A Breathless Trail

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[Film Review] The Love of a Woman (1953)

[Film Review] The Love of a Woman (1953)

English Title: The Love of a Woman Original Title: L’amour d’une femme Year: 1953 Country: France, Italy Language: French Genre: Drama, Romance Director: Jean Grémillon Writers: Jean Grémillon René Fallet René Wheeler Music: Elsa Barraine, Henri Dutilleux Cinematography: Louis Page Cast: Micheline Presle Massimo Girotti Gaby Morlay Julien Carette Paolo Stoppa Marc Cassot Roland Lesaffre Yvette…

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[Film Review] The Eagle Huntress (2016)

[Film Review] The Eagle Huntress (2016)

Title: The Eagle Huntress Year: 2016 Country: Mongolia, UK, USA Language: Kazakh, English Genre: Documentary, Adventure, Sport Director: Otto Bell Music: Jeff Peters Cinematography: Simon Niblett Cast: Aisholpan Nurgaiv Rys Nurgaiv Daisy Ridley Rating: 7.6/10

An BAFTA nominated documentary tells the crowd-pleasing story of a 13-year-old Kazakh girl Aisholpan who contends for becoming an eagle…

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[Film Review] Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)

[Film Review] Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)

Title: Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice Year: 1969 Country: USA Language: English, Spanish Genre: Comedy, Drama Director: Paul Mazursky Writers: Paul Mazursky Larry Tucker Music: Quincy Jones Cinematography: Charles Lang Cast: Natalie Wood Robert Culp Elliott Gould Dyan Cannon Horst Ebersberg Donald F. Muhich Greg Mullavey Lee Bergere K.T. Stevens Celeste Yarnall Lynn Borden Rating: 7.7/10

Debut…

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[Film Review] Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)

[Film Review] Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)

Title: Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice Year: 1969 Country: USA Language: English, Spanish Genre: Comedy, Drama Director: Paul Mazursky Writers: Paul Mazursky Larry Tucker Music: Quincy Jones Cinematography: Charles Lang Cast: Natalie Wood Robert Culp Elliott Gould Dyan Cannon Horst Ebersberg Donald F. Muhich Greg Mullavey Lee Bergere K.T. Stevens Celeste Yarnall Lynn Borden Rating: 7.7/10

Debut…

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[Film Review] Mudbound (2017)

[Film Review] Mudbound (2017)

Title: Mudbound Year: 2017 Country: USA Language: English Genre: Drama Director: Dee Rees Writers: Dee Rees Virgil Williams based on the novel by Hillary Jordan Music: Tamar-Kali Cinematography: Rachel Morrison Cast: Carey Mulligan Garrett Hedlund Jason Clarke Jason Mitchell Mary I. Blige Rob Morgan Jonathan Banks Kennedy Derosin Frankie Smith Joshua J. Williams Lucy Faust Samantha Hoefer Kerry…

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[Film Review] Possessed (1947)

Title: Possessed Year: 1947 Country: USA Language: English Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir Director: Curtis Bernhardt Screenwriter: Silvia Richards, Ranald MacDougall based on the story of Rita Weiman Music: Franz Waxman Cinematography: Joseph A. Valentine Cast: Joan Crawford Van Heflin Raymond Massey Geraldine Brooks Stanley Ridges John Ridgely Don McGuire Rating: 6.8/10

A Joan Crawford’s…

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[Film Review] Wonderstruck (2017)

Title: Wonderstruck Year: 2017 Country: USA Language: English, American Sign Language Genre: Drama, Family, Mystery Director: Todd Haynes Screenplay: Brian Selznick, based on his own book Music: Carter Burwell Cinematography: Edward Lachman Cast: Oakes Fegley Millicent Simmonds Jaden Michael Julianne Moore Cory Michael Smith Michelle Williams Tom Noonan Morgan Turner James Urbaniak Amy Hargreaves

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[Film Review] Phantom Thread (2017)

Title: Phantom Thread Year: 2017 Country: USA Language: English Genre: Drama, Romance Director/Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson Music: Jonny Greenwood Cinematography: Paul Thomas Anderson Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis Vicky Krieps Lesley Manville Brian Gleeson Gina McKee Harriet Sansom Harris Julia Davis Camilla Rutherford Lujza Richter Rating: 8.3/10

A 1950s period drama sets its heart on a toxic…

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[Film Review] The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000)

English Title: The Vertical Ray of the Sun Original Title: Mùa hè chieu thang dung Year: 2000 Country: Vietnam, France, Germany Language: Vietnamese Genre: Drama Director/Writer: Tran Anh Hung Music: Tiêt Tôn-Thât Cinematography: Mark Lee Ping-Bin Cast: Tran Nu Yên-Khê Nhu Quynh Nguyen Le Khanh Quang Hai Ngo Chu Hung Manh Cuong Tran Tuân Anh Lê Ngoc Dung Le Thi Hai Yen Do Rating: 7.3/10

