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Marco Dutra & Juliana Rojas – As Boas Maneiras AKA Good Manners (2017)
Clara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of São Paulo, is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana as the nanny for her unborn child. The two women develop a strong bond, but a fateful night changes their...
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Rainer Sarnet – November (2017)
Quote: NOVEMBER is set in a pagan Estonian village where werewolves, the plague, and spirits roam, Rainer Sarnet’s third feature film is a bold, twisted fairy tale about unrequited love. In NOVEMBER,...
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Ralph Thomas – The 39 Steps (1959)
A remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s film of the same name. A man meets a woman and goes home with her, only to find her murdered. When he finds out that she was a secret agent and that he’s now mixed up in...
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François Ozon – L’amant double AKA The Double Lover (2017)
Quote: Chloé, a fragile young woman, falls in love with her psychoanalyst, Paul. A few months later she moves in with him, but soon discovers that her lover is concealing a part of his identity....
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Yûya Ishii – Yozora wa itsudemo saikô mitsudo no aoiro da AKA The Tokyo Night...
A love story between a building-site labourer, whose best friend suddenly drops dead, and an overstressed, underpaid nurse....
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Su-jin Lee – Jeogui sagwa AKA Enemy’s Apple (2007)
On a hot summer day in a blind alley, a police officer and a laborer, both who have fallen behind from their units, are confronting each other. What they are wearing represents their status and makes...
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Arnold Laven – The Rack (1956)
Wounded and weakened in Korean prison camps, GIs descend from the plane that returned them to U.S. soil. It is a time of tearful family reunions. A time of uncertainty about how to help traumatized...
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Baltasar Kormákur – A Little Trip to Heaven (2005)
Quote: After a suspicious fatal car accident in Hastings where the identity of the victim was forged, the Quality Life insurance company sends their smart investigator Abe Holt (Forrest Whitaker) to...
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Valeska Grisebach – Western (2017)
A group of German construction workers start a tough job at a remote site in the Bulgarian countryside. The foreign land awakens the men’s sense of adventure, but they are also confronted with their...
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Shinji Aoyama – Helpless (1996)
Yasuo is a gangster just released from jail. Believing his boss double-crossed him, enraged Yasuo is on his way to find the boss. But before setting out for the dangerous trip, Yasuo asks Kenji to...
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Isabel Coixet – Mi vida sin mí AKA My Life Without Me (2003)
Description: Ann, 23 years old, lives a modest life with her two kids and her husband in a trailer in her mother’s garden. Her life takes a dramatic turn, when her doctor tells her that she has...
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Jean-Pierre Melville – Léon Morin, prêtre (1961)
Jean-Paul Belmondo delivers a subtly sensual performance in the hot-under-the-collar Léon Morin, Priest (Léon Morin, prêtre), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. The French superstar plays a devoted man...
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Alan Parker – Angela’s Ashes [+ Commentary] (1999)
Plot: Based on the best selling autobiography by Irish expat Frank McCourt, Angela’s Ashes follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against all odds to escape the poverty...
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Agnieszka Holland – The Third Miracle (1999)
Description: The Vatican sends a priest to verify some miracles, performed by a woman who has been nominated for sainthood. During his investigation, the priest, who is experiencing a crisis of faith,...
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Gérard Blain – Le Rebelle AKA The Rebel (1980)
Quote: “De Gérard Blain, on se souvient d’abord de l’acteur qui accompagna les débuts de la Nouvelle-Vague, que ce soit chez Chabrol (le beau Serge , les cousins) ou Truffaut (les mistons). On oublie...
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Andrey Konchalovskiy – Ray AKA Paradise (2016)
Quote: Paradise tells the compelling story of three individuals, Olga, Jules and Helmut, whose paths cross amidst the devastation of war. Olga, a Russian aristocratic immigrant and member of the...
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Jean Epstein – Finis terrae (1929) (HD)
Quote: Polish-born Jean Epstein’s Finis Terrae is momentous. While every film exists on a sliding scale of expression whose opposite poles are documentary and fiction, this film in particular does...
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Georges Franju – Judex (1963)
Quote: Favraux, an unscrupulous banker, receives a threatening note, signed by “Judex”, demanding that he pay back the people he has swindled. He refuses, and apparently dies after a midnight toast at...
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Pier Paolo Pasolini – Mamma Roma (1962)
Anna Magnani is Mamma Roma, a middle-aged prostitute who attempts to extricate herself from her sordid past for the sake of her son. Filmed in the great tradition of Italian neorealism, Mamma Roma...
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Serge Bozon – Madame Hyde AKA Mrs. Hyde (2017)
Mrs. Géquil (Isabelle Huppert) is an eccentric teacher despised by her colleagues and students. On a stormy night, she is struck by lightning. She begins to embody a powerful alter ego, Mrs. Hyde,...
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