A PRIVATE WAR

A PRIVATE WAR (director: Matthew Heineman; screenwriters: Arash Amel/based on the Vanity Fair article “Marie Colvin’s Private War” written by Marie Brenner; cinematographer: Robert Richardson; editor: Nick Fenton; music: H.…

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NOISE

NOISE (director/writer: Tony Spiridakis; screenwriters: from the book by Diana Ramsay/Lance Doty; cinematographer: Evan Estern; editor: Charly Bender; music: Paul Riggio; cast: Trish Goff (Joyce Chandler), Ally Sheedy (Charlotte Bancroft),…

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NORA PRENTISS

NORA PRENTISS (director: Vincent Sherman; screenwriters: Richard Nash/Jack Sobell/from an unpublished story by Paul Webster "The Man Who Died Twice"; cinematographer: James Wong Howe; editor: Owen Marks; cast: Ann Sheridan…

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NOSEY PARKER

NOSEY PARKER director/writer/editor: John O'Brien; cinematographer: David Parry; music: Nosey Parkers; cast: Natalie Picoe (Natalie Newman), George Lyford (George Lyford), Richard Snee (Richard Newman), Vida Martin (Vida), Fred Tuttle (Fred);…

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A SIMPLE PLAN

A SIMPLE PLAN (director: Sam Raimi; screenwriter: Scott B. Smith, based on his novel; cinematographer: Alar Kivilo; editor: Arthur Coburn; cast: Bill Paxton (Hank), Billy Bob Thornton (Jacob), Bridget Fonda…

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NOTHING VENTURED

NOTHING VENTURED (NICHT OHNE RISIKO) (director/writer: Harun Farocki; screenwriter: Matthias Rajmann; cinematographer: Ingo Kratisch; editor: Max Reimann; Runtime: 50; MPAA Rating: NR; producer: Harun Farocki; Cinema Guild; 2004-Germany-in German with…

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NO WAY HOME

  NO WAY HOME   (director/writer: Buddy Giovinazzo; cinematographer: Claudia Raschke; editor: Stan Warnow; music: Rick Giovinazzo; cast: Tim Roth (Joey Larabito), Deborah Kara Unger (Lorraine), James Russo (Tommy Larabito),…

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