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Amarcord, the Glossary

Amarcord is a 1973 comedy-drama film directed by Federico Fellini, a semi-autobiographical tale about Titta, an adolescent boy growing up among an eccentric cast of characters in the village of Borgo San Giuliano (situated near the ancient walls of Rimini) in 1930s Fascist Italy.^[1]

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1970s coming-of-age comedy-drama films
1973 comedy-drama films
Films about Fascist Italy
Films about fascists
Films about prostitution in Italy
Films set in Emilia-Romagna
Films with screenplays by Federico Fellini
Films with screenplays by Tonino Guerra
French coming-of-age comedy-drama films
Italian coming-of-age comedy-drama films

Abrams Books

Abrams, formerly Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (HNA), is an American publisher of art and illustrated books, children's books, and stationery.

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Academy Award for Best Director

The Academy Award for Best Director (officially known as the Academy Award of Merit for Directing) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award (also known as an Oscar) for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material.

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Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director.

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Alvaro Vitali

Alvaro Vitali (born 3 February 1950) is an Italian actor.

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Anamorphic widescreen

Anamorphic widescreen (also called full-height anamorphic or FHA) is a process by which a comparatively wide widescreen image is horizontally compressed to fit into a storage medium (photographic film or MPEG-2 standard-definition frame, for example) with a narrower aspect ratio, reducing the horizontal resolution of the image while keeping its full original vertical resolution.

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Armando Brancia

Armando Brancia (9 September 1917 – 20 June 1997) was an Italian film and television actor.

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Autobiography

An autobiography, sometimes informally called an autobio, is a self-written biography of one's own life.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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Bodil Award for Best Non-American Film

The Bodil Award for Best Non-American Film is one of the categories for the Bodil Awards presented annually by the Danish Union of Film Critics (Danish: Filmedarbejderforeningen).

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Bodil Awards

The Bodil Awards are the major Danish film awards given by the Danish Film Critics Association.

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British Film Institute

The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom.

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Bruno Zanin

Bruno Zanin (9 April 1951 – 7 July 2024) was an Italian film, theatre, and television actor and writer.

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Cahiers du Cinéma

() is a French film magazine co-founded in 1951 by André Bazin, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, and Joseph-Marie Lo Duca.

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Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes Film Festival (Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (Festival international du film), is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around the world.

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Capacitance Electronic Disc

The Capacitance Electronic Disc (CED) is an analog video disc playback system developed by Radio Corporation of America (RCA), in which video and audio could be played back on a TV set using a special stylus and high-density groove system similar to phonograph records.

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Carabinieri

The Carabinieri (also,; formally Arma dei Carabinieri, "Arm of Carabineers"; previously Corpo dei Carabinieri Reali, "Royal Carabineers Corps") are the national gendarmerie of Italy who primarily carry out domestic and foreign policing duties.

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Castor oil

Castor oil is a vegetable oil pressed from castor beans.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos

The Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos (CEC), known as "Cinema Writers Circle" in English, is a private nonprofit organization supporting cinema and filmmakers in Spain.

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Chicago Sun-Times

The Chicago Sun-Times is a daily nonprofit newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Ciccio Ingrassia

Francesco "Ciccio" Ingrassia (5 October 1922 – 28 April 2003) was an Italian actor, comedian and film director.

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Cinéaste (magazine)

Cinéaste is an American quarterly film magazine that was established in 1967.

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Comedy drama

Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau dramedy, is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama.

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Corriere della Sera

Corriere della Sera ("Evening Courier") is an Italian daily newspaper published in Milan with an average circulation of 246,278 copies in May 2023.

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Danilo Donati

Danilo Donati (6 April 1926 – 1 December 2001) was an Italian costume and production designer.

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David di Donatello

The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's David, a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (The Academy of Italian Cinema).

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David di Donatello for Best Director

The David di Donatello Award for Best Director (Italian: David di Donatello per il miglior regista) is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, Academy of Italian Cinema) to recognize the outstanding direction of a film director who has worked within the Italian film industry during the year preceding the ceremony.

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David di Donatello for Best Film

The David di Donatello Award for Best Film (Italian: David di Donatello per il miglior film) is one of the David di Donatello awards presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI).

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Dylan Thomas

Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer whose works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "And death shall have no dominion", as well as the "play for voices" Under Milk Wood.

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Edwin Mellen Press

The Edwin Mellen Press, sometimes stylised as Mellen Press, is an academic publisher.

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Faber & Faber

Faber and Faber Limited, commonly known as Faber & Faber or simply Faber, is an independent publishing house in London.

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Fascist Italy

Fascist Italy is a term which is used to describe the Kingdom of Italy when it was governed by the National Fascist Party from 1922 to 1943 with Benito Mussolini as prime minister and dictator.

