown/story by Albert DeMond; cinematographer: Marcel LePicard; editor: Jack Ogilvie; music: Frank Sanucci; cast: Dick Purcell (Edward Clark), Joan Woodbury (Barbara Mason), John…

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PHOENIX

PHOENIX (director: Christian Petzold; screenwriters: Harun Farocki/based on the novel “Le Retour des Cendres” by Hubert Monteilhet; cinematographer: Hans Fromm; editor: Bettina Böhler; music: Stefan Will; cast: Nina Hoss (Nelly…

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