Jean-Marie Straub – Un conte de Michel de Montaigne (2013)
A minimalist recitation by Barbara Ulrich of Book 2 chapter 6 of Montaigne’s Essays. http://www.nitroflare.com/view/33558C473B322A2/un-conte-de-michel-de-montaigne.mkv...
View ArticleMing-liang Tsai – Jiao you AKA Stray Dogs (2013)
Synopsis: An alcoholic man and his two young children barely survive in Taipei. They cross path with a lonely grocery clerk who might help them make a better life. “Stray Dogs,” Tsai Ming-Liang’s...
View ArticleRené Clair & Francis Picabia – Entr’acte (1924)
Experimental and avant-garde offering from director René Clair that was produced by the French dance company Les Ballets Suis, and features the members mourning the loss of their star dancer, Borlin....
View ArticleMichalis Konstantatos – Luton (2013)
Synopsis Jimmy, Mary and Makis are three people living their everyday day life in an entirely different manner. They seem to have nothing in common and normally they shouldn’t even know each other…...
View ArticleDaniel Geller & Dayna Goldfine – The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (2013)
“This overlong documentary lacks something in structure and focus – and I wanted to know a little more about the exact provenance of all of its home‑movie footage. But it has an extraordinary true...
View ArticleShirley Clarke & Wendy Clarke – Butterfly (1967)
Synopsis: Shirley made Butterfly with her daughter Wendy for an anti-Vietnam War protest event held in New York City in 1967; it is one of the last films she made before she began working with video...
View ArticleCosta-Gavras – Etat de Siège AKA State of Siege (1972)
Synopsis In a South American country, a US official, Michael Santore, is kidnapped by left-wing guerrillas. His captors accuse him of being a CIA agent, responsible for training the local police in...
View ArticleOliver Stone – Salvador (1986)
The film tells the story of an American journalist covering the Salvadoran civil war who becomes entangled with both leftist guerrillas and the right wing military. The film is sympathetic towards the...
View ArticleMartin Scorsese – Raging Bull (1980)
Plot Synopsis: Based on the life and career of boxer Jake LaMotta, Raging Bull focuses on Jake’s rage and violence that makes him virtually unstoppable in the ring. The same anger also drives Jake to...
View ArticleYves Allégret – Une si jolie petite plage AKA Riptide (1949)
Synopsis: ‘One rainy night, a stranger arrives in a nondescript seaside town and checks into a cheap hotel. All that is known about him is his name – Pierre – and everyone he meets is suspicious of...
View ArticleUlrik Imtiaz Rolfsen – Izzat (2005)
Izzat paints an image of Oslo, Norway’s capital, and its crime-environment in the mid-90’s. We follow Wasim and his involvement in Eastside Crew, the crime-gang mostly consisting of second-generation...
View ArticleCorneliu Porumboiu – Al doilea joc AKA The Second Game (2014)
The Second Game (Romanian: Al doilea joc) is a 2014 Romanian documentary film directed by Corneliu Porumboiu. The film integrally depicts the Dinamo — Steaua footbal derby played on December 3, 1988;...
View ArticleHany Abu-Assad – Omar (2013)
Quote: A subtle undercurrent exists in the visuals, which use cheerful billboard advertising, such as a mattress company with a man happily asleep, or a social responsibility pitch for “planting...
View ArticleJaime Rosales – Hermosa juventud AKA Beautiful Youth (2014)
Natalia and Carlos, both aged 20, are in love and struggling to survive in today’s Spain. Their limited resources prevent them from getting ahead as they’d like to. They have no great ambitions...
View ArticleLisandro Alonso – Jauja (2014)
A father and daughter journey from Denmark to an unknown desert that exists in a realm beyond the confines of civilization. from variety: There’s more dialogue in the first reel of Lisandro Alonso’s...
View ArticleJennifer Kent – The Babadook (2014)
THE BABADOOK was the breakout horror hit of Sundance 2014, and has been terrorising audiences around the world ever since. This creepy, expertly crafted feature has been a critical and audience scary...
View ArticleBill Morrison & David Harrington – Beyond Zero: 1914-1918 (2014)
Intro from CPH : DOX homepage The 100 year old film images sparkle and crackle with an expressive fury, which almost looks like a reaction to what they depict. This year, it is 100 year since the...
View ArticleRené Clair – And Then There Were None (1945)
Jeremy Heilman of moviemartyr.com wrote: One of the supreme suspense films, René Clair’s And Then There Were None combines the glamour and wit of a Hollywood studio production with a considerable...
View ArticleSérgio Ricardo – Juliana do Amor Perdido AKA Lost Love Juliana (1968)
Quote: A beautiful young woman living in an isolated fishing community on an island falls in love with an outsider, a train machinist. But her father, a violent religious fanatic interferes....
View ArticleDamiano Damiani – La Moglie Più Bella AKA The Most Beautiful Wife [+Extras]...
Plot Summary Based on the story of Franca Villa and Filippo Melodia. In Sicily, as a Mafia boss leaves for prison, he advises Vito, a young man who’s his potential successor, to marry a virtuous and...
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