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Federico Fellini

Federico Fellini (20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter.

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Fogheraccia

The (also,, or), also known as the, is an annual public bonfire lit on the evening of 18 March, the vigil of Saint Joseph's Day, in the historical region of Romagna, northern Italy, and San Marino.

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Franco Cristaldi

Franco Cristaldi (3 October 1924 – 1 July 1992) was an Italian film producer, credited with producing (or co-producing) feature films from the 1950s to the 1990s.

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French Syndicate of Cinema Critics

The French Syndicate of Cinema Critics (Syndicat français de la critique de cinéma et des films de télévision) has, each year since 1946, awarded a prize ("Prix de la critique", English: "Critics Prize"), the Prix Méliès, to the best French film of the preceding year.

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Giuseppe Rotunno

Giuseppe Rotunno (19 March 1923 – 7 February 2021) was an Italian cinematographer.

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Globo d'oro

The Globo d'oro (internationally known as Italian Golden Globe) is an Italian annual film award.

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Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film is a Golden Globe Award presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to reward theatrically-released feature film not in the English language.

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Hollywood Foreign Press Association

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) was a nonprofit organization of journalists and photographers who reported on the American entertainment industry for predominantly foreign media markets.

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I'm a Born Liar

I'm a Born Liar: A Fellini Lexicon is a book combining film stills and photographs with transcripts of the last filmed interviews with Federico Fellini conducted by Canadian filmmaker Damian Pettigrew in Rome in 1991 and 1992.

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Il Resto del Carlino

il Resto del Carlino is an Italian newspaper based in Bologna, and is one of the oldest newspapers in Italy.

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Ingmar Bergman

Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Janus Films

Janus Films is an American film distribution company.

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Jay Cocks

John C. "Jay" Cocks Jr. (born January 12, 1944) is an American film critic and screenwriter.

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John Alcorn (artist)

John Alcorn (February 10, 1935 – January 27, 1992) was an American commercial artist and designer, and an illustrator of children's books.

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Kensington Publishing

Kensington Publishing Corp. is an American, New Yorkbased publishing house founded in 1974 by Walter Zacharius (1923–2011)Grimes, William.

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Letterboxing (filming)

Letter-boxing is the practice of transferring film shot in a widescreen aspect ratio to standard-width video formats while preserving the film's original aspect ratio.

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List of Italian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Italy has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since the conception of the award.

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List of submissions to the 47th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

This is a list of submissions to the 47th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English-speaking films produced outside the United States.

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Luis Buñuel

Luis Buñuel Portolés (22 February 1900 – 29 July 1983) was a Spanish filmmaker who worked in France, Mexico, and Spain.

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Magali Noël

Magali Noël Guiffray (27 June 1931 – 23 June 2015), better known as Magali Noël, was a French actress and singer.

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Maria Antonietta Beluzzi

Maria Antonietta Beluzzi (26 July 1930 – 6 August 1997) was an Italian actress who appeared in a number of films in her native country.

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McFarland & Company

McFarland & Company, Inc., is an American independent book publisher based in Jefferson, North Carolina, that specializes in academic and reference works, as well as general-interest adult nonfiction.

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Ministry of Culture (Italy)

The Ministry of Culture (Ministero della Cultura - MiC) is the ministry of the Government of Italy in charge of national museums and the monuments historiques.

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Mubi (streaming service)

Mubi (stylized as MUBI; the Auteurs before 2010) is a global streaming platform, production company and film distributor.

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Nastro d'Argento

The (plural: Nastri d'Argento; English: Silver Ribbon), is an Italian film award, held since 1946 by the Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani (Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists).

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Nastro d'Argento for Best Director

The Nastro d'Argento (Silver Ribbon) for Best Director (Nastro d'argento al regista del miglior film) is a film award bestowed annually as part of the Nastro d'Argento awards since 1946, organized by the Italian National Association of Film Journalists (Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani or SNGCI), the national association of Italian film critics.

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Nastro d'Argento for Best Score

The Nastro d'Argento (Silver Ribbon) is a film award assigned each year, since 1946, by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani ("Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists"), the association of Italian film critics.

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Nastro d'Argento for Best Screenplay

The Nastro d'Argento (Silver Ribbon) is a film award assigned each year, since 1948, by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani, the association of Italian film critics.

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Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor

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Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress

The Nastro d'Argento (Silver Ribbon) is a film award presented annually since 1946 by the Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani ("Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists"), the association of Italian film critics.

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National Board of Review

The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures is a non-profit organization of New York City area film enthusiasts.

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National Board of Review Award for Best International Film

The National Board of Review Award for Best International Film (formerly known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2022) is one of the annual awards given (since 1934) by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.

