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Claire Denis – Chocolat (1988)

IMDB: A young French woman returns to the vast silence of West Africa to contemplate her childhood days in a colonial outpost in Cameroon. Her strongest memories are of the family’s houseboy, Protee –...

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Pierre Granier-Deferre – Le train aka The Last Train (1973)

May 1940 – Germany invades Europe, people panic and try to flee by any means possible. In France, Julien, a radio repairman, boards a train with his wife and child. As the men are placed in cattle...

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Nikoloz Sanishvili – Chermeni AKA Chermen (1970)

The film’s main hero is Chermen. An illegitimate son, Chermen is striving to assert his dignity. He is opposed by Dacco, the elder of the Aldar clan, in whose village Chermen lives. Guided by...

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Christian Petzold – Yella (2007)

Christian Petzold’s drama deals with a woman, who leaves her hometown for a promising job and a new life, but is haunted by the truths of the past. As her marriage to Ben broke and her professional...

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Ralph Bakshi – Heavy Traffic (1973)

Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson Heavy Traffic represents a follow-up to animator Ralph Bakshi’s first feature film, Fritz the Cat (1972). The central character is Michael, the ingenuous son of an...

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Margarethe von Trotta – Die Geduld der Rosa Luxemburg (1985)

The Social Democratic party was originally founded as the political arm of German Marxism. Extremely successful in mobilizing support in the working class, it was almost from the first torn by a...

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Ferran Audí – The Frost (2009)

A liberal interpretation of Henrik Ibsen’s play Little Eyolf. When their only son dies from a sudden accident, a rift breaks Alfred and Rita’s seemingly trouble free marriage, and they rush headlong...

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Juan Luis Buñuel – Calanda (1966)

Calanda is a town in the province of Teruel, in Aragon, Spain. It lies on the southern fringe of the Ebro river basin, at the confluence of the Guadalope and Guadalopillo rivers. The climate is...

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Gustav Ucicky – Café Elektric (1927)

The Café Elektric has a “mixed” clientele. This is where criminal gigolo Ferdl spends his evenings, but it´s also where men like construction tycoon Göttlinger celebrate a successful business deal...

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Joseph L. Mankiewicz – 5 Fingers (1952)

Based on a true story. In neutral Turkey during WWII, the ambitious and extremely efficient valet for the British ambassador tires of being a servant and forms a plan to promote himself to rich...

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Neil Jordan – Angel aka Danny Boy (1982)

IMDB user comments Remarkable debut feature from Neil Jordan. Reminds me of Point Blank (Boorman was the executive producer). I really didn’t expect Angel to be so good. Many familiar locations...

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Robert Gordon – Damn Citizen (1958)

Based on a true story, this film tells of a police chief hired to wipe out corruption in the Louisiana State Police. http://keep2share.cc/file/5291f911c436a/Damn_Citizen.avi...

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Tayfun Pirselimoglu – Saç AKA Hair (2010)

Fate brings together two unhappy people in this drama from Turkish filmmaker Tayfun Pirselimoğlu. Hamdi makes and sells wigs from a small shop in Istanbul. Hamdi isn’t much of a businessman, and...

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Andrew James & Joshua Ligairi – Cleanflix (2009)

AllRovi The true story of a handful of Mormon movie buffs and their efforts to clean up Hollywood hits (and make money doing it) are chronicled in this documentary from filmmakers Andrew James and...

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Sang-ok Shin – Cheonnyeon ho A Thousand Year Old Fox (1969)

IMDB: Once upon a time, under the reign of the three kingdoms, there was a woman who tempts a Buddhist priest named Cho. She is a one-thousand-year-old fox who intends to reincarnate as a human being....

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Jurislav Korenic & Aleksandar Jevdjevic – Karadjoz (1969)

Very old and very rare comedy, 5 parts TV series produced by TV Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, ex-Yugoslavia. http://keep2share.cc/file/528e110a4dd1b/Karadjoz_Ep.1.avi...

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Jon Jost – Sure Fire (1990)

IMDB user review fascinating 31 July 2007 | by (peacecreep) (United States) Shot on 16mm in rural Utah in the early 90′s, Sure Fire is obscure American cinema at its finest. Josts style is very...

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Michel Drach – Les violons du bal aka Violins At The Ball (1974)

Plot : In this WW II drama based on an autobiographical story by director Michel Drach, a Jewish boy and his family living in Nazi occupied France, attempt to escape the cruel invaders. Later the boy...

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Ulli Lommel – The Boogeyman (1980)

Quote: A young girl witnesses her brother murder a man through a reflection in a mirror. Twenty years later the mirror is shattered, freeing his evil spirit, which seeks revenge for his death....

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Branko Plesa – Lilika (1970)

A story about young orphan girl who was rejected by her mother. - Will you ever be a good girl like other girls? - I will, Mom! I will! Every day! Every day!...

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