PANIC

PANIC (PANIQUE) (director/writer: Julien Duvivier; screenwriters: Charles Spaak/based on the novel Les Fiançailles de Monsieur Hire by Georges Simenon; cinematographer: Nicolas Hayer; editor: Marthe Poncin ; music: Jean Wiener; cast:…

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BESIEGED

BESIEGED (director/writer: Bernardo Bertolucci; screenwriters: Clare Peploe/story by James Lasdun; cinematographer: Fabio Cianchetti; Editor: Jacopo Quadri; cast: Thandie Newton (Shandurai), David Thewlis (Jason Kinsky), Claudio Santamaria (Agostino); Runtime: 94; Fine…

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PARK AVENUE LOGGER

PARK AVENUE LOGGER (director: David Howard; screenwriters: Daniel Jarrett/Ewing Scott/story from "The Saturday Evening Post" by Bruce Hutchison; cinematographer: Frank Good; editor: Robert Crandall; cast: George O'Brien (Grant Curran), Beatrice…

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BETTY BLUE

BETTY BLUE (37°2 le matin) (director/writer: Jean-Jacques Beineix; screenwriter: from the novel by Philippe Djian; cinematographer: Jean-François Robin; editors: Marie-Aimée Debril/Monique Prim; music: Gabriel Yared; cast: Jean-Hugues Anglade (Zorg), Béatrice…

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PASSENGER, THE

PASSENGER, THE (aka: Professione: Reporter) (director/writer: Michelangelo Antonioni; screenwriters: Mark Peploe/Peter Wollen; cinematographer: Luciano Tovoli; editors: Franco Arcalli/ Michelangelo Antonioni; music: Ivan Vandor; cast: Jack Nicholson (David Locke), Maria Schneider…

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BEYOND THE ROCKS

BEYOND THE ROCKS (director: Sam Wood; screenwriters: Jack Cunningham/based on the novel by Elinor Glyn; cinematographer: Alfred Gilks; music: Henny Vrienten, restored version; cast: Gloria Swanson (Theodora Fitzgerald), Rudolph Valentino…

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MAHANAGAR

MAHANAGAR (THE BIG CITY) (director/writer: Satyajit Ray; screenwriter: from a story by Narendranath Mitra; cinematographer: Subrata Mitra; editor: Dulal Dutta; music: Satyajit Ray; cast: Madhabi Mukherjee (Arati), Anil Chatterjee (Subrata),…

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