PHANTOM

PHANTOM (director: F. W. Murnau; screenwriters: Thea von Harbou/Hans Heinrich von Twardowski/from novel by Gerhart Hauptmann; cinematographers: Axel Graatkjaer/Theophan Ouchakoff; music: Robert Israel; cast: Alfred Abel (Lorenz Lubota), Grete Berger…

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BIRDWATCHER, THE

THE BIRDWATCHER (VAATLEJE) (director/writer: Arvo Iho; screenwriter: Marina Sheptunova; cinematographer: Tatyana Loginova; editor: Marju Juhkum/Ingrid Laos; music: Olivier Bernard; cast: Thom Hoffman (Charles Williamsen), Ines de Medeiros (Miranda Fernandez), Catherine…

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PHILOMENA

PHILOMENA (director: Stephen Frears; screenwriters: Jeff Pope/Steve Coogan/ based on the book “The Lost Child of Philomena Lee” by Martin Sixsmith; cinematographer: Robbie Ryan; editor: Valerio Bonelli; music: Alexandre Desplat;…

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BLACKFISH

BLACKFISH (director/writer: Gabriela Cowperthwaite; screenwriter: Eli B. Despres; cinematographers: Jonathan Ingalls/Christopher Towey; editor: Eli Despres; music: Jeff Beal; cast: John Hargrove, Samantha Berg, Jeffrey Ventre, John Jett, Mark Simmons, Dean…

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BLACK TIGHTS

BLACK TIGHTS (aka: 1-2-3-4 ou Les Collants noirs) (director: Terence Young; cinematographer: Henri Alekan; cast: Maurice Chevalier (Narrator), Zizi Jeanmaire (Carmen), Cyd Charisse (The Widow), Roland Petit (Cyrano de Bergerac),…

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PIERROT LE FOU

PIERROT LE FOU (director/writer: Jean-Luc Godard; screenwriter: from the book Obsession by Lionel White; cinematographer: Raoul Coutard; editor: Francoise Collin; music: Antoine Duhamel; cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo (Ferdinand Griffon, "Pierrot"), Anna…

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BLONDE VENUS

(director: Josef von Sternberg; screenwriters: Jules Furthman/S.K. Lauren; cinematographer: Bert Glennon; editor: Josef von Sternberg; music: W. Franke Harling; cast: Marlene Dietrich (Helen Faraday), Herbert Marshall (Edward Faraday), Cary Grant…

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PIRANHA

PIRANHA (director: Joe Dante; screenwriters: story by John Sayles and Richard Robinson/John Sayles; cinematographer: Jamie Anderson; editors: Mark Goldblatt/Joe Dante; music: Pino Donaggio; cast: Bradford Dillman (Paul Grogan), Heather Menzies…

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BLUE SKY

BLUE SKY (director: Tony Richardson; screenwriters: Arlene Sarner/Rama Laurie Stagner/Jerry Leichtling/story by Stagner; cinematographer: Steve Yaconelli; editor: Robert Lambert; music: Jack Nitzsche; cast: Tommy Lee Jones (Hank Marshall), Jessica Lange…

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