Vietnam…

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[Film Review] Mrs. Miniver (1942)

Title: Mrs. Miniver Year: 1942 Country: USA Language: English, German Genre: Drama, Romance, War Director: William Wyler Screenwriters: Arthur Wimperis George Froeschel James Hilton Claudine West basted on the book by Jan Struther Music: Herbert Stothart Cinematography: Joseph Ruttenberg Cast: Greer Garson Walter Pidgeon Teresa Wright May Whitty Richard Ney Henry Travers Reginald Owen Henry…

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[Film Review] Suburbicon (2017)

Title: Suburbicon Year: 2017 Country: USA Language: English Genre: Crime, Drama, Comedy Director: George Clooney Writers: Joe Coen Ethan Coen George Clooney Grant Heslov Music: Alexandre Desplat Cinematography: Robert Elswit Cast: Matt Damon Julianne Moore Noah Jupe Oscar Isaac Glenn Fleshler Alex Hassell Karimah Westbrook Gary Basaraba Tony Espinosa Jack Conley Leith M. Burke Mark Leslie Ford Ri…

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[Film Review] Silent Wedding (2008)

English Title: Silent Wedding Original Title: Nunta muta Year: 2008 Country: Romania, Luxembourg, France Language: Romanian, Russian Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance Director: Horatiu Malaele Writers: Horatiu Malaele Adrian Lustig Music: Alexandru Andries Cinematography: Vivi Dragan Vasile Cast: Meda Andreea Victor Alexandru Potocean Valentin Teodosiu Alexandru Bindea Simona Stoicescu Luminita…

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[Film Review] God's Own Country (2017)

[Film Review] God’s Own Country (2017)

Title: God’s Own Country Year: 2017 Country: UK Language: English Genre: Drama, Romance Director/Writer: Francis Lee Music: A Winged Victory For The Sullen Cinematography: Joshua James Richards Cast: Josh O’Connor Alec Secareanu Gemma Jones Ian Hart Harry Lister Smith Patsy Ferran Rating: 8.7/10

British filmmaker Francis Lee’s groundbreaking debut feature, 12 years after Ang Lee’s BROKEBACK…

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[Film Review] Letters to Juliet (2010)

Title: Letters to Juliet Year: 2010 Country: USA Language: English, Italian Genre: Comedy, Romance, Adventure Director: Gary Winick Writers: Jose Rivera, Tim Sullivan Music: Andrea Guerra Cinematography: Marco Pontecorvo Cast: Amanda Seyfried Christopher Egan Vanessa Redgrave Gael García Bernal Franco Nero Oliver Platt Luisa Ranieri Marina Massironi Lidia Biondi Milena Vukotic Luisa De Santis Fab…

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[Film Review] The Player (1992)

Title: The Player Year: 1992 Country: USA Language: English Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama Director: Robert Altman Screenwriter: Michael Tolkin, based on his own novel Music: Thomas Newman Cinematography: Jean Lépine Cast: Tim Robbins Greta Scacchi Fred Ward Peter Gallagher Cynthia Stevenson Whoopi Goldberg Brion James Vincent D’Onofrio Dean Stockwell Richard E. Grant Sydney Pollack Dina Merrill Lyl…

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[Film Review] That Day, on the Beach (1983)

Title: That Day, on the Beach Original Title: Han yan de yi tian 海滩的一天 Year: 1983 Country: Taiwan Language: Mandarin, German, Japanese, Hokkien Genre: Drama Director: Edward Yang 杨德昌 Writers: Wu Nien-Jen 吴念真 Edward Yang 杨德昌 Music: Lam Man-Yee 林敏怡 Cinematography: Christopher Doyle Chang Hui-Kung 张惠贡 Cast: Sylvia Chang 张艾嘉 David Mao 毛学维 Terry Hu 胡因梦 Tso Ming-Hsiang 左鸣翔 Hsu Ming 徐明 Li Lieh 李烈 Nan…

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[Film Review] Antoine and Antoinette (1947)

English Title: Antoine and Antoinette Original Title: Antoine et Antoinette Year: 1947 Country: France Language: French Genre: Comedy, Drama Director: Jacques Becker Writers: Jacques Becker Maurice Griffe Françoise Giroud Music: Jean-Jacques Grünenwald Cinematography: Pierre Montazel Cast: Roger Pigaut Claire Mafféi Noël Roquevert Annette Poivre Pierre Trabaud Gaston Modot Made Siamé Charles Camus

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