A WOMAN OF PARIS

A WOMAN OF PARIS (director/writer: Charles Chaplin; cinematographers: Roland Totheroh/Jack Wilson; editors: Monta Bell/Charles Chaplin; music: Charles Chaplin/Louis F. Gottschalk (1976); cast: Edna Purviance (Marie St. Clair), Clarence Geldart (Marie's…

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ONE DEADLY SUMMER

ONE DEADLY SUMMER (L'Été Meurtrier) (director/writer: Jean Becker; screenwriter: from the book One Deadly Summer by Sébastien Japrisot/Sébastien Japrisot; cinematographer: Etienne Becker; editor: Jacques Witta; music: Georges Delerue; cast: Isabelle…

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BABY IT’S YOU

  BABY IT'S YOU (director/writer: John Sayles; screenwriter: story by Amy Robinson/Amy Robinson; cinematographer: Michael Ballhaus; editor: Sonya Polonsky; cast: Rosanna Arquette (Jill Rosen), Vincent Spano (Albert 'Sheik' Capadilupo), Joanna…

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ONE MISSED CALL

ONE MISSED CALL (CHAKUSHIN ARI) (director: Takashi Miike; screenwriters: Minako Daira/Yasushi Akimoto/from the novel by Yasushi Akimoto; cinematographer: Hideo Yamamoto; editor: Yasuji Shimamura; music: Koji Endo; cast: Kou Shibasaki (Yumi…

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BACKTRACK

BACKTRACK (CATCHFIRE) (director/writer: Dennis Hopper; screenwriters: from a story by Rachel Kronstadt Mann/Anne Louise Baradach; cinematographer: Edward Lachman; editor: Wendy Phifer Mate; cast: Dennis Hopper (Milo), Jodie Foster (Anne Benton),…

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ONE WONDERFUL SUNDAY

ONE WONDERFUL SUNDAY (Subarashiki nichiyobi) (director/writer: Akira Kurosawa; screenwriter: Keinosuke Uegusa; cinematographer: Asakazu Nakai; music: Tadashi Hattori; cast: Chieko Nakakita (Masako), Isao Numasaki (Yuzo); Runtime: 108; MPAA Rating: NR; producer:…

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BAD MANNERS

  BAD MANNERS (director: Jonathan Kaufer; screenwriter: based on the play by David Gilman "Ghost in the Machine"; cinematographer: Denis Maloney; editor: Robin Katz; music: Ira Newborn; cast: David Strathairn…

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ON THE EDGE

ON THE EDGE (director/writer: Rob Nilsson; screenwriter: Roy Kissin; cinematographer: Stefan Czapsky; editors: Richard Harkness /Bert Lovitt; music: Herb Pilhofer; cast: Bruce Dern (Wes Holman), Pam Grier (Cora), John Marley…

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OPERA LOVER, THE

OPERA LOVER, THE (directors: Ron Lazzeretti/Venturino Liberatore; screenwriters: from original story by Ron Lazzeretti/Ray Bastounes; cinematographer: Gary Katz; editor: Brian Clark; cast: Tom Bastounes (George Krikkos), Monica Zaffarano (Gina Spenza),…

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