MYSTIC RIVER

MYSTIC RIVER (director: Clint Eastwood; screenwriters: from the novel by Dennis Lehane/Brian Helgeland; cinematographer: Tom Stern; editor: Joel Cox; music: Clint Eastwood; cast: Sean Penn (Jimmy), Tim Robbins (Dave), Kevin…

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NANA

NANA (director/writer: Jean Renoir; screenwriters: Pierre Lestringuez/from the novel by Emile Zola; cinematographers: Edmund Corwin/Jean Bachelet; editor: Jean Renoir; music: Marc-Olivier Dupin; cast: Catherine Hessling (Nana), Jean Angelo (Count de…

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ALTERED STATES

ALTERED STATES (director: Ken Russell; screenwriter: from the book by Padddy Chayefsky/Padddy Chayefsky; cinematographer: Jordan Cronenweth; editor: Eric Jenkins; music: John Corigliano; cast: William Hurt (Eddie Jessup), Blair Brown (Emily…

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NATHALIE GRANGER

NATHALIE GRANGER (director/writer: Marguerite Duras; cinematographer: Ghislain Cloquet; editor: Nicole Lubtchansky; cast: Jeanne Moreau (Other Woman), Lucía Bosé (Isabelle Granger), Luce Garcia Ville (Teacher), Gérard Depardieu (Salesman), Dionys Mascolo, Nathalie…

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A MAN TO REMEMBER

  A MAN TO REMEMBER (director: Garson Kanin; screenwriters: Dalton Trumbo/Lester Cohen/Arthur Kober/Samuel Ornitz/story by Katharine Haviland-Taylor; cinematographer: J. Roy Hunt; editor: Jack Hively; music: Roy Webb; cast: Edward Ellis…

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NEAR DARK

NEAR DARK (director/writer: Kathryn Bigelow; screenwriter: Eric Red; cinematographer: Adam Greenberg; editor: Howard E. Smith; music: Tangerine Dream; cast: Adrian Pasdar (Caleb Colton), Jenny Wright (Mae), Lance Henriksen (Jesse Hooker),…

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AMÉLIE

AMÉLIE (Fabuleux destin d'Amelie Poulain, Le) (director/writer: Jean-Pierre Jeunet; screenwriter: Guillaume Laurant; cinematographer: Bruno Delbonnel; editor: Hervé Schneid; music: Yann Tiersen; cast: Audrey Tautou (Amélie Poulain), Mathieu Kassovitz (Nino Quincampoix),…

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