NORA

NORA (director/writer: Pat Murphy; screenwriter: Gerard Stembridge/based on the biography by Brenda Maddox; cinematographer: Jean-Francois Robin; editor: Pia Di Ciaula; cast: Ewan McGregor (James Joyce), Susan Lynch (Nora Barnacle), Peter…

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NORTHWEST PASSAGE

NORTHWEST PASSAGE (director: King Vidor; screenwriters: Talbot Jennings/Laurence Stallings/based on the book by Kenneth Roberts; cinematographers: William V. Skall/Sidney Wagner; editor: Conrad A. Nervig; music: Herbert Stothart; cast: Spencer Tracy…

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A SIMPLE PLAN

A SIMPLE PLAN (director: Sam Raimi; screenwriter: Scott B. Smith, based on his novel; cinematographer: Alar Kivilo; editor: Arthur Coburn; cast: Bill Paxton (Hank), Billy Bob Thornton (Jacob), Bridget Fonda…

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NOTHING SACRED

NOTHING SACRED (director: William Wellman; screenwriters: Ben Hecht/Ring Lardner Jr./Budd Schulberg/from the short story “Letter to the Editor” byJames H. Street; cinematographer: Howard Greene; editors: Hal Kern/James Newcom; music: Oscar…

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NOW AND FOREVER

NOW AND FOREVER (director: Henry Hathaway; screenwriters: Vincent Lawrence/Sylvia Thalberg/story Harry Bright by Jack Kirkland & Melville Baker; cinematographer: Harry Fischbeck; editor: Ellsworth Hoagland; music: Harry Revel/Mack Gordon; cast: Shirley…

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ASYLUM

ASYLUM (director: David Mackenzie; screenwriters: from the novel by Patrick McGrath/Patrick Marber/Chrysanthy Balis; cinematographer: Giles Nuttgens; editors: Colin Monie/Steven Weisberg; music: Mark Mancina; cast: Natasha Richardson (Stella Raphael), Ian McKellen…

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NUMERO DEUX

NUMERO DEUX (director/writer: Jean-Luc Godard; screenwriter: Anne-Marie Miéville; editor: Jean-Luc Godard; cinematographer: William Lubtchansky; music: Léo Ferré; cast: Sandrine Battistella (Wife), Pierre Oudrey (Husband), Alexandre Rignault (Grandpa), Rachel Stefanopoli (Grandma),…

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