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Nina Companéez – Faustine et le bel été aka Faustine and the Beautiful Summer...
“Faustine (Muriel Catala) suffers the wounds of first love in this gentle French film. During a summer when she is staying with her grandmother, she comes to know the nearby neighbors. Two brothers...
View ArticleZivorad ‘Zika’ Mitrovic – Savamala (1982)
Quote:The events that preceded the WWII and subsequent fall of bourgeoisie in Yugoslavia are shown through the bloody strikes and awakening of civic consciousness in Belgrade’s poor neighborhood of...
View ArticleMiguel Littin – Sandino (1990)
Synopsis:Narrative of a period of 8 years(1926-1934) in the life of the leader of Nicaraguan revolution ‘Sandino’ , who was known in his time as “the general of free men.” 1.28GB | 2:14:50 | 640×480 |...
View ArticleAffonso Uchoa & João Dumans – Arábia AKA Araby (2017) (HD)
Andre is a young boy that lives in an industrial neighborhood in Ouro Preto, Brazil, near an old aluminum factory. One day he finds a notebook from one of the factory workers. 4.90GB | 1 h 36 min |...
View ArticleSidney Gilliat – The Rake’s Progress AKA Notorious Gentleman (1945)
Synopsis:Rex Harrison stars in this stylish British drama that caused problems with U.S. censors, who forced the film to be trimmed due to what was considered graphically amoral and sexual content for...
View ArticleJohn M. Stahl – The Walls of Jericho (1948)
After County Attorney Dave Connors helps Julian Norman with her shiftless father, Jefferson Norman, she leaves Jericho, Kansas to college to study for a law degree.A few years later, Algeria Wedge,...
View ArticleJin-ho Hur – Bomnaleun ganda AKA One Fine Spring Day [+commentary] (2001)
Synopsis:Sound engineer Sang-woo meets local DJ Eun-soo on a recording trip in the quest for nature’s voice. They succeed in capturing various sensual sounds as well as each other’s tenderness. Their...
View ArticleRyûsuke Hamaguchi – Bukimi na mono no hada ni sawaru AKA Touching the Skin of...
Quote:A haunting study of loneliness gradually gives way to a dark mystery in Hamaguchi’s unusual and beautifully acted Touching the Skin of Eeriness. After his father’s death, the reclusive Chihiro...
View ArticleHelma Sanders-Brahms – Heinrich (1977)
A biopic by Helma Sanders-Brahm on the life of the poet and dramatist Heinrich von Kleist. The film is based upon his letters, documents and literary works. This film won the Deutscher Filmpreis in...
View ArticleKwon-taek Im – Chihwaseon AKA Strokes of Fire (2002)
In 19th-century Korea nobleman Kim Byung-moon saves a young beggar from a savage beating, and in return the beggar, Jang Seung-ub, draws him a picture. Kim is astonished by his rough yet extraordinary...
View ArticleSidney Lumet – 12 Angry Men (1957)
Synopsis:A Puerto Rican youth is on trial for murder, accused of knifing his father to death. The twelve jurors retire to the jury room, having been admonished that the defendant is innocent until...
View ArticleAlexander Mackendrick – Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Synopsis:J.J. Hunsecker, the most powerful newspaper columnist in New York, is determined to prevent his sister from marrying Steve Dallas, a jazz musician. He therefore covertly employs Sidney Falco,...
View ArticleLee Tamahori – Once Were Warriors (1994)
kinopoisk.ru Quote:A family descended from Maori warriors is bedeviled by a violent father and the societal problems of being treated as outcasts. 3.08GB | 1 h 38 min | 1020×576 | mkv...
View ArticleMatti Kassila – Punainen viiva AKA The Red Line (1959)
Synopsis of the film from MUBI:In 1906, a poor farmer in the backwoods of Finland struggles to make a living for his wife and four children. He hears about a new law that will allow equal voting...
View ArticleStephen Frears – The Van (1996)
Bittersweet comedy about two unemployed Dubliners who open a mobile fish and chip shop. The film is set in a working class suburb of the Irish capital against the backdrop of the 1990 World Cup, when...
View ArticleGrigori Kozintsev & Leonid Trauberg – S.V.D. – Soyuz velikogo dela AKA Union...
(imdb)A failed Russian Revolution succeeded magnificently on screen., 3 June 1999Author: Theodore J. van Houten from Haamstede, 4328 ZG 1 Netherlands S.V.D. was released in August 1927. A beautiful...
View ArticleTadashi Imai – Himeyuri no Tô AKA Tower of the Lilies (1953)
Quote:Tower of the Lilies is the true story of a group of high school girls on the island of Okinawa, who were mobilized into military service as nurses in the closing months of World War II. The...
View ArticleRebecca Zlotowski – Belle épine (2010)
After the death of her mother, 17-year-old Prudence finds herself living alone in her Paris apartment. Then she meets Maryline, a rebel of her own age, who introduces her to the thrills of motorcycle...
View ArticleLéa Pool – La passion d’Augustine (2015) (HD)
In a small convent school in rural Quebec, Mother Augustine provides a musical education to young women no matter their socio-economic background. However, with the looming changes brought by Vatican...
View ArticleNobuhiko Ôbayashi – Kare no ootobai, kanojo no shima AKA His Motorbike, Her...
After being threatened by his girlfriend’s brother, Ko (Riki Takeuchi) goes on a trip on his Kawasaki to contemplate his options. He meets Miiyo (Kiwako Harada) by chance, and the two stay in touch....
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