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Julia Loktev – The Loneliest Planet (2011)
Alex and Nica are young, in love and engaged to be married. The summer before their wedding, they are backpacking in the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia. The couple hire a local guide to lead them on a...
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David Gelb – Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)
link JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI is the story of 85 year-old Jiro Ono, considered by many to be the world’s greatest sushi chef. He is the proprietor of Sukiyabashi Jiro, a 10-seat, sushi-only restaurant...
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Jan Hrebejk – Svatá Ctverice AKA Holy Quaternity (2012)
Marital fidelity can wear you down, and Ondra (Hynek Čermák) and Vitek (Jiří Langmajer) are certainly suffering from a case of serious fatigue. Working side by side and living next door to each other,...
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Kyung-mook Kim – Eolgul eopnun geotdul AKA Faceless Things (2005)
“David Bordwell” wrote: Warnings about gay sadomasochism to the contrary, this doesn’t offer much you can’t see in Warhol or Waters. What it does provide is three shots. The first, nearly 45 minutes...
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Maya Deren – Witch’s Cradle (1944)
Witches’ Cradles In Search of an Altered State “During the witchcraft persecutions in Europe, Inquisitors are said to have sometimes put an accused witch in a bag, which was strung up over the limb of...
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Alexander Hammid & Maya Deren – The Private Life of a Cat (1944)
Quote: Alexander Hammid’s intimate study of a female cat and the birth and maturation of her five kittens. http://www.oboom.com/FNC8ZE5U/The%20Private%20Life%20of%20a%20Cat%20%281945%29.mkv...
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Thorold Dickinson – The Queen of Spades (1949)
Synopsis: ’1806 Saint-Peterburg: Herman Suvorin (Anton Walbrook) approaches middle-age as a bitterly disappointed man. Outranked by young bucks in more fashionable regiments – men from aristocratic...
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Maya Deren – The Very Eye of Night (1958)
Maya Deren, one of the first and most innovative of American experimental filmmakers, made this, her last complete film, in 1958 — one of her best. Still hopeful of making new films, Deren left...
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Rouben Mamoulian – City Streets (1931)
Nan, a racketeer’s daughter, is in love with The Kid, a shooting gallery showman. Despite Nan’s prodding, The Kid has no ambitions about joining the rackets and making enough money to support Nan in...
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Pier Paolo Pasolini – Il Decameron (1971)
Quote: Pasolini’s ‘Decameron’ at the Film Festival Pier Paolo Pasolini, the Italian director, has always been something of a puzzle for American critics, not simply because we have to reconcile his...
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Linton Semage – Mage Wam Atha AKA Pickpocket [+Extras] (2001)
Quote: Linton Semage’s drama Pickpocket stars a man who supports himself and his family by lifting wallets and handbags. Troubled by the ethics of his profession, he contemplates finding a more...
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I.S. Johar – Johar Mehmood in Goa (1965)
Synopsis Mary and Peter fall in love with each other and are about to get married, when Peter is asked to re-join his regiment to go to war. Shortly thereafter, he is missing, believed to be dead,...
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Aníbal Di Salvo – El caso Matías (1985)
From filmaffinity.com: Quote: In 1965, a man named Matías is admitted to a psychiatric clinic after being found on the street “in the company of homosexuals and intoxicated by alcohol and drugs.” His...
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Rosa von Praunheim – Ein Virus kennt keine Moral AKA A Virus knows no Morals...
A Film by Rosa von Praunheim Nurses on the night shift roll dice to see which AIDS patient will die next. The owner of a gay bathhouse gets Kaposi’s Sarcoma but tries to keep his mind on profits. An...
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Timur Bekmambetov – Nochnoy Dozor AKA Night Watch (2004)
Information Little Shop of Horrors, Russian Style By Oleg Liakhovich The Moscow News On the heels of the XXVI Moscow International Film Festival came an event even more pompous and widely publicized –...
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Axel Ranisch – Dicke Mädchen aka Heavy Girls (2012)
Quote: Sven lives with his mother Edeltraut, who is suffering from dementia. He shares his entire life, the apartment, even the bed with her. During the day he works at a bank. While he is at work,...
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Zülfü Livaneli – Sis AKA Le Brouillard AKA Mist (1993)
Mist is uncertainty. A mist which cannot be held with the hand, or even seen with the eye. A mist which can comprehend our happiness, our pain, our fears, our contrainment and which encompasses human...
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Edward F. Cline – Hook, Line and Sinker (1930)
Plot Synopsis The comedy team of Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey made their fourth film appearance of 1930 in the hectic comedy-melodrama Hook Line and Sinker. This time the boys are cast as itinerant...
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Zacarías Gómez Urquiza – Kid Tabaco (1955)
Synopsis: A young worker eager to earn money as a boxer enters and grows into star ring. His idol is Kid Snuff boxing, he does not know, but I admire both reaching imitate everything. Be conquered by...
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Arthur J. Beckhard & Joseph Lee – Girl on the Run (1953)
Synopsis: “A hootchy-kootchy whodunit set at a small seedy carnival where a reporter tries to discover who killed his boss while his girlfriend inexplicably joins the burlesque show! Pure carny-noir....
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