BELIEVER, THE

BELIEVER, THE (director/writer: Henry Bean; screenwriter: from a story by Ben & Mark Jacobson; cinematographer: Jim Denault; editors: Mayin Lo/Lee Percy; music: Joel Diamond; cast: Ryan Gosling (Danny Balint), Summer…

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PARADISE NOW

PARADISE NOW (director/writer: Hany Abu-Assad; screenwriter: Bero Beyer; cinematographer: Antoine Héberlé; editor: Sander Vos; cast: Kais Nashef (Said), Ali Suliman (Khaled), Lubna Azabal (Suha), Amer Hlehel (Jamal), Hiam Abbass (Said's…

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BELOW THE BELT

BELOW THE BELT (director/writer: Robert Fowler; screenwriter: from the novel To Smithereens, Below the Belt by Rosalyn Dexter/Sherry Sonnett; cinematographer: Alan Metzger; editor: Steven Zaillian; music: Jerry Fielding; cast: Regina…

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PARKER KANE

PARKER KANE (tv) (director: Steve Perry; screenwriter: Peter Lenkov; cinematographer: Jan De Bont; editor: Mark Helfrich; music: Jay Ferguson; cast: Jeff Fahey (Parker Kane), Amanda Pays(Sarah), Stellan Skarsgård (Van Adams),…

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PASSING FANCY

PASSING FANCY (Dekigokoro) (director/writer: Yasujiro Ozu; screenwriter: Tadao Ikeda; cinematographer: Hideo Shigehara/Shojiro Sugimoto; editor: Kazuo Ishikawa; cast: Takeshi Sakamoto (Kihachi), Nobuko Fushimi (Harue), Den Obinata (Jiro), Chouko Iida (Otome), Tomio…

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BETRAYED

BETRAYED (director: Costa-Gavras; screenwriter: Joe Eszterhas; cinematographer: Patrick Blossier; editor: Joële Van Effenterre; music: Bill Conti; cast: Debra Winger (Katie Phillips / Cathy Weaver), Tom Berenger (Gary Simmons), John Heard…

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PATHER PANCHALI

PATHER PANCHALI (SONG OF THE LITTLE ROAD) (director/writer: Satyajit Ray; screenwriter: based on the novel by Bibhuti Bannerji; cinematographer: Subrata Mitra; editor: Dulal Dutta; cast: Kanu Bannerjee (Hari), Karuna Bannerjee…

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