BLAISE PASCAL

  BLAISE PASCAL (director/writer: Roberto Rossellini; screenwriters: Marcella Mariani/Luciano Scaffa; cinematographer: Mario Fioretti; editor: Jolanda Benvenuti; music: Mario Nascimbene; cast: Bernard Rigal (Chancellor Séguier), Pierre Arditi (Blaise Pascal), Rita Forzano…

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PISTOL OPERA

PISTOL OPERA (director: Seijun Suzuki; screenwriter: Kazunori Ito; cinematographer: Yonezo Maeda; editor: Akira Suzuki; music: Kodama Kazufumi; cast: Makiko Esumi (Miyuki Minazuki/Stray Cat No. 3), Masatoshi Nagase(Man Dressed in Black/Dark…

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BLUEBEARD

"It's prolific actor John Carradine's first starring role in a horror film and his own favorite performance." (director: Edgar G. Ulmer; screenwriters: from a story by Arnold Phillips & Werner…

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PLASTIC CITY

PLASTIC CITY (DANGKOU) (director/writer: Nelson Yu Likuai; screenwriters: Danilo Gullane/Fernando Bonassi; cinematographer: Yiu-Fai Lai; editor: Wenders Li; music: Yoshihiro Hanno; cast: Anthony Wong Chau-Sang (Yuda), Joe Odagiri (Kirin), Yi Huang…

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BODY DOUBLE

BODY DOUBLE (director/writer: Brian De Palma; screenwriters: Robert Avrech/from a story by Brian De Palma; cinematographer: Stephen Burum; editors: Jerry Greenberg/Bill Pankow; music: Pino Donaggio; cast: Craig Wasson (Jake Scully),…

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BORDER INCIDENT

BORDER INCIDENT (director: Anthony Mann; screenwriters: from a story by John C. Higgins/George Zuckerman/Mr. Higgins; cinematographer: John Alton; editor: Conrad A. Nervig; music: Andre Previn; cast: Ricardo Montalban (Pablo Rodriguez),…

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POLA X

POLA X (director/writer: Léos Carax; screenwriters: Lauren Sedofsky/Jean-Pol Fargeau; cinematographer: Éric Gautier; editor: Nelly Quettier; cast: Katerina Golubeva (Isabelle), Guillaume Depardieu (Pierre), Catherine Deneuve (Marie), Delphine Chuillot (Lucie), Laurent Lucas…

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PORK CHOP HILL

PORK CHOP HILL (director: Lewis Milestone; screenwriters: James R. Webb/essays of S. L. A. Marshall; cinematographer: Sam Leavitt; editor: George Boemler; music: Leonard Rosenman; cast: Gregory Peck (Lt. Joe Clemons),…

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