Hiroshi Shimizu – Hanagata senshu aka A Star Athlete (1937)
Quote: From acquarello at Strictly Film School Blog: Hiroshi Shimizu’s government-pressured, militarism-era film A Star Athlete is a breezy, refreshingly lighthearted, and subtly subversive...
View ArticleNick Broomfield – Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995)
Synopsis: A documentary crew from the BBC arrives in L.A. intent on interviewing Heidi Fleiss, a year after her arrest for running a brothel but before her trial. Several months elapse before the...
View ArticleEsteban Sapir – La antena AKA The Aerial (2007)
Quote: An impressive example of the vitality and the formal potential of silent cinema, the long-awaited second feature by Esteban Sapir is also welcome proof of the continuing attraction it has for...
View ArticleLaila Pakalnina – Ausma aka Dawn (2015)
From the IMDB: Propaganda story about a ‘Young Pioneer’ Pavel Morozov, who denounced his father to Stalin’s secret police and was in turn killed by his own family....
View ArticleMaysaloun Hamoud – Bar Bahar AKA In Between (2016)
Quote: Three Palestinian women living in an apartment in Tel Aviv try to find a balance between traditional and modern culture. Quote: Three Palestinian girls living in Tel Aviv are the vehicle for...
View ArticleRobert Montgomery – Lady in the Lake (1947)
Synopsis: The camera shows Phillip Marlowe’s view from the first-person in this adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s book. The detective is hired to find a publisher’s wife, who is supposed to have run...
View ArticleUlrich Seidl – Safari (2016)
Ulrich Seidl follow wealthy tourists going on safari to kill often endangered species. Some determinedly searching for trophies, others to enjoy. Even if every prey comes at a price, they always find...
View ArticleSogo Ishii – Dead End Run (2003)
Synopsis: Dead End Run is an hour length collection of three short films by Japanese visual genius Ishii Sogo. Starring three of Japan’s hippest and most talented actors: Yusuke Iseya (Casshern,)...
View ArticleMing-liang Tsai – Dong AKA The Hole (1998)
Quote: A strange disease starts to affect people in Taiwan just before the year 2000. The authorities order everyone to evacuate, but some tenants of an apartment building stay put, including a shop...
View ArticleCan – Rockpalast From The Archives (1970)
The First Filmed Live Performance Of Can Rockpalast From The Archives: Can Live from the “Karussell Der Jugend” club in the German city of Soest. The first filmed live performance of the German...
View ArticleRaoul Peck – Le jeune Karl Marx AKA The Young Karl Marx (2017)
The early years of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Jenny Marx, between Paris, Brussels and London. http://nitroflare.com/view/B044259CE0DAE70/Le.jeune.Karl.Marx.2017.DVDRip.x264-Pedotriba.mkv...
View ArticleSang-soo Hong – Bamui haebyun-eoseo honja AKA On the Beach at Night Alone (2017)
Quote: An actress wanders around a seaside town, pondering her relationship with a married man. http://nitroflare.com/view/386DFCA6C25375D/Sang-soo_Hong_-_%282017%29_On_the_Beach_at_Night_Alone.mkv...
View ArticleYuan Zhang – Mama (1991)
Synopsis: The young mother, who had been abandoned by her husband, had to support her son named Dongdong, and had a terrible epilepsy when he was six years old, causing brain damage, and the...
View ArticleChantal Akerman – Golden Eighties AKA Window Shopping (1986)
Synopsis: Three young women at a hair salon all like the son of the clothing store proprietors across the mall. Although Robby is selfish and shallow, he’s appealing to Lili, the salon’s manager,...
View ArticleJoris Ivens – Une histoire de vent AKA A Tale of the Wind (1988)
Premiere: Filmfestival Venice 1988 Awards: Golden Lion (Filmfestival Venice), Félix (European Filmaward of the European Film Academy) Joris Ivens’ last film, made with Marceline Loridan, is a...
View ArticleChris Smith – American Movie (1999)
Synopsis wrote: On the northwest side of Milwaukee, Mark Borchardt dreams the American dream: for him, it’s making movies. Using relatives, local theater talent, slacker friends, his Mastercard, and...
View ArticleJosé Luis Guerín – En Construcción AKA Work in Progress (2001)
Synopsis: José Luis Guerín, Spain’s wayward master, and his students at Pompeu Fabra pointed the camera at demolition and building activities in El Xino, a working class area of Barcelona, and shot...
View ArticleGovindan Aravindan – Kanchana Sita AKA Golden Sita (1977)
PLOT From Wikipedia: The film begins with the journey of Rama and Lakshmana to kill Shambuka – the shudra who performs penance – but Shambuka’s wife pleads for his life, and he is spared. Rama and...
View ArticleDamien Manivel – Le parc (2016)
Quote: Summer time. Two teenagers, a boy and a girl, have their first date in a park. Hesitant and shy at first, they soon discover each other, get closer as they wander, and end up falling in love....
View ArticleAparna Sen – The Japanese Wife [+Extras] (2010)
Plot: Snehmoy and Miyage are pen friends who exchange wedding vows through letters. Fifteen years pass but they never meet. Yet the bond of marriage is strong between them. This unusual relationship...
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