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Robert Morin – Que Dieu Bénisse l’Amérique AKA May God Bless America (2006)
This comedo-dramatic exploration of the human condition follows its characters through a single high stress day, coincidentally pitting issues of child abuse and serial homicide against those of...
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Xavier Dolan – Juste la fin du monde AKA It’s Only the End of the World...
Synopsis:Louis, a terminally ill writer, returns home after a long absence to tell his family that he is dying. 7.65GB | 1 h 38 min | 1920×1040 | mkv...
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Argyris Papadimitropoulos & Jan Vogel – Wasted Youth (2011)
Wasted Youth is set during a hot summer day in Athens. A sixteen-year-old skater and his friends are amusing themselves in the big city. A middle-aged man struggles to take care of his family, through...
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Jacques Doillon – Le petit criminel AKA The Little Gangster (1990)
Marc, a troubled teenager, becomes aware of the existence of a sister he has never met. Armed with a pistol his mother found, he goes out to find his sister. After stealing from a shop, he is stopped...
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Fred Tan – An ye AKA Dark Night (1986)
BeyondHollywood wrote:Originally released back in 1986, Taiwanese drama Dark Night was based upon a novel by noted feminist writer Li Ang and was directed and scripted by Fred Tan, who previously...
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Henning Carlsen – Dilemma (1962)
Quote:The Danish director Henning Carlsen has Max Roach to thank for the revival of Dilemma, his debut feature from 1962. Screening as part of Jazz Score, the Museum of Modern Art’s survey of movies...
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Renars Vimba – Es esmu seit AKA Mellow Mud (2016)
A resourceful teenage girl fights – literally, on occasion – to cling to her modest dreams for the future when the realities of life in rural Latvia threaten to rent apart what’s left of her family....
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Yevgeni Bauer – Sumerki zhenskoi dushi AKA Twilight of a Woman’s Soul (1913)
Despite living in luxury, Vera is lonely and discontented. When she accompanies her mother, the Countess, on a charity visit to the poor, she is troubled by what she sees, and she resolves to do...
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Charles Burnett – My Brother’s Wedding (1983)
Quote:My Brother’s Wedding is a tragic comedy that takes place in South Central Los Angeles. The story focuses on a young man who hasn’t made much of his life as of yet, and at a crucial point in his...
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Margarethe von Trotta – Die bleierne Zeit AKA Marianne & Juliane (1981)
Quote:Two sisters both fight for women’s rights. Juliane is a journalist and Marianne a terrorist. When Marianne is jailed, Juliane feels obligated to help her despite their differing views on how to...
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Shôhei Imamura – Nippon konchûki AKA The Insect Woman (1963)
Synopsis:Tome is born into poverty in rural Japan, in the late 1910s. Chuji, her father, dotes on her; her mother is less faithful. Tome becomes a neighbor’s mistress, works at his mill as World War...
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Claude Miller – La Classe de neige AKA Class Trip (1998)
Synopsis:Nicolas is an insecure child plagued by visions of disasters and horrible accidents. His peers tease him, and his teachers are frustrated by his lack of social skiills. Nicolas disconnects...
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Jacqueline Audry – Olivia AKA The Pit of Loneliness (1951)
Olivia captures the awakening passions of an English adolescent sent away for a year to a small finishing school outside Paris. The innocent but watchful Olivia develops an infatuation for her...
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Satsuo Yamamoto – Shiroi Kyotô AKA The Great White Tower (1966) (HD)
Director Satsuo Yamamoto wields his sarcastic scalpel in this message movie that takes jabs at the practices of the medical profession. Zaizen Goro may only be an assistant professor but he has...
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Julian Schnabel – Le scaphandre et le papillon AKA The Diving Bell and the...
Synopsis:Forty-three year old Elle magazine editor Jean-Dominique Bauby – Jean-Do to his friends – awakens not knowing where he is. He is in a Berck-sur-Mer hospital, where he has been for the past...
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Jean-Claude Brisseau – L’ange noir AKA The Black Angel (1994)
Quote:In this stylish French drama fits well into the film noir genre. A visitor comes to the home of Stephane, the wife of an important magistrate. She, claiming attempted rape, calmly shoots him....
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Georg Wilhelm Pabst – Kameradschaft AKA Comradeship (1931)
Synopsis:An old German mine was split in two after the end of WWI because of where the new border was located. In the French part a fire breaks out; the German miners send a rescue group in, helping...
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Vittorio De Sica – Il viaggio AKA The Voyage (1974)
IMDb wrote:Adriana De Mauro loves Cesar Braggi, but Cesar, honoring his father’s dying wish, allows his brother, Antonio, to marry Adriana. As fate wills, Antonio dies in an automobile accident....
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Christopher Nolan – Following (1998)
Quote:Before he became a sensation with the twisty revenge story Memento, Christopher Nolan fashioned this low-budget, 16 mm black-and-white neonoir with comparable precision and cunning. Providing...
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Hal Ashby – The Landlord (1970)
Quote:Legendary filmmaker Hal Ashby (Coming Home, 8 Million Ways to Die) makes his directing debut with this acclaimed social satire starring Beau Bridges (The Hotel New Hampshire) as a wealthy young...
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