PALINDROMES

PALINDROMES (director/writer: Todd Solondz; cinematographer: Tom Richmond; editors: Mollie Goldstein/Kevin Messman; music: Nathan Larson; cast: Ellen Barkin (Joyce Victor), Stephen Adly Guirgis (Joe/Earl/Bob), Jennifer Jason Leigh (Aviva), Rachel Corr (Aviva),…

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BELLE STARR

BELLE STARR (director: Irving Cummings; screenwriters: Lamar Trotti/story byCameron Rogers and Niven Busch; cinematographers: Ernest Palmer/Ray Rennahan; editor: Robert L. Simpson; music: Alfred Newman; cast: Gene Tierney (Belle Starr), Randolph…

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BENGAZI

BENGAZI (director: John Brahm; screenwriters: story by Jeff Bailey/Louis Vittes/Endre Bohem; cinematographer: Joseph Biroc; editor: Robert Golden; music: Roy Webb; cast: Richard Conte (John Gillmore), Victor McLaglen (Robert Emmett Donovan),…

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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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BEST FOOT FORWARD

  BEST FOOT FORWARD (director: Edward Buzzell; screenwriter: novel by John Cecil Holm/Irving Brecher/Fred Finklehoffe/John Cecil Holm; cinematographer: Leonard Smith; editor: Blanche Sewell; music: Hugh Martin; cast: Lucille Ball (Herself),…

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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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BEYOND TOMORROW

BEYOND TOMORROW (director: A. Edward Sutherland; screenwriters: Adele Comandini/story by Adele Comandini and Mildred Cram; cinematographer: Lester White; editor: Otto Ludwig; music: Harold Spina; cast: Harry Carey (George Melton), C.…

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