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National Board of Review Awards 1974

46th National Board of Review Awards December 25, 1974 The 46th National Board of Review Awards were announced on December 25, 1974.

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National Board of Review: Top Five International Films

The Top Five International Films (known as Top Five Foreign Language Films prior to 2022) is one of the awards presented annually by the National Board of Review, this category is one of the few awards that is not presented individually but instead as a list of usually five films.

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National Society of Film Critics

The National Society of Film Critics (NSFC) is an American film critic organization.

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National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director

The National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director is an annual award given by National Society of Film Critics to honor the best film director of the year.

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New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director

The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director is an award given by the New York Film Critics Circle, honoring the finest achievements in filmmaking.

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New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film

The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Picture is an award given by the New York Film Critics Circle, honoring the finest achievements in filmmaking.

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Nino Rota

Giovanni Rota Rinaldi (3 December 1911 – 10 April 1979), better known as Nino Rota, was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor and academic who is best known for his film scores, notably for the films of Federico Fellini and Luchino Visconti.

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Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church, believed in a literal Kingdom of God on earth to be brought about by human effort, motivating his establishment of numerous groups, some that are not strictly religious in their purposes.

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Our Town

Our Town is a three-act play written by American playwright Thornton Wilder in 1938.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Populus nigra

Populus nigra, the black poplar, is a species of cottonwood poplar, the type species of section Aigeiros of the genus Populus, native to Europe, southwest and central Asia, and northwest Africa.

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Princeton University Press

Princeton University Press is an independent publisher with close connections to Princeton University.

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Pupella Maggio

Pupella Maggio (born Giustina Maria Maggio; 24 April 1910 – 8 December 1999) was an Italian film actress.

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Quarterly Review of Film and Video

The Quarterly Review of Film and Video is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering moving image studies, considered to be among the best-known journals in this field.

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RCA

The RCA Corporation was a major American electronics company, which was founded in 1919 as the Radio Corporation of America.

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Review aggregator

A review aggregator is a system that collects reviews and ratings of products and services such as films, books, video games, music, software, hardware, and cars.

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Rimini

Rimini (Rémin or; Ariminum) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy.

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Roger Ebert

Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter, and author.

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RogerEbert.com

RogerEbert.com is an American film review website that archives reviews written by film critic Roger Ebert for the Chicago Sun-Times and also shares other critics' reviews and essays.

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Romagna

Romagna (Rumâgna) is an Italian historical region that approximately corresponds to the south-eastern portion of present-day Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy.

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Romagnol

Romagnol (rumagnòl or rumagnôl; romagnolo) is a Romance language spoken in the historical region of Romagna, consisting mainly of the southeastern part of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

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Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television.

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Ruggero Mastroianni

Ruggero Mastroianni (7 November 1929 – 9 September 1996) was an Italian film editor.

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Russell Davies

Robert Russell Davies (born 5 April 1946) is a British journalist and broadcaster.

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Sight and Sound

Sight and Sound (formerly written Sight & Sound) is a monthly film magazine published by the British Film Institute (BFI).

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Society (journal)

Society is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research in the social sciences and public policy.

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SS Rex

SS Rex was an Italian ocean liner launched in 1931.

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The Criterion Collection

The Criterion Collection, Inc. (or simply Criterion) is an American home-video distribution company that focuses on licensing, restoring and distributing "important classic and contemporary films".

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The Great Movies

The Great Movies is the name of several publications, both online and in print, from Roger Ebert, the American film critic and columnist for The Chicago Sun-Times.

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The Internationale

"The Internationale" (italic) is an international anthem that has been adopted as the anthem of various anarchist, communist, socialist, democratic socialist, and social democratic movements.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Observer

The Observer is a British newspaper published on Sundays.

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The Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time 2012

The Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time 2012 was a worldwide opinion poll conducted by Sight & Sound and published in the magazine's September 2012 issue.

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Thornton Wilder

Thornton Niven Wilder (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975) was an American playwright and novelist.

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Time (magazine)

Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.

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Tod Browning

Tod Browning (born Charles Albert Browning Jr.; July 12, 1880 – October 6, 1962) was an American film director, film actor, screenwriter, vaudeville performer, and carnival sideshow and circus entertainer.

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Tonino Guerra

Antonio "Tonino" Guerra (16 March 1920 – 21 March 2012) was an Italian poet, writer and screenwriter who collaborated with some of the most prominent film directors in the world such as Andrei Tarkovsky, Michelangelo Antonioni, Theo Angelopoulos, and Federico Fellini.

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Treccani

The Institute of the Italian Encyclopaedia Treccani (Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani), also known as the Treccani Institute, is a cultural institution of national interest, active in the publishing field, founded by Giovanni Treccani in 1925.

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