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Shuji Terayama – Den-en ni shisu aka Pastoral : To Die in the Country aka...
Quote: Terayama’s second feature recapitulates some of the main themes of Throw Away Your Books in more directly personal terms: it’s a film about a film-maker’s re-examination (and attempted...
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Ken Loach – Land and Freedom [+Extras] (1995)
Review (Marcus Whitfield, Edinburgh University Film Society) Ken Loach collaborates once again with Jim Allen, his partner for Days of Hope and Hidden Agenda, on this moving story about the struggle...
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Janusz Morgenstern – Do widzenia, do jutra aka See You Tomorrow; Good Bye,...
Excelent performance by Zbigniew Cybulski co-starring with Roman Polanski and others famous polish actors from the sixties and amaizing music by Krzysztof Komeda. PLOT DESCRIPTION In this routine...
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Kinji Fukasaku – Gunki hatameku motoni AKA Under the Flag of the Rising Sun...
User comment from IMDB: Author: ben morris (shiryuo) from Munich, Germany: First of all I have to say that this film is really tough. It’s a bit like Rashômon. A widow wants to find out the truth...
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Abel Ferrara – New Rose Hotel (1998)
Based on the Short Story by: William Gibson This film has got alot of mixed reactions. Some hate it, as they most likely expected alot more from a William Gibson adaptation with such a well known...
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Abderrahmane Sissako – Heremakono aka Waiting for Happiness [+Extras] (2002)
Description: Synopsis Waiting for Happiness depicts life in the seaside town of Nouadhibou in Mauritania. A young man, Abdallah (Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed), visits the town, where his mother lives,...
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Mike Leigh – Bleak Moments (1971)
Synopsis: The quiet desperate life of a secretary and her retarded sister depicted in a halting sequence of improvised fragments. The uncompromising cinematic debut of British director Mike Leigh...
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Vincent Sherman – Saturday’s Children (1940)
This third film version of Maxwell Anderson’s play Saturday’s Children stars Claude Rains as the impecunious but proud father of a large brood. Rains’ daughter Anne Shirley marries idealistic John...
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Shane Ryan – Amateur Porn Star Killer (2006)
IMDB’s Plot Synopsis Quote: “The unofficial story of a killer who kidnaps and kills three girls is told through the tale of his last victim, ‘Amateur Porn Star Killer’ is about a girl he picks up on...
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Shane Ryan – Amateur Porn Star Killer 2 (2008)
Quote: Amateur Porn Star Killer director Shane Ryan continues to shock and offend with this faux-snuff follow-up to his controversial 2007 debut. Brutality knows no bounds when a killer posing as a...
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Shane Ryan – Amateur Porn Star Killer 3: The Final Chapter (2009)
Quote: Brandon is back, and he has one last order of business as the Amateur Porn Star trilogy winds towards its shocking conclusion. Offered a ride by a handsome and kindly stranger, an aspiring...
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George Fitzmaurice – Arsène Lupin Returns (1938)
Synopsis by Hal Erickson This follow-up to MGM’s 1932 John Barrymore vehicle Arsene Lupin stars the ineluctable Melvyn Douglas. Reported to be dead, suave gentleman jewel thief Arsene Lupin (Douglas)...
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Jack Conway – Arsène Lupin (1932)
Synopsis by Mark Deming John Barrymore plays a burglar and his brother Lionel Barrymore is the detective trying to catch him in this cleverly cast drama. An upscale thief who works under the name of...
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Walter Hugo Khouri – O Palácio dos Anjos aka The Palace of Angels (1970)
Synopsis: In São Paulo, the greedy Bárbara is not happy with her work in a loan and investment company. When her boss Ricardo invites Bárbara for a meeting at his apartment, he harasses her first and...
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Johannes Grenzfurthner – Die Gstettensaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl (2014)
Instant Cult Film from Austria. Allegedly on a €5.000 budget! Brilliant commentary on the Euro Crisis, international politics, internet and DIY culture … see farmers worshipping EU application forms...
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Brian de Palma – The Wedding Party (1969)
This independent film was a joint effort by Sarah Lawrence theatre professor Wilford Leach and two of his students, protégé Brian De Palma and wealthy Cynthia Monroe, who bankrolled the project. The...
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Helmut Käutner – In jenen Tagen aka Seven Journeys (1947)
Synopsis: Told in seven chapters, Käutner’s first postwar film portrays the lives of average people overwhelmed and traumatized by the impact of fascism. Käutner uses the framing device of an...
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Ulrich Seidl – Im Keller AKA In the Basement (2014)
Quote: In the Basement (Im Keller) is a 2014 Austrian documentary film directed by Ulrich Seidl about people and their obsessions, and what they do in their basements in their free time. It was part...
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Robert Altman – 3 Women (1977)
David Kehr, Chicago Reader wrote: Robert Altman’s would-be American art film (1977) is murky, snide, and sloppy, but the director’s off the hook because he dreamed it all. Sissy Spacek and Shelley...
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Stanley Kwan – Yin ji kau aka Rouge (1987)
Plot Synopsis Hong Kong filmmaker Stanley Kwan directs this stunning supernatural melodrama about a passion, romance, and lost history. Fleur (Anita Mui) is a 1930s high-class courtesan who finds...
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