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Jocelyne Saab – Dunia (2005)
Quote:After studying literature at Cairo University, Dunia, 23 years old, wants to become a professional dancer. She attends audition for an oriental dance contest where she recites Arabian poetry...
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Edgardo Cozarinsky – Ronda nocturna AKA Night Watch (2005)
Argentinean filmmaker Edgardo Cozarinsky’s 2005 feature Night Watch (or Ronda Nocturna) is a searing, scorching character study of Victor (Gonzalo Heredia), a young hustler dealing and pimping on the...
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Henry King – A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)
Tyrone Power pursues Betty Grable and becomes A YANK IN THE R.A.F., in this romantic drama set in the early days of WWII. For smooth-talking daredevil pilot Tim Baker (Power), flying is a game and the...
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Raoul Ruiz – La Recta Provincia (2007)
Synopsis:Once upon a time there was a man. He lived with his mother, and worked as the caretaker of a large country house in Chile. One day the man found a bone in the garden. The bone had holes in it...
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Seijirô Kôyama – Hachikô monogatari AKA Hachi-ko (1987)
Synopsis:A puppy was born in Akita Prefecture and sent as a gift to Professor Ueno of Tokyo University. Although professor’s wife does not want keep the dog. Professor Ueno loves the puppy so much and...
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Edgar Reitz – Stunde Null aka Zero Hour (1977) (DVD)
Synopsis:The narrative is set in the summer of 1945 in a small village outside Leipzig, where the Americans have just pulled back and been replaced by Soviet troops. The film follows the inhabitants...
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Julie Lopes-Curval – Mères et filles AKA Hidden Diary (2009)
Quote:In the 1950s, housewife Louise walked out on her family whilst her children were still young. She gave no indication of where she was going and hasn’t been heard of since. Her daughter, Martine,...
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Chantal Akerman – La folie Almayer AKA Almayer’s Folly (2011)
Quote:“Liberally adapted,” per onscreen credits, from Joseph Conrad’s first, same-named novel, helmer Chantal Akerman’s interpretation of “Almayer’s Folly” is as eccentric as “La Captive,” her take on...
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Yôjirô Takita – Okuribito AKA Departures (2008) (HD)
With the breakup of his Tokyo orchestra, a young cellist returns with his adoring wife to his hometown. Searching for work, he responds to a cryptic ad for work in “Departures”, only to find out that...
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Yimou Zhang – Jin ling shi san chai AKA The Flowers of War [+Extras] (2011)
A Westerner finds refuge with a group of women in a church during Japan’s rape of Nanking in 1937. Posing as a priest, he attempts to lead the women to safety. Extras:Five-Part Making-Of:The Birth of...
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John Ford – Two Rode Together (1961)
Recycling elements of My Darling Clementine and The Searchers in a bitter, latter-day light, this late Western by John Ford initiates the last, dark phase of the master’s vision of the corrupting...
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Zivojin Pavlovic – Zaseda AKA The Ambush (1969)
Idealistic young man supports the party and the new Yugoslavia’s communist regime, but soon gets involved in various political and criminal machinations becoming more and more confused about what’s...
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Luigi Comencini – La ragazza di Bube AKA Bebo’s Girl (1964)
Quote:The film is an excellent showcase for the talented and gorgeous Claudia Cardinale. She is the very soul of this movie and if you are a fan of hers you’ll not be disappointed. The movie was...
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Rustem Abdrashev – Podarok Stalinu AKA The Gift to Stalin (2008)
A Jewish child deported to Kazakhstan is saved and adopted by Kasym, an old Kazakh railway-man. Kasym gives him a Kazakh name, Sabyr, that in Kazakh language means humble. The child grows up in the...
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Yasuzô Masumura – Kono ko no nanatsu no oiwai ni AKA For My Daughter’s 7th...
The film is Yasuzo Masumura’s last feature film, based on Mio Saito’s novel which wons him a Seishi Yokomizo Award, shot by Setsuo Kobayashi, principle cinematographers of such Kon Ichikawa &...
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Luis Buñuel – Susana aka The Devil and the Flesh (1951)
Susana (Susana, demonio y carne or The Devil and the Flesh) is a 1951 film directed by Luis Buñuel. It is the story of a girl of questionable mental stability who escapes from incarceration and ends...
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Jianqi Huo – Nashan naren nagou AKA Postmen in the Mountains (1999)
Postmen in the Mountains (Chinese: 那山那人那狗; pinyin: Nàshān nàrén nàgǒu; literally “That Mountain, That Man, That Dog”) was a 1999 Chinese film directed by Huo Jianqi. A personal film, Postmen in the...
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Martín Rejtman – Los Guantes Mágicos AKA The Magic Gloves (2003)
Alejandro is a taxi driver about thirty- five years is suddenly in the midst of separations, violent weather changes, sudden wealth and characters who want to return to Argentina. 1.49GB | 1 h 25 min...
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Martín Rejtman – Silvia Prieto (1999)
Quote:A minimalist deadpan comedy involving drifting characters and objects, this film focuses on Silvia Prieto, a rather unexceptional young woman who on her 27th birthday resolves to make some...
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Andrew Horn – Doomed Love (1984)
Quote:Depressed after losing his lover a long time ago, Andre visits a psychiatrist. While in the doctor’s waiting room, he strikes up a friendship with Lois, the doctor’s receptionist, and later with...
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