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Franc Roddam – Quadrophenia (1979)
Quote:London, 1965: Like many other youths, Jimmy hates the philistine life, especially his parents and his job in a company’s mailing division. Only when he’s together with his friends, a ‘Mod’...
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Noboru Tanaka – Hitozuma shudan boko chishi jiken AKA Rape and Death of a...
There’s a Nobura Tanaka masterpiece lurking behind this lurid title. Today many critics feel Tanaka was the best director in Nikkatsu’s pink film stable, but in the 70s his work was constantly...
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Per Blom – Is-slottet aka Ice Palace (1987)
Synopsis wrote:In a remote Norwegian mountain-area in the thirties, two 12 year old girls Siss and Unn meets. They are friends, but for Unn it is more serious, she admits to have secret and indecent...
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Mohamed Malas – Ahlam el Madina AKA Dreams of the City (1984)
“Mother, come and see how beautiful Damascus is!”, little Omar cries out to his mother, a young woman drained by mourning. The widely acclaimed, partially autobiographical, Dreams of the City marks...
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Yoshishige Yoshida – Amai yoru no hate AKA Bitter End of a Sweet Night (1961)
Plot: An ambitious department store worker endeavors to improve his station in lifeby manipulating women to get what he wants – money that is. 901MB | 01:21:18 | 656×272 | avi...
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Grzegorz Królikiewicz – Na wylot AKA Through and Through (1973)
Quote:“Through and Through” is a legendary feature focusing on radicalization of cinematic language. The film transgresses traditional methods of narrative construction, which is characteristic of its...
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Mihalis Kakogiannis – To teleftaio psemma AKA A Matter of Dignity (1958)
Synopsis:‘Up against the ugly monster of destitution, the members of a once-affluent Athenian family of the haute-bourgeoisie, suddenly, find themselves on the brink of bankruptcy, forced to live on...
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Cao Hamburger – O Ano em Que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias AKA The Year My...
A boy is left alone in a Jewish neighborhood in the year of 1970, where both world cup and dictatorship happen in Brazil. Extras (with subtitles)* Trailer* Interview with Director and Cast* Making-Off...
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Serge Gainsbourg –Équateur (1983)
Gainsbourg’s second film. Booed when screened out of competition in Cannes 1983, the film was a commercial and critical failure. It’s a fascinating mess of a film, apparently plagued by troubles...
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Mai Zetterling – Vi har många namn AKA We Have Many Names (1976)
A drama about love, divorce, identity and feminism, made for Sveriges Television. Note: though this is taken from a dvd, the master is obviously a video tape, and there are some distortions present....
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Michael Klier – Ostkreuz (1991)
In Ostkreuz (1991), Michael Klier tells the episodic story of 15-year-old Elfie, who literally and metaphorically inhabits a no-man’s-land between the two Germanys during the Wende, and deploys a...
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Marguerite Duras – Baxter, Vera Baxter (1976)
Vera Baxter is talking to a woman. It seems that the woman was attracted to her by hearing her name called out: “Baxter, Vera Baxter.” In response to her new friend’s queries, Vera recounts the story...
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Christian-Jaque & Jean Delannoy & Marcello Pagliero – Destinées (1954)
Destinées (US: Daughters of destiny) is a triptych about women in war: One part, “Elizabeth”, is about American war-widow (Claudette Colbert) who goes to Italy where her husband was in WW II; “Jeanne”...
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Georg Wilhelm Pabst – Die Büchse der Pandora AKA Pandora’s Box (1929)
Pandora’s Box (German: Die Büchse der Pandora) is a 1929 German silent film based on Frank Wedekind’s plays Erdgeist (Earth Spirit, 1895) and Die Büchse der Pandora (1904). Directed by Austrian...
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Nils Malmros – Drenge AKA Boys (1977)
Boys (Drenge) is Nils Malmros’ first movie made in collaboration with a professional film crew. Even so, the movie has a very mature feel to it and the feeling of authenticity from Malmros’ earlier...
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Stanislaw Rózewicz – Westerplatte (1967)
Synopsis:Westerplatte is a small peninsula at the entry to the Gdansk Harbour. Before World War II, it functioned as a Polish ammunition depot in the Free City of Danzig/Gdansk. Its crew consisted of...
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Nichola Bruce – I Could Read the Sky (1999)
Synopsis:Adapted by Nichola Bruce from the acclaimed photographic novel by Timothy O’Grady and Steve Pyke. I Could Read the Sky is a haunting and lyrical film about identity, love, loss, and the...
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Peter Lilienthal – Dear Mr. Wonderful AKA Ruby’s Dream (1982)
Plot: Joe Pesci is a small man looking for a big break. Owner of a bowling alley and nightclub in Jersey, Ruby Dennis (Pesci) sets his sites on making it big in Vegas. But Ruby finds more than he...
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Joseph Losey – Time Without Pity (1957)
Quote:One of the powerhouses of the 1950s, Time Without Pity is the first film that Joseph Losey signed with his own name after being blacklisted and fleeing the U.S. In effect, it’s the film in which...
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Dominik Graf – Bittere Unschuld AKA Bitter Innocence (1999)
Bittere Unschuld AKA Bitter InnocenceAndreas Brandt is the head of the research department in a pharmaceutical company. He earns enough to build a future with his wife Monica and his daughter Eva. But...
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