PERSONA

PERSONA (director/writer: Ingmar Bergman; cinematographer: Sven Nykvist; editor: Ulla Ryghe; music: Lars Johan Werle; cast: Bibi Andersson (Alma, The Nurse), Liv Ullmann (Elisabeth Vogler, The Actress), Margaretha Krook (The Doctor),…

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BIG STAKES

BIG STAKES (director: Clifford S. Elfelt; screenwriter: Earl Wayland Bowman; music: Donald Socio; cast: James B. Warner (Jim Gregory), Eleanor Fair (Senorita Mercedes Aloyez), Les Bates (Bully Brand), Wilamae Carson…

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BIRD BOX

BIRD BOX (director: Susanne Bier; screenwriters: Eric Heisserer/novel by Josh Maleerman; cinematographer: Salvatore Totino; editor: Ben Lester; music: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross; cast: Sandra Bullock (Malorie Shannon), Trevante Rhodes (Tom),…

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PHOENIX

PHOENIX (director: Danny Cannon; screenwriter: Eddie Richey; cinematographer: James L. Carter; editor: Zach Staenberg; cast: Ray Liotta (Harry), Anthony LaPaglia (Henshaw), Jeremy Piven (Fred), Daniel Baldwin (James), Anjelica Huston (Leila),…

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BLACKBOARD JUNGLE

BLACKBOARD JUNGLE (director/writer: Richard Brooks; screenwriters: from the book by Evan Hunter; cinematographer: Russell Harlan; editor: Ferris Webster; music: Charles Wolcott; cast: Glenn Ford (Richard Dadier), Anne Francis (Anne Dadier),…

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PICKPOCKET

PICKPOCKET (director/writer: Robert Bresson; cinematographer: Leonce-Henry Burel; editor: Raymond Lamy; music: Jean-Baptiste Lully; cast: Martin La Salle (Michel), Marika Green (Jeanne), Jean Pelegri (Police Inspector), Pierre Leymarie (Jacques), Kassagi (First…

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PILGRIMAGE

PILGRIMAGE (director: John Ford; screenwriters: Barry Conners/Philip Klein/Dudley Nichols/based on a story by I.A.R. Wylie; cinematographer: George Schneiderman; editor: Louis R. Loeffler; music: Samuel Kaylin; cast: Henrietta Crosman (Hannah Jessop),…

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