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Autumn Crocus movie adaptation with Ivor Novello and Fay Compton: Summertime precursor. Ivor Novello last movie: ‘Autumn Crocus’ Can a naive, plain-looking, spinster school teacher ever find real love in…
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Best Foreign Language Film Oscar 2015 contender ‘Three Windows and a Hanging’: First Kosovo entry. Best Foreign Language Film Oscar 2015: Record number of entries The Academy of Motion Picture…
The Way He Looks movie: Ghilherme Lobo and Fábio Audi. The Way He Looks movie: Gay teen love story is Brazil’s Best Foreign Language Film Oscar submission In mid-September 2014,…
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Nymphomaniac: Volume II with Charlotte Gainsbourg sandwiched between Papou and Kookie Ryan. ‘Nymphomaniac: Volume II’: More interesting, more provocative, and more philosophical than its predecessor (See ‘Nymphomaniac: Vol. I‘ Review:…
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