RAN

RAN (director/writer: Akira Kurosawa; screenwriter: based on William Shakespeare's play King Lear; cinematographers: Asakazu Nakai/Takao Saitô/Masaharu Ueda; editor: Akira Kurosawa; music: Tôru Takemitsu; cast: Tatsuya Nakadai (Lord Hidetora Ichimonji), Akira…

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CROWDED SKY, THE

THE CROWDED SKY (director/writer: Joseph Pevney; screenwriter: Charley Schnee/based on the novel by Hank Searls; cinematographer: Harold Stradling; editor: Tom McAdoo; music: Leonard Rosenman; cast: Dana Andrews (Dick Barnett), Rhonda…

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RATCATCHER

RATCATCHER (director/writer: Lynne Ramsay; cinematographer: Alwin Kuchler; editor: Lucia Zucchetti; cast: William Eadie (James), Tommy Flanagan (Da), Mandy Matthews (Ma), Lynne Ramsay, Jr. (Anne Marie), Michelle Stewart (Ellen), Leanne Mullen…

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CYCLO

CYCLO (Xich lo) (director/writer: Tran Anh Hung; cinematographers: Benoit Delhomme/ Laurence Tremolet; editor: Nicole Dedieu; cast: Le Van Loc (Rickshaw Driver), Tony Leung-Chiu Wai (The Poet, A Pimp), Tran Nu…

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READ MY LIPS

READ MY LIPS (Sur mes lèvres) (director/writer: Jacques Audiard; screenwriter: Tonino Benacquista.; cinematographer: Matthieu Vadepied; editor: Juliette Welfing; music: Alexandre Desplat; cast: Vincent Cassel (Paul Angeli), Olivier Gourmet (Marchand), Olivier…

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DANGEROUS WHEN WET

DANGEROUS WHEN WET (director: Charles Walters; screenwriter: Dorothy Kingsley; cinematographer: Harold Rosson; editor: John McSweeney, Jr.; music: Scott Bradley/songs by Arthur Schwartz and Johnny Mercer; cast: Esther Williams (Katie Higgins),…

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REBECCA

REBECCA (director/writer: Alfred Hitchcock; screenwriters: Robert E. Sherwood/Joan Harrison/Michael Hogan, Philip MacDonald/from the novel by Daphne Du Maurier; cinematographer: George Barnes; editor: Hal C. Kern; music: Franz Waxman; cast: Laurence…

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