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Mohammad Rasoulof – Keshtzar haye sepid AKA White Meadows (2009)
Quote: In this dreamlike yet earthbound film, Rahmat the boatman navigates the increasingly brackish waters of a coastal land, collecting the heartaches and tears of its inhabitants. But he remains...
View ArticleHiroshi Shimizu – Kanzashi aka Ornamental Hairpin (1941)
Synopsis Based on an Ibuse Masuji short story, this delightful escapist drama is set at a hot spring resort providing sanctuary to people of vastly different backgrounds and personalities bounded by...
View ArticleAnne Émond – Nelly (2016)
Quote: A film inspired by the life and work of Nelly Arcan. The portrait of a fragmented woman, lost between irreconcilable identities: writer, lover, call girl and star. 3.76GB | 1h 39mn | 1912×1030...
View ArticleNuri Bilge Ceylan – Ahlat Agaci Aka The Wild Pear Tree (2018)
Sinan is passionate about literature and has always wanted to be a writer. Returning to the village where he was born, he pours his heart and soul into scraping together the money he needs to be...
View ArticleNikola Rajic – Ima ljubavi, nema ljubavi (1968)
Everything happens during the course of a day. A toddler looks for his lost toy, some people look for their happiness, circling around in some kind of a lost kaleidoscope; they love and hate, suffer...
View ArticleLes Blair – Bad Behaviour (1993)
Innovative direction by Les Blair when constructing this too little known work, a collaboration with skilled players, includes the provision to the cast of only a mere outline, in lieu of a script,...
View ArticleFranco Brusati – Pane e cioccolata AKA Bread and Chocolate [+Extras] (1974)
Quote: Italian immigrant tries to become a member of Swiss society but fails as a waiter and even as a chicken plucker. He then becomes involved with shady wealthy character and tries to hide his...
View ArticleRainer Werner Fassbinder – Whity [+Extra] (1971)
From “Three Film Buffs” Whity is a strange but beautiful movie. It is a German language western set in 1878. The only time any English is used is during the songs sung by the saloon whore who performs...
View ArticleJeremiah Zagar – We the Animals (2018)
Quote: Early on in “We the Animals,” a film adaptation of Justin Torres’ celebrated semi-autobiographical novel, there’s a devastating break in the poor-but-happy family mood set up thus far: The...
View ArticleLina Chamie – Via Láctea aka The Milky Way (2007)
The Milky Way is an interesting film from Brazil. Heitor, a literature professor, meets and falls in love with Julia, a young actress. During the course of the movie we see scenes from their...
View ArticleAng Lee – The Ice Storm (1997)
Suburban Connecticut, 1973. While the Watergate hearings blast from the TV, the wayward Hood and Carver families try to navigate a Thanksgiving break simmering with unspoken resentments, sexual...
View ArticleAntonio Pietrangeli – Io la conoscevo bene AKA I Knew Her Well (1965)
Plot summary Born in a small town in the countryside surrounding Pistoia, Adriana is an attractive young girl who counts on using her looks to go places in the entertainment business in Rome. Moving...
View ArticleNuri Bilge Ceylan – Ahlat Agaci AKA The Wild Pear Tree (2018)
Quote: The Wild Pear Tree is a gentle, humane, beautifully made and magnificently acted movie from the Turkish film-maker and former Palme winner Nuri Bilge Ceylan: garrulous, humorous and lugubrious...
View ArticleXavier Dolan – Laurence Anyways (2012) (HD)
Quote: Montreal-based actor-turned-filmmaker prodigy Xavier Dolan’s third feature is a terrific character study for its first two hours — and then there’s the third one. That’s starting to be a...
View ArticleBo Huang – The Island (2018)
Quote: Chinese comedy superstar Huang Bo (“Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons”) makes a good first stab at directing with “The Island,” an entertaining if overlong dramedy about company...
View ArticleAbel Ferrara – Bad Lieutenant [+Commentary] (1992)
Description: This provocative film has an almost documentary-like feel in its depiction of New York lowlife, and another credible performance by Harvey Keitel, but at times it’s as stagnant as the...
View ArticleIngmar Bergman – Törst AKA Thirst (1949)
A couple traveling across a war-ravaged Europe. A disintegrating marriage. A ballet dancer’s scarred past. Her friend’s psychological agony. Meanwhile, a widow resists seductions from two different...
View ArticleEwald André Dupont – Cape Forlorn AKA The Love Storm (1931)
William Kell, the keeper of a lighthouse a lonely stretch of coastline in New Zealand, marries cabaret dancer Eileen. His young wife, however, goes on to have an affair with Henry Cass, the handsome...
View ArticleYûya Ishii – Yozora wa itsudemo saikô mitsudo no aoiro da AKA The Tokyo Night...
Quote: A love story between a building-site labourer, whose best friend suddenly drops dead, and an overstressed, underpaid nurse. 1.88GB | 1 h 47 min | 1024×432 | mkv...
View ArticlePaul Verhoeven – De worstelaar AKA The Wrestler (1970)
Synopsis: A man fools around with the wife of a wrestler. IMDB Review: Funny early Verhoeven short – preparatory to features Author: (resborzage@email.com) from east coast usa 3 January 2004 This 20...
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