PHANTOM

PHANTOM (director: F. W. Murnau; screenwriters: Thea von Harbou/Hans Heinrich von Twardowski/from novel by Gerhart Hauptmann; cinematographers: Axel Graatkjaer/Theophan Ouchakoff; music: Robert Israel; cast: Alfred Abel (Lorenz Lubota), Grete Berger…

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PHILOMENA

PHILOMENA (director: Stephen Frears; screenwriters: Jeff Pope/Steve Coogan/ based on the book “The Lost Child of Philomena Lee” by Martin Sixsmith; cinematographer: Robbie Ryan; editor: Valerio Bonelli; music: Alexandre Desplat;…

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BLACKkKLANSMAN

BLACKkKLANSMAN (director/writer: Spike Lee; screenwriters: David Rabinowitz/Charlie Wachtel/Kevin Willmot/based on the book Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth; cinematographer: Chayse Irvin; editor: Barry Alexander Brown; music: Terence Blanchard; cast: John David…

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PIERROT LE FOU

PIERROT LE FOU (director/writer: Jean-Luc Godard; screenwriter: from the book Obsession by Lionel White; cinematographer: Raoul Coutard; editor: Francoise Collin; music: Antoine Duhamel; cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo (Ferdinand Griffon, "Pierrot"), Anna…

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BLOOD SIMPLE

BLOOD SIMPLE (director/writer: Joel Coen; screenwriter: Ethan Coen; cinematographer: Barry Sonnenfeld; editor: Roderick Jaynes; cast: John Getz (Ray), Frances McDormand (Abby), Dan Hedaya (Marty), M. Emmet Walsh (Privare Detective Visser),…

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PIRANHA

PIRANHA (director: Joe Dante; screenwriters: story by John Sayles and Richard Robinson/John Sayles; cinematographer: Jamie Anderson; editors: Mark Goldblatt/Joe Dante; music: Pino Donaggio; cast: Bradford Dillman (Paul Grogan), Heather Menzies…

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BLUE THUNDER

BLUE THUNDER (director: John Badham; screenwriters: Dan O'Bannon/Don Jakoby; cinematographer: John Alonzo; editors: Frank Moriss/Edward Abrams; music: Arthur Rubinstein; cast: Roy Scheider (Frank Murphy), Daniel Stern(Richard Lymangood), Candy Clark (Kate),…

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