NOWHERE IN AFRICA

NOWHERE IN AFRICA(Nirgendwo in Afrika) (director/writer: Caroline Link; screenwriter: from the novel by Stefanie Zweig; cinematographer: Gernot Roll; editor: Patricia Rommel; music: Niki Reiser; cast: Juliane Köhler (Jettel Redlich), Merab…

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ATLANTIC CITY

ATLANTIC CITY   (director: Louis Malle; screenwriter: John Guare; cinematographer: Richard Ciupka; editor: Suzanne Baron; music: Michel Legrand; cast: Susan Sarandon (Sally), Burt Lancaster (Lou), Michel Piccoli (Joseph), Kate Reid…

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OASIS

OASIS (director/writer: Lee Chang-dong; cinematographer: Choi Yeong-taek; editor: Kim Hyun; music: Lee Jae-jin; cast: Sol Kyung-gu (Hong Jong-Du), Moon So-ri (Han Gong-Ju), Ahn Nae-sang (Hong Jong-Il), Ryoo Seung-wan (Hong Jong-Sae),…

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ODD MAN OUT

ODD MAN OUT (director: Carol Reed; screenwriters: F.L. Green/ Robert Cedric Sherriff/from book by Green; cinematographer: Robert Krasker; editor: Fergus McDonell; cast: James Mason (Johnny McQueen ), Robert Newton (Lukey),…

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AUTUMN SONATA

AUTUMN SONATA (Höstsonaten) (director/writer: Ingmar Bergman; cinematographer: Sven Nykvist; editor: Sylvia Ingmarsdotter; cast: Ingrid Bergman (Charlotte Andergast), Liv Ullmann (Eva), Lena Nyman (Helena, Charlotte's abandoned spastic daughter), Halvar Bjork (Viktor),…

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OH MERCY!

OH MERCY! (ROUBAIX, UNE LUMIERE) (director/writer: Arnaud Desplechin; screenwriters: Léa Mysius, adapted from the TV documentary “Roubaix, commissariat central” by Mosco Boucault; cinematographer: Irina Lubtchansky; editor: Laurence Briaud; music: Grégoire…

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BAADASSSSS!

  BAADASSSSS!(a.k.a: How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass) (director/writer: Mario Van Peebles; screenwriters: Dennis Haggerty/based on the book by Melvin Van Peebles; cinematographer: Robert Primes; editors: Nneka…

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