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  • The Shining picture
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    The Shining (1980)

    A writer (Jack Nicholson) goes mad while serving as caretaker with his wife (Shelley Duvall) and...

  • Where the Buffalo Roam picture
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    Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)

    Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson (Bill Murray) covers Nixon and the 1972 Super Bowl with his...

  • Throw Momma From the Train picture
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    Throw Momma From the Train (1987)

    Two writers (Danny DeVito, Billy Crystal) mistake tit-for-tat murders: one's ex-wife for the other's...

  • Mister Rock and Roll picture
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    Mister Rock and Roll (1957)

    To anyone born between 1935 and 1949, Mr. Rock and Roll can mean only one person: Visionary...

  • Eve picture
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    Eve (1964)

    A raw Welsh novelist in Venice is humiliated by a money-loving Frenchwoman who erotically ensnares...

  • Zorba the Greek picture
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    Zorba the Greek (1964)

    A lusty Greek peasant (Anthony Quinn) shows a British writer (Alan Bates) how to live and run a...

  • As You Desire Me picture
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    As You Desire Me (1932)

    This complex '30s film is based upon a play by Pirandello which involved a hapless amnesiac. In As...

  • David Copperfield picture
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    David Copperfield (2000)

    Dickens' Victorian orphan (Freddie Bartholomew) drifts until he finds a friendly aunt and the girl...

  • The Third Man picture
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    The Third Man

    Visiting postwar Vienna, Austria, a pulp writer (Joseph Cotten) probes the death of a shady friend...

  • The Brat picture
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    The Brat

    Alla Nazimova went from heavy-handed dramatic spectaculars to light comedy-drama with this picture,...

  • Dear Ruth picture
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    Dear Ruth (1947)

    Ruth Wilkins discovers that her teenaged sister used her name in a torrid correspondence with...

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    Housewife (1934)

    An adman (George Brent) almost leaves his wife (Ann Dvorak) for a copywriter (Bette Davis) who...

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    Baghead (2008)

    A man with a paper bag over his head stalks a group of actors (Ross Partridge, Steve Zissis, Greta...

  • The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera picture
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    The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera

    This documentary on Sam Fuller mixes interviews with Fuller and with other directors who have been...

  • The Pillow Book picture
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    The Pillow Book (1997)

    Set in contemporary Japan and Hong Kong, a successful model revives memories of her calligrapher...

  • No Maps for These Territories picture
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    No Maps for These Territories

    "There's nothing stable, nothing static, nothing to stand on, nothing to cling to. There are no maps...

  • The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm picture
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    The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)

    The German brothers' (Laurence Harvey, Karl Boehm) story bridges fairy tales: ``The Dancing...

  • All the Way Home picture
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    All the Way Home (1963)

    A small-town family tries to deal with the death of their husband and father.

  • Critic's Choice picture
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    Critic's Choice (1963)

    A Broadway critic (Bob Hope) shows up drunk and late on opening night to review a play written by...

  • Caterina in the Big City picture
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    Caterina in the Big City (2005)

    A 15-year-old provincial girl moves to Rome and finds her new tony private school is a microcosm of...

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    Gripsholm

    The summerly adventures of Kurt (Tucholsky) and girl friend staying in a Swedish castle whilst the...

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    Bombay Talkie (1970)

    An American writer visits India in search of inspiration, becomes involved with a Bombay film...

  • Diary of a Mad Housewife picture
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    Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970)

    A housewife with an abusive husband has an affair with a writer.

  • Lila Says picture
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    Lila Says (2005)

    A 16-year-old temptress (Vahina Giocante) puts the moves on a shy Arab student (Mohammed Khouas)...

  • Fragment of Fear picture
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    Fragment of Fear (1971)

    Reformed drug addict travels to Italy to find out who murdered his aunt.

  • The Rough South of Larry Brown picture
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    The Rough South of Larry Brown

    About the life and works of an ex-Mississippi fireman turned writer, Larry Brown.

  • A Business Affair picture
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    A Business Affair (1995)

    Vanni Corso, a charming but ruthless publisher, steals the beautiful and witty wife, Kate Swallow,...

  • The Front picture
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    The Front (1976)

    A man acts as a front for renowned television writers politically blacklisted during the McCarthy...

  • The Man Who Understood Women picture
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    The Man Who Understood Women

    A Hollywood producer's (Henry Fonda) movie-star wife (Leslie Caron) falls for a Frenchman (Cesare...

  • Dolores Claiborne picture
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    Dolores Claiborne (1995)

    Murder forces an accused widow (Kathy Bates) and her estranged daughter (Jennifer Jason Leigh) to...