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Bjørn Erik Pihlmann Sørensen – Reckless (2013)
An uncompromising and controversial short set in the Scandinavian suburbia on the hottest day of the summer. A sister reluctantly babysits her little brother. Two young boys catch her attention, and...
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João Pedro Plácido – Volta à Terra AKA (Be)Longing (2014)
Quote: The north of Portugal. A country way of living that resists, against the odds. Around these two components is woven, through the seasons, the story of the inhabitants of an isolated hamlet. Men...
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Richard Boleslawski – Men in White (1934)
Plot: A dedicated young doctor places his patients above everyone else in his life. Unfortunately, his social register fianceé can’t accept the fact that he considers an appointment in the operating...
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Shûji Terayama – Sho o suteyo machi e deyou aka Throw Away Your Books, Rally...
“Throw away your books, Go out into the streets!” is Terayama’s adaptation of Terayma’s eponymous book and play. This actually is his first full-length film as a director after shooting a few shorts...
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Andrey Smirnov – Osen AKA Autumn (1974)
A 7-day trip with a city couple that is struggling to get it’s relationship straightened up. She is single, he is married. The rain never stops, leaving them inside the country shack for days to make...
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Fernando de Fuentes – Vámonos con Pancho Villa! AKA Let’s Go With Pancho...
Synopsis: Six hearty fellows in the tiny hamlet of San Pablo decide to join the revolutionary army of Pancho Villa. The Federales have already put a price on the head of young Miguel Ángel del Toro...
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Jean-Luc Godard – Prières pour Refusniks (2004)
Summary: Jean-Luc Godard address two cinematographic letters to young Israeli soldiers who were convicted after refusing to intervene in the occupied territories Background context: Quote: Refusal to...
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Kar Wai Wong – Fa yeung nin wa AKA In The Mood For Love (2000)
Quote: Set in Hong Kong, 1962, Chow Mo-Wan is a newspaper editor who moves into a new building with his wife. At the same time, Su Li-zhen, a beautiful secretary and her executive husband also move in...
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Frank Tashlin – Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? was a run-away success. The film is known as Mansfield’s “signature film.” Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? is a 1957 American satiric comedy film starring Jayne...
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Todd Louiso – Love Liza (2002)
Love Liza is a psychological drama about a man trying to come to terms with his wife’s suicide. Wilson Joel (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) is searching for answers as to why his wife, Liza, killed herself....
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György Pálfi – Szabadesés AKA Free Fall (2014)
Seven floors, seven identically built apartments yet completely different worlds. Seven situations, seven different stories that are nevertheless tied together by thousand strings. They are absurd,...
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Guy Maddin – Nude Caboose (2006)
In a crowded auditorium, a hilarious and mildly erotic party train is formed. Guy Maddin imprints his unique filmmaking stamp on the emerging cell phone medium in this irreverent romp....
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Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman – And the Oscar Goes To… (2014)
On the opening night of its annual 31 Days of Oscar festival, TCM presents the world premiere of “And the Oscar Goes To…”, a documentary tracing the history of the Academy Awards. The documentary is...
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Francesco Rosi – Cadaveri eccellenti AKA Illustrious Corpses (1976)
IMDB: A detective (inspector Rogas) is assigned to investigate the mysterious murders of some Supreme Court judges. During the investigation he discovers a complot that involves the Italian Communist...
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Todd Solondz – Life During Wartime (2009)
Quote: Todd Solondz is back with Life During Wartime, his sixth feature and a sequel of sorts to his crowd-pleasing 1998 effort, Happiness. Solondz once again follows the joyless Jordan sisters...
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Hal Hartley – Surviving Desire (1993)
Quote: Jude, a college literature professor, falls for one of his students. She is more interested in the empirical experience of a relationship with a man whose life is ruled by the themes of the...
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Carlos Saura – Mamá cumple 100 años AKA Mama Turns 100 (1979)
Quote: Returning to the dysfunctional family dynamic and generational saga of Anna and the Wolves in its psychological exposition into the root of ingrained human cruelty and repression, Mama Turns...
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Rick Alverson – Entertainment (2015)
En route to meet his estranged daughter and attempting to revive his dwindling career, a broken, aging comedian plays a string of dead-end shows in the Mojave desert....
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Ronald Neame – The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Synopsis (possible spoilers): ‘British Intelligence during World War II is trying to get the German High Command to shift it’s forces away from Italy prior to the invasion. To create the illusion of a...
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Andrey Konchalovskiy – Belye nochi pochtalona Alekseya Tryapitsyna AKA The...
The film represents life in a godforsaken Russian village. The only way to reach the mainland is to cross the lake by boat and a postman became the only connection with the outside world. A reserved...
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