Peter Yates – Krull [+Extras] (1983)
From imdb.com Why you MUST give Krull a second look…. Author: Nathan castle ‘Fantasy’, in the traditional ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ sense, in the movies is often seen by the general public as a warning...
View ArticleIvan Pyryev – Partiinyi bilet AKA The Party Card (1936)
Everything seems swell when a young Siberian moves to Moscow, finds work in a factory, joins the Communist Party, and marries a beautiful young Bolshevik girl. But when the girl loses her...
View ArticleThomas Brasch – Engel aus Eisen AKA Angels of Iron (1981) (DVD)
Berlin, 1948/1949. The town is divided into two sectors. The world is close to World War III. West Berlin is kept alive by the biggest airlift in history. While the city is deadlocked, three teenagers...
View ArticleGregory William Mank – The Very Witching Time of Night: Dark Alleys of...
The Very Witching Time of Night: Dark Alleys of Classic Horror Cinema by Gregory William Mank Paperback: 444 pages Publisher: McFarland & Company Language: English ISBN-10: 0786449551 ISBN-13:...
View ArticleJed Johnson – Andy Warhol’s Bad (1977)
synopsis The final film released under the Andy Warhol moniker (which Warhol executive produced) is a much more polished affair than Flesh, Trash or Heat, but preserves the oddball wit and eccentric...
View ArticleJean Baudrillard – The Violence Of The Image (2004)
Quote: Jean Baudrillard thinking and talking about the violence of the image,aggression, oppression, transgression,regression, effects and causes of violence, violence of the virtual, 3d, virtual...
View ArticleYves Jeuland – Les gens du Monde (2014)
While newspapers have to face the important challenges caused by the raise of blogs, tweets and other Internet revolutions, this film offers an insider look at the work of the journalists from the...
View ArticleKrzysztof Kieslowski – Blizna AKA The Scar [+Extras] (1976)
Review (Leo Goldsmith) Quote: Films made under the state socialist regimes of Eastern Europe in the mid-twentieth century tend to fall roughly into two categories: the rigidly institutional and the...
View ArticlePeter & Dan Snow – North Korea – Imjin on the Korean War Battle of Imjin...
Secret!!! Inside North Korea Documentary 2014 – Imjin Documentary on the Korean War Battle of Imjin RIver. North Korea Documentary, Andrew Salmon, author of “To the Last Round” discusses the…...
View ArticleIvan Pyryev – Traktoristy AKA Tractor Drivers [1939 original version] (1939)
From Mosfilm: A musical comedy. The mid 30s. Klim Yarko, a demobilized tank driver from the Far East returns to the Ukraine collective farm where Maryana Bazhan, his long-standing love, lives. But...
View ArticleDiourka Medveczky – Paul (1969)
Paul, a young middle-class person in break with his environment, meets a small vegetarians community and tramps who live outdoor… “La Hongrie a largement contribué à l’histoire de la photographie et...
View ArticleJosephine Decker – Thou Wast Mild and Lovely (2014)
Thou Wast Mild and Lovely is a sensual thriller inspired by East of Eden and starring love, death, guns, goats and a farm in the wilds of Kentucky. When Akin arrives at the farm, he finds his job....
View ArticleMichael Lindsay – Let It Be (1970)
A documentary showing both how the Beatles made music together, and how they split up. Hundreds of hours of raw footage was condensed into the final product. The rooftop performance ending the film...
View ArticleSemyon Aranovich & Aleksandr Sokurov – Altovaya sonata. Dmitriy Shostakovich...
Quote: A deeply moving and reverent biopic of Soviet composer and pianist Dmitri Shostakovich. It’s co-directed by Aleksandr Sokurov (“The Russian Ark”) and veteran filmmaker Semyon Aranovich....
View ArticleIvan Pyryev – Skazanie o zemle sibirskoy AKA The Tale of Siberian Land (1947)
From Mosfilm: Andrey Balashov, a pianist, had to quit music after being wounded during the Great Patriotic War. Having failed to say goodbye to his friends and Natasha whom he loved he left for...
View ArticleIvan Pyryev – Belye nochi AKA White Nights (1960)
Story “White Nights” by Fyodor Dostoevsky shot by Ivan Pyryev. Petersburg 1840s. A Dreamer, living in a big city for a few years and all the time he is alone. But one summer in St. Petersburg’s White...
View ArticleChantal Akerman – La Captive [+Extras] (2000)
Quote: Loosely based on the fifth volume of Proust’s monolithic À La recherche du temps perdu, La Captive is a dark study of obsessive love from Chantal Akerman, currently one of Belgian’s most highly...
View ArticleMarco Bellocchio, Bernardo Bertolucci, Jean-Luc Godard, Carlo Lizzani, Pier...
Synopsis: Love and Anger is a collection of five stories that are the handiwork of directors that have made names for themselves in decidedly different ways among the annals of foreign cinema. The...
View ArticleAlexandru Tatos – Secvente AKA Sequences (1982)
Review Secvente(Sequences, reffering to film sequences) is Alexandru Tatos’ quintessential film and one of the stepping stones of Romanian cinematography. Sadly, although being a critics and directors...
View ArticleDinara Asanova – Ne bolit golova u dyatla AKA Woodpeckers Don’t Get Headaches...
Quote: Two 14-year-olds experience the first pangs of romantic love in the midst of their last moments of childhood. Sensitively told, this film conveys a sense of life as it is lived among that...
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