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Andrew T. Betzer – Young Bodies Heal Quickly (2014)
Quote: Young Bodies Heal Quickly, Andrew T. Betzer’s first feature after a storied career as a short film-maker, is about as personal as a narrative fiction can get: Betzer wrote, directed, produced,...
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Rauni Mollberg – Maa on syntinen laulu AKA The Earth is a Sinful Song (1973)
“The Earth Is a Sinful Song” is the somewhat misleadingly lyrical title of this film. It is based on a novel set in Finnish Lapland in 1947-48 and concerns itself, in unusually intimate detail, with...
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Barry Davis – Play for Today: Brimstone and Treacle (1987)
Dennis Potter’s most controversial work by a country mile, BRIMSTONE AND TREACLE was a BBC Play For Today production that tackled an almost unthinkable subject. A bickering, middle-aged couple with a...
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Amos Kollek – Fiona (1998)
Quote: Fiona is a crack-smoking prostitute. She lives a reckless life outside the law where she kills three cops with the same nonchalance with which she turns tricks… Gritty and unsparing, the film...
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Claude Chabrol – La cérémonie aka A Judgement in Stone (1995)
Synopsis: In the 1960s and early ’70s, Claude Chabrol was celebrated as the Gallic Hitchcock for his crisp, character-rich thrillers. La Cérémonie, his 1997 hit adapted from Ruth Rendell’s novel A...
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Antonio Pietrangeli – La visita AKA The Visitor [+Extras] (1964)
Synopsis by Sandra Brennan In this drama, a single woman approaching 40 grows bored of her affair with a married trucker and writes to a singles column. She ends up paired with an outwardly...
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Pierre Chenal – Le Dernier Tournant AKA The Last Turning (1939)
Plot summary: Frank, a vagabond, arrives at a service station on a mountain road near to Marseilles. The kindly old owner, Nick, offers him a job which he accepts. Frank is instantly attracted to...
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Jan Sverák – Kolja AKA Kolya (1996)
Synopsis: Franta Louka is a concert cellist in Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia, a confirmed bachelor and a lady’s man. Having lost his place in the state orchestra, he must make ends meet by playing at...
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Lisandro Alonso – Jauja (2014)
Synopsis: The vision of Lisandro Alonso, the blinding photography of Kaurismäki’s regular cameraman and the use of actor/musician Viggo Mortensen combined to ensure a magic result. A Danish military...
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Frank Ripploh – Taxi zum Klo (1980)
Quote: In this autobiographical feature, Frank Ripploh plays himself: a German elementary-school instructor who lives a double life in his beloved Berlin, socializing with his fellow teachers only...
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Francesco Rosi – Tre fratelli AKA Three Brothers [+Extra] (1981)
PLOT & Review: From a village of the Murge (Apulia) three telegrams are sent: “Mom died. Your father. ” The three Giuranna brothers return to the family home after many years of absence. F. Rosi...
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Mikhail Kalatozov – Letyat zhuravli AKA The Crane’s are Flying (1957)
Veronica and Boris are walking in the streets of Moscow and they love each other. Veronica is laughing, cause they are happy together this morning. They see some cranes in the sky. When arriving to...
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Liliana Cavani – La pelle aka The Skin [+Extras] (1981)
Based on the short stories of Curzio Malaparte, The Skin is Liliana Cavani s controversial look at the aftermath of the German occupation of Italy during WWII and the equally difficult results of life...
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Jan Troell – Här har du ditt liv AKA Here’s Your Life (1966)
jwarthen-3 on IMDb wrote: A beautiful bildungsroman– a young man goes wandering through the world, making his way as he goes and meeting vivid people. The material isn’t romantic– poverty is general,...
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Ming-liang Tsai – Jiao You AKA Stray Dogs [+Extra] (2013)
Synopsis: A single father makes his meager living holding up an advertising placard on a traffic island in the middle of a busy highway. His children wait out their days in supermarkets before they...
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Kinji Fukasaku – Kuro bara no yakata AKA Black Rose Mansion (1969)
Synopsis: A feverishly perverse 1969 film noir oddity starring female impersonator Akihiro Maruyama. When wealthy Kyohei hires singer “Black Rose” to perform in his exclusive men’s club, he gets more...
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Carlos Saura – Peppermint Frappé (1967)
Synopsis: ‘Julian, a middle-aged single doctor, meets his childhood friend Pablo again. The latter is back from Africa and has just married a beautiful young blonde, Elena. Julian falls in love with...
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Kelly Reichardt – Wendy and Lucy (2008)
Synopsis (Sensesofcinema) Traversing the West in search of work in Alaska, Wendy (Michelle Williams) and her dog, Lucy, are separated when Wendy’s car breaks down in a nameless, borderline decrepit...
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Eric Rohmer – Le rayon vert (1986)
From Notebook Reviews: Crystallizing various facets of his Comédies et Proverbes cycle while radically departing from others, the diaristic 1986 beauty Le rayon vert is one of Éric Rohmer’s greatest...
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Patrick Brice – The Overnight (2015)
Alex, Emily, and their son, RJ, are new to Los Angeles. A chance meeting at the park introduces them to the mysterious Kurt, Charlotte, and Max. A family “playdate” becomes increasingly interesting as...
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