A STOLEN LIFE

A STOLEN LIFE (director: Curtis Bernhardt; screenwriters: Catherine Turney/Margaret Buell Wilder/based on the novel by Karel J. Benes; cinematographers: Sol Polito/ Ernest Haller; editor: Rudi Fehr; music: Max Steiner; cast:…

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AT CLOSE RANGE

AT CLOSE RANGE (director: James Foley; screenwriters: Nicholas Kazan/story by Elliott Lewitt and Nicholas Kazan; cinematographer: Juan Ruiz-Anchia; editor: Howard Smith; music: Patrick Leonard; cast: Sean Penn (Brad Whitewood Jr.),…

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NOWHERE TO GO

NOWHERE TO GO (director/writer: Seth Holt; screenwriter: Kenneth Tynan/novel by Donald Mackenzie; cinematographer: Paul Beeson; editor: Harry Aldous; music: Dizzy Reece; cast: George Nader (Paul Gregory), Maggie Smith (Bridget Howard),…

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AUDITION

AUDITION (Odishon) (director: Takashi Miike; screenwriters: from the novel by Ryu Murakami/Daisuke Tengan; cinematographer: Hideo Yamamoto; editor: Yasushi Shimamura; music: Kôji Endô; cast: Ryo Ishibashi (Shigeharu Aoyama), Eihi Shiina (Asami…

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ODD OBSESSION

ODD OBSESSION (KAGI) (THE KEY) (director/writer: Kon Ichikawa; screenwriters: Natto Wada/Keiji Hasebe/from the novel Kagi by Junichiro Tanizaki; cinematographer: Kazuo Miyagawa; editors: Kon Ichikawa/Hiroaki Fujii/Tatsuji Nakashizu; music: Yasushi Akutagawa; cast:…

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AVALON

AVALON (director: Mamori Oshii ; screenwriter: Kazunori Ito; cinematographer: Grzegorz Kedzierski; music: Kenji Kawai; cast: Malgorzata Foremniak (Ash), Dariusz Biskupski (Bishop), Bartek Swiderski (Stunner), Jerzy Gudejko (Murphy), Wladyslaw Kowalski (Game…

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OH, WOE IS ME

OH, WOE IS ME (HELAS POUR MOI) (director/writer: Jean-Luc Godard; cinematographer: Caroline Champetier; editor: Jean-Luc Godard; cast: Gérard Depardieu(Simon Donnadieu), Bernard Verley(Abraham Klimt), Laurence Masliah(Rachel Donnadieu); Runtime: 95; MPAA Rating:…

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