ONLY SON, THE

ONLY SON, THE (HITORI MUSUKO) (director/writer: Yasujiro Ozu; screenwriters: Tadao Ikeda/Masao Arata/short story by Yasujiro Ozu; cinematographer: Shojiro Sugimoto; music: Senji Itô; cast: Chishu Ryu (Professor Okubo), Tomoko Naniwa (Okubo's…

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OPEN CITY

OPEN CITY (ROMA, CITTA APERTA) (director: Roberto Rossellini; screenwriters: Federico Fellini/Sergio Amedei; cinematography: Ubaldo Arata; editor: Eraldo De Roma; cast: Anna Magnani (Pina), Aldo Fabrizi (Priest, Don Pietro), Marcello Pagliero…

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BAG MAN, THE

THE BAG MAN (director/writer: David Grovic; screenwriters: Paul Conway/story Motel by James Russo; cinematographer: David Knight/Steve Mason; editor: Michael R. Miller/Devin Maurer; music: Edward Rogers/Tony Morales; cast: John Cusack (Jack),…

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BAMAKO

BAMAKO (director/writer: Abderrahmane Sissako; cinematographer: Jacques Besse; editor: Nadia Ben Rachid; cast: Aïssa Maïga (Melé), Tiécoura Traoré (Chaka), Hélène Diarra (Saramba), Habib Dembélé (Falaï), Djénéba Koné (Chaka’s Sister), Hamadoun Kassogué…

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ORPHAN

ORPHAN (director: Jaume Collet-Serra; screenwriters: David Johnson/from the story by Alex Mace; cinematographer: Jeff Cutter; editor: Tim Alverson; music: John Ottman; cast: Vera Farmiga (Kate Coleman), Peter Sarsgaard (John Coleman),…

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BANK ALARM

BANK ALARM (MARKED MONEY) (director: Louis J. Gasnier; screenwriters: story by Cynthia and Lawrence Meade/Phil Dunham/Griffin Jay/David S. Levy; cinematographer: Mack Stengler ; editor: Dan Milner; cast: Conrad Nagel (Alan…

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