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Claude Chabrol – La cérémonie aka A Judgement in Stone (1995)
Synopsis: In the 1960s and early ’70s, Claude Chabrol was celebrated as the Gallic Hitchcock for his crisp, character-rich thrillers. La Cérémonie, his 1997 hit adapted from Ruth Rendell’s novel A...
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Antonio Pietrangeli – La visita AKA The Visitor [+Extras] (1964)
Synopsis by Sandra Brennan In this drama, a single woman approaching 40 grows bored of her affair with a married trucker and writes to a singles column. She ends up paired with an outwardly...
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder – Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980)
This shattering adaptation of Alfred Döblin’s masterpiece – made for TV in 13 episodes with a two-hour epilogue – offers a level-headed account of protagonist Biberkopf’s key weakness: his...
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Gust Van Den Berghe – Blue Bird (2011)
Premiered in Cannes (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) in 2011 Synopsis Blue Bird is a story about how one day in a child’s life can change its world. One morning, Bafiokadié and his sister Téné, two...
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Amir Naderi – Mise en scène with Arthur Penn (a conversation) [1 HOUR...
Quote: The life and work of Arthur Penn, whose films like “Bonnie and Clyde” helped shape the conversation around violence in America and its movies....
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Pierre Chenal – Le Dernier Tournant AKA The Last Turning (1939)
Plot summary: Frank, a vagabond, arrives at a service station on a mountain road near to Marseilles. The kindly old owner, Nick, offers him a job which he accepts. Frank is instantly attracted to...
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Jan Sverák – Kolja AKA Kolya (1996)
Synopsis: Franta Louka is a concert cellist in Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia, a confirmed bachelor and a lady’s man. Having lost his place in the state orchestra, he must make ends meet by playing at...
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Masaki Kobayashi – Seppuku aka Harakiri (1962)
An elder ronin samurai arrives at a feudal lord’s home and requests an honorable place to commit suicide. But when the ronin inquires about a younger samurai who arrived before him things take an...
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Audrius Stonys – Uku ukai (2006)
“Sorrow does not come merely from contemplating death, which forces us to look into Eternity, but also from life, which compels us to confront Time”, wrote Russian philosopher Nikolai Berdyayev....
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Lisandro Alonso – Jauja (2014)
Synopsis: The vision of Lisandro Alonso, the blinding photography of Kaurismäki’s regular cameraman and the use of actor/musician Viggo Mortensen combined to ensure a magic result. A Danish military...
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Frank Ripploh – Taxi zum Klo (1980)
Quote: In this autobiographical feature, Frank Ripploh plays himself: a German elementary-school instructor who lives a double life in his beloved Berlin, socializing with his fellow teachers only...
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Alfred Hitchcock – Blackmail (talkie version) (1929)
Alice White is the daughter of a shopkeeper in 1920’s London. Her boyfriend, Frank Webber is a Scotland Yard detective who seems more interested in police work than in her. Frank takes Alice out one...
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Alejandro Jodorowsky – The Rainbow Thief (1990)
SYNOPSIS: A petty crook, in search of the proverbial pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, hopes to cash in by befriending the heir to a huge fortune. Production notes: This was Jodorowsky’s sixth...
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Seijun Suzuki – Jûsangô taihi-sen ori: Sono gôshô o nerae aka Take Aim At The...
A sharpshooter kills two prisoners in a police van at night. The guard on the van is suspended for six months; he’s Tamon, an upright, modest man. He begins his own investigation into the murders. Who...
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Francesco Rosi – Tre fratelli AKA Three Brothers [+Extra] (1981)
PLOT & Review: From a village of the Murge (Apulia) three telegrams are sent: “Mom died. Your father. ” The three Giuranna brothers return to the family home after many years of absence. F. Rosi...
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Mikhail Kalatozov – Letyat zhuravli AKA The Crane’s are Flying (1957)
Veronica and Boris are walking in the streets of Moscow and they love each other. Veronica is laughing, cause they are happy together this morning. They see some cranes in the sky. When arriving to...
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Liliana Cavani – La pelle aka The Skin [+Extras] (1981)
Based on the short stories of Curzio Malaparte, The Skin is Liliana Cavani s controversial look at the aftermath of the German occupation of Italy during WWII and the equally difficult results of life...
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Robert Gordon – Black Zoo (1963)
This violent, gore-filled, effective horror tale by director Robert Gordon is about a totally wacko private zoo keeper, Michael Conrad (Michael Gough) whose literal worship of the animals he tends —...
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David Cronenberg – Transfer (1966)
A 1966 short film written, shot, edited and directed by David Cronenberg. Quote: Cronenberg: Transfer, my first film, was a surreal sketch for two people – a psychiatrist and his patient – at a table...
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Jan Troell – Här har du ditt liv AKA Here’s Your Life (1966)
jwarthen-3 on IMDb wrote: A beautiful bildungsroman– a young man goes wandering through the world, making his way as he goes and meeting vivid people. The material isn’t romantic– poverty is general,...
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