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William Wyler – The Little Foxes (1941)
Lillian Hellman’s play, a prime example of the “well-made” variety, is precisely the kind of successful middle-brow property that appealed to Samuel Goldwyn. He had already produced Hellman’s...
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Adrián Caetano – Crónica de una fuga aka Chronicle of an Escape (2006)
Quote: The goalkeeper of a little-known soccer team is kidnapped by a Argentinean government squad and sent to a detention center. After months of torture, he plots his escape with three other young...
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Martin Scorsese – The Age of Innocence (1993)
This 1993 film, directed by Martin Scorsese, brings the Edith Wharton novel to life. Here it is — all the social comment and smoldering unrequited passions originally intended by the author. And now...
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Michael Witt – Jean-Luc Godard, Cinema Historian (2013)
Winner of the 2014 Limina Award for Best International Film Studies Book Originally released as a videographic experiment in film history, Jean-Luc Godard’s Histoire(s) du cinéma has been widely...
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Keren Yedaya – Jaffa (2009)
Quote: In the heart of Jaffa, Reuven’s garage is a family business. His daughter Mali and his son Meir, as well as Toufik, a young Palestinian, work there. No one suspects that Mali and Toufik have...
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Laurent Witz & Alexandre Espigares – Mr Hublot (2013)
Mr Hublot Director: Laurent Witz, Alexandre Espigares 11 min. – Genre: Animation – Short Mr. Hublot is a man who lives in a tiny apartment located in a crowded futuristic city. He wears several layers...
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Peter B. Hutton – Skagafjördur (2004)
“Peter Hutton is a still photographer that puts pictures into motion or it might be more apt to say that Peter Hutton is a motion picture maker that makes them still. His films are images, presented...
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Sergio Caballero – La distancia (2014)
Quote: A heist-movie of such exquisitely bizarre loopiness to make Inception look like Ocean’s Eleven, Sergio Caballero’s The Distance (La distancia) is a likeably giggle-inducing dollop of deadpan...
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Bill Morrison – Re: Awakenings (2013)
Synopsis: Original Super8 footage shot by Dr. Oliver Sacks of his patients at Beth Abraham Hospital, Bronx, NY, who were administered the drug L-Dopa in the summer of 1969, and “awakened” after...
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Duncan Campbell – It for Others (2013)
‘It for Others’, 2013, (16mm film transferred to digital video, 54 minutes) Duncan Campbell produces films that look at representations of the people and events at the heart of very particular...
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Gabe Klinger – Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater (2013)
In 1985, filmmaker Richard Linklater began a film screening society in Austin, Texas, that aimed to show classic art-house and experimental films to a budding community of cinephiles and filmmakers....
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Harvey Hart – Bus Riley’s Back in Town (1965)
“Bus Riley” and William Inge: or When Playwrights Are Wronged By Joel Shatzky Bus Riley’s Back in Town is a 1965 Universal production that is vaguely based on a play written by William Inge...
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Jim Butterworth – Seoul Train (2004)
Quote: With its riveting footage of a secretive ‘underground railroad,’ SEOUL TRAIN is the gripping documentary expose into the life and death of North Koreans as they try to escape their homeland and...
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Marylin Monroe – Marylin Monroe pornography (1948)
Many famous stars began their career in pornography, Marilyn Monroe being one of the greatest examples, who when financially stable declared she no longer had to gratify the sexual demands of studio...
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Ingmar Bergman – Viskningar och rop AKA Cries and Whispers [+Extras] (1972)
Quote: In his book Images, Ingmar Bergman has written: “All my films can be thought of in terms of black and white, except for Cries and Whispers. In the screenplay it says that red represents the...
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Júlio Bressane – Dias de Nietzsche em Turim AKA Nietzsche’s Days in Turin (2001)
Plot:A cinematographic essay, without dialogues, about the months Friedrich Nietzsche spent in Turin, Italy, with narration quoted by his original writings. It was there that the philosopher wrote...
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Hervé Lewis – Les plus belles inconnues de Paris AKA The Most Beautiful Women...
Hervé Lewis is not only a mentor to many stars (Johnny Hallyday, Jean Reno, Emmanuelle Béart, and more), but also a professional photographer. After the success of many renowned advertising campaigns...
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Panos H. Koutras – Xenia (2014)
Strangers in their own birthplace, 16-year-old Danny and 18-year-old Odysseus cross the entire country in search of their Greek father, after their Albanian mother passes away....
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Larisa Shepitko – Ty i ya AKA You and Me (1971)
Peter, a former medical scientist, suddenly quits his cushy job as a doctor at the Russian Embassy in Sweden and returns to Moscow. 3 years ago his team stood on the threshold of a vital break-through...
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Yoshishige Yoshida – Kaigenrei AKA Coup D’Etat (1973)
Quote: This film, considered to be the completion of Yoshida’s style, focuses on Kita Ikki, the prewar ideological leader of Japanese rightist terrorism and military revolts. The key factor is Kita’s...
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