NEVER CRY WOLF

NEVER CRY WOLF (director: Carroll Ballard; screenwriters: from the book by Farley Mowat/Curtis Hanson/Sam Hamm/Richard Kletter; cinematographer: Hiro Narita; editors: Michael Chandler/Peter Parasheles; music: Mark Isham; cast: Charles Martin Smith…

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AMERICAN PIE

  AMERICAN PIE (director: Paul Weitz; screenwriter: Adam Herz; cinematographer: Richard Crudo; editor: Priscilla Nedd-Friendly; cast: Jason Biggs (Jim), Shannon Elizabeth (Nadia), Alyson Hannigan (Michelle), Chris Klein (Oz), Natasha Lyonne…

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NEWS FROM HOME

NEWS FROM HOME (director/writer: Chantal Akerman; cinematographers: Babette Mangolte/Jim Asbell; editor: Francine Sandberg; cast: Chantal Akerman (Voice); Runtime: 86; MPAA Rating: NR; producer: Alain Dahan; Criterion Collection; 1976-France-French with English…

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A MONSTER CALLS

A MONSTER CALLS (director: J.A. Bayona; screenwriter: Patrick Ness/from the novel written by Ness/orinal idea by Siobhan Dowd; cinematographer: Oscar Faura; editors: Bernat Vilaplana, Jaume Marti; music: Fernando Velazquez; cast:…

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NICHOLAS NICKLEBY

NICHOLAS NICKLEBY (director/writer: Douglas McGrath; screenwriter: based on the novel by Charles Dickens; cinematographer: Dick Pope; editor: Lesley Walker; music: Rachel Portman; cast: Charlie Hunnam (Nicholas Nickleby), Jim Broadbent (Wackford…

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NIGHTMARE ALLEY

NIGHTMARE ALLEY (director: Edmund Goulding; screenwriters: from the book "Nighmare Alley" by William Lindsay Gresham/Jules Furthman; cinematographer: Lee Garmes; editor: Barbara McLean; music: Cyril Mockridge; cast: Tyrone Power (Stanton Carlisle),…

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