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Nobuhiko Ôbayashi – Haishi AKA The Deserted City (1984)
Quote:After reading a newspaper article about a town being destroyed in a fire, Eguchi begins to recall the summer he spent there writing his thesis. It’s a beautiful canal town, the “Venice of...
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Sang-soo Hong – Yeojaneun namjaui miraeda AKA Woman is the Future of Man (2004)
Quote:Woman is the Future of Man may not mark any major departures of style for celebrated auteur Hong Sang-soo, but the filmmaker is still in top form in this tightly-constructed, mesmerizing work....
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Henri Decoin – L’affaire des poisons AKA Hangman and the Witch (1955)
SynopsisThe Marquise de Montespan is a scheming adventuress who hopes to become the favoured mistress to King Louis XIV of France to advance her social status. However, she is thwarted by the young...
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Hiroshi Shimizu – Nanatsu no umi: Kohen Teiso-hen AKA Seven Seas: Frigidity...
“Seven Seas, the first of Shimizu’s great silent films of the 30s, was scripted by Kogo Noda, Ozu’s close associate, from a novel by Itsuma Maki (a pen name of the noted writer, Umitaro Hasegawa). The...
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Lav Diaz – Serafin Geronimo, kriminal ng Baryo Concepcion aka The Criminal of...
Quote:Debuting to critical acclaim in 1998, Diaz’s Serafin Geronimo, Kriminal ng Baryo Concepcion, announced the arrival of a major talent, and a possible new direction for Philippines cinema. Where...
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John Cromwell – Caged (1950)
Synopsis:Pregnant nineteen-year old Marie Allen (Eleanor Parker) is sentenced to prison as an accessory to robbery. The warden, Ruth Benton (Agnes Moorehead), dedicated to reforming even the most...
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Ariane Mnouchkine – Molière (1978)
Quote:Jean-Baptiste Poquelin is raised by his father and his grandfather because his mother dies when he’s still very little. He works as a handyman, studies the law at a university and travels the...
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Gaspar Noé – Enter the Void (2009)
Quote:A French drug dealer living in Tokyo is betrayed by his best friend and killed in a drug deal. His soul, observing the repercussions of his death, seeks resurrection. 4.23GB | 2 h 41 min |...
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Jean-Gabriel Albicocco – La fille aux yeux d’or AKA The Girl with the Golden...
Synopsis:The story follows the decadent heir Henri de Marsay, who becomes enamored of the eponymous beauty, Paquita Valdes, and plots to seduce her. He succeeds but becomes disillusioned when he...
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Chaitanya Tamhane – Court (2014)
Quote:A sewerage worker’s dead body is found inside a manhole in Mumbai. An ageing folk singer is tried in court on charges of abetment of suicide. He is accused of performing an inflammatory song...
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Danièle Huillet & Jean-Marie Straub – Umiliati (2003)
This is the sequel to the Straubs’ Operai, contain. Excerpts from the novel Donna di Messina (1949 and 1964, 1967) by Elio Vittorini (1908-1966). DVD Source: dvd DVD Format: PAL 25 fps DVD Audio:...
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Shohei Imamura – Ningen Johatsu aka A Man Vanishes [+Extras] (1967)
SynopsisOstensibly Imamura’s first work in documentary features, A Man Vanishes is much more, heralding the future work of Kazuo Hara and Werner Herzog, amongst others, in the genre-defying mix of...
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Desmond Davis – Smashing Time (1967)
Synopsis:Two young women from England’s northern counties; the plain Brenda and the flamboyant Yvonne, arrive in London to find fame and fortune. Misdirected and separated, they strike out on their...
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Ming Jin Woo – The Tiger Factory (2010)
Quote:Casting aside the humor and striking visuals that made “Woman on Fire Looks for Water” appealing, rising Malaysian helmer Woo Ming Jin jumps full-on into wearying miserablism with “The Tiger...
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Alex Cox – Three Businessmen (1998)
allmovie.com wrote: American art dealer Bennie (Miguel Sandoval) arrives in Liverpool and gets to his hotel with great difficulty, while British art dealer Frank King (Cox) has no such problem....
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Juan Sebastian Jacome – Cenizas AKA Ashes (2018)
Quote:As Cotopaxi spews ash, issuing an eerie penumbra over Quito, a young woman confronts dormant familial conflicts. Desperate for a place to store her things as volcanic disaster looms, Caridad...
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James N. Kienitz Wilkins – The Republic (2017)
A confederation of aging libertarians open their borders to the wealthy young widow of a traitor in order to survive winter. Quote:The world premiere of an audacious new film by Wilkins, a Whitney...
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Alan Bridges – The Shooting Party (1985)
Quote:At last, the British film classic The Shooting Party receives the digital restoration that does justice to its sweeping vistas and heartbreaking snapshots of an era in its death throes. Set in...
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Albertina Carri – La rabia AKA Anger (2008)
Quote:Life in the Argentine pampas is nasty, brutish and short, judging by the intense, compelling drama “La Rabia.” Impressive if challenging-to-watch work by helmer Albertina Carri (“Los rubios,”...
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Bohdan Poreba – Droga na zachód AKA Road to the West (1961)
Quote:During the last days of WWII, an old railroad worker and his assistant guide a train liaded with explosives to the Western front. The journey is a perilous trek through rough terrain, occupied...
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