Albert Berger
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meager skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocket watch.
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Sean Bobbitt
Delicatessen (1991) Post-apocalyptic surrealist black comedy about the landlord of an apartment building who occasionally prepares a delicacy for his odd tenants. -
Scott Cooper
Time Out (2001) An unemployed man finds his life sinking more and more into trouble as he hides his situation from his family and friends. -
John Cornfield
Gozu (2003) A Yakuza enforcer is ordered to secretly drive his beloved colleague to be assassinated. But when the colleague unceremoniously disappears en route, the trip that follows is a twisted, surreal and horrifying experience. Full -
Ralph Fiennes
Manuscripts Don't Burn (2013) Khosrow and Morteza set out on a mission to kill someone. The assassination ought to be arranged as a suicide. At the last minute however, they are obliged to change their initial plans. -
Jennifer Garner
Mrs. Brown (1997) Queen Victoria is deeply depressed after the death of her husband, disappearing from public. Her servant Brown, who adores her, through caress and admiration brings her back to life, but that relationship creates scandalous situation and is likely to lead to monarchy crisis. -
Michael C. Hall
'Nuts in May' (1976) A middle-class couple go camping in Dorset, but peace and quiet elude them. -
John Lee Hancock
Lonely Are the Brave (1962) A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape with an old friend who has been sentenced to the penitentiary. -
Jonah Hill
The King of Comedy (1982) Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy. -
Oscar Isaac
Unfinished Piece for the Player Piano (1977) Early in the 20th century, family and friends gather at the country estate of a general's widow, Anna Petrovna. Sofia, the new wife of Anna's step-son, recognizes Misha, the brother-in-law of one of the widow's admirers: a few years before, they had been idealistic lovers and now she can't believe he has settled for a dim wife and a job as a teacher. Amidst parlor games and idle talk of women's rights and peasants' capabilities, Sofia and Misha rekindle their love -
John Krokidas
Heavenly Creatures (1994) Two girls have an intense fantasy life; their parents, concerned the fantasy is too intense, separate them, and the girls take revenge. -
Matthew McConaughey
Hud (1963) Honest and hard-working Texas rancher Homer Bannon has a conflict with his unscrupulous, selfish, arrogant and egotistical son Hud, who sank into alcoholism after accidentally killing his brother in a car crash. -
Lupita Nyong'o
Dolls (2002) Three stories of undying love: Bound by a long red cord, a young couple wanders in search of something they have forgotten. An aging Yakuza returns to the park where he used to meet his long-lost girlfriend. A disfigured pop star confronts the phenomenal devotion of her biggest fan. -
Brian Percival
La fille sur le pont (1999) It's night on a Paris bridge. A girl leans over Seine River with tears in her eyes and a violent yearning to drown her sorrows. Out of nowhere someone takes an interest in her. He is Gabor, a knife thrower who needs a human target for his show. The girl, Adele, has never been lucky and nowhere else to go. -
Daniel Radcliffe
A Matter of Life and Death (1946) A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court. -
John Ridley
The Rain People (1969) Having discovered that she is pregnant, a Long Island housewife panics and leaves home to see if she might just possibly have made something different out of herself; if she can manage to unshackle her grocery list worth of responsibilities that add up to a life with a husband she loves. -
David O. Russell
Love & Anarchy (1973) When a friend is murdered by the Facists, a melancholy farmer takes up residence in a Roman brothel as he and an anarchist prostitute plot to assassinate Mussolini.The Seduction of Mimi (1972) In Sicily, the mine worker Carmelo "Mimí" Mardocheo votes in the Communist Party candidate instead of in the Mafia's one believing that the suffrage is secret. After the elections, he loses his job and cannot find any other job in his village that is controlled by the mobster Don Calogero.
Seven Beauties (1975) The defense of honor, a strong value in Neapolitan society, and his effects on the life of every-man Pasquale Frafuso.
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June Squibb
The Bride Wore Black (1968) Julie Kohler is prevented from suicide by her mother. She leaves the town. She will track down, charm and kill five men who do not know her. What is her goal? What is her purpose? -
Mark Wahlberg
Body and Soul (1947) Charley Davis wins an amateur boxing match and is taken on by promoter Quinn. Charley's mother doesn't want him to fight, but when Charley's father is accidentally killed, Charley sets up a fight for money.Angels with Dirty Faces (1938) A priest tries to stop a gangster from corrupting a group of street kids.
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Rachel Winter
Barefoot in the Park (1967) Paul, a conservative young lawyer, marries the vivacious Corie. Their highly passionate relationship descends into comical discord in a New York City fifth-floor walk-up apartment. -
Alfre Woodard
Intimate Lighting (1965) In this original sad comedy in a small town two classmates encounter each other after ten years. They are musicians: one is a member of the regional symphony orchestra, the other made it to the director of local music school.
