NINTH GATE, THE

NINTH GATE, THE (director/writer: Roman Polanski; screenwriters: John Brownjohn/Enrique Urbizu/from Arturo Perez-Reverte's Spanish novel El Club Dumas; cinematographer: Darius Khondji; editor: Hervé de Luze; cast: Johnny Depp (Dean Corso), Lena…

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ARABY

ARABY (ARABIA) (directors/writers: João Dumans, Affonso Uchoa; cinematographer: Leonardo Feliciano; editors: Rodrigo Lima/Luiz Pretti; music: Francisco César; cast: Aristides de Sousa (Cristiano), Murilo Caliari (André), José Maria Amorim (Barreto), Gláucia…

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NO FEAR, NO DIE

NO FEAR, NO DIE (S'en Fout la Mort) (director/writer: Claire Denis; screenwriter: Jean-Pol Fargeau; cinematographer: Pascal Marti; editor: Dominique Auvray; music: Abdullah Ibrahim; cast: Isaach de Bankole (Dah), Alex Descas…

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ARRIVAL

ARRIVAL (director: Denis Villeneuve; screenwriters: Eric Heisserer/based on Ted Chiang's 1998 novella Story of Your Life; cinematographer: Bradford Young; editor: Joe Walker; music: Johann Johannsson; cast: Amy Adams (Louise Banks),…

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NO PLACE ON EARTH

NO PLACE ON EARTH (director/writer: Janet Tobias; screenwriter: Paul Laikin; cinematographers: Cesar Charlone/Eduard Grau/Sean Kirby/Peter Simonite; editors: Deirdre Slevin/Claus Wehlisch; music: John Piscitello; cast: Saul Stermer, Sam Stermer, Sonia Dodyk,…

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ASCENT, THE

ASCENT, THE (Voskhozhdeniye) (director/writer: Larisa Shepitko; screenwriters: from the novel Sotnikov by Vasili Bykov/Yuri Klepikov; cinematographer: Vladimir Chukhnov/Pavel Lebeshev; music: Alfred Shnitke; cast: Boris Plotnikov (Sotnikov), Vladimir Gostyukhin (Rybak), Sergei…

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A SPECIAL DAY

A SPECIAL DAY (UNA GIORNATA PARTICOLARE) (director/writer: Ettore Scola; screenwriters: Ruggero Maccari/Maurizio Costanzo; cinematographer: Pasqualino De Santis; editor: Raimondo Crociani; music: Armando Trovaioli; cast: Sophia Loren (Antonietta), Marcello Mastroianni (Gabriele),…

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