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Colin Nutley – Under Solen aka Under the Sun (1998)
Under The Sun is a wonderful Swedish film about a lonely farmer, his slightly shady best friend and the beautiful, but mysterious, woman who steps into their lives. The movie, which was nominated for...
View ArticleFrançois Ozon – 5×2 (2004)
synopsis The rise and fall of one couple’s marriage goes under the microscope in this drama from French filmmaker François Ozon. Gilles (Stephane Freis) and Marion (Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi) have filed...
View ArticleJoseph Kane – Accused of Murder (1956)
Story Police detective falls for singer, gets involved with gangster killing. “http://nitroflare.com/view/CF43EF51423A2D2/Accused_of_Murder.avi” Language(s):English Subtitles:None
View ArticleAndrzej Domalik – Zygfryd (1986)
Quote: Set in 1936 in Poland. Zygfryd, a handsome, orphaned young circus acrobat with an introspective temperament, is under the protection of circus owner, Waldo, and his wife. A rich intellectual...
View ArticleJoseph Losey – Monsieur Klein (1976)
How can state-sponsored bigotry destroy the life of an “ordinary” citizen, one whose heritage should exempt him from such policies? The eponymous Mr. Klein (Alain Delon), a suave, single, wealthy...
View ArticleSam Peckinpah – Junior Bonner (1972)
Plot Synopsis from Allmovie Sam Peckinpah eschews his slow-motion bullet ballets for this quiet character study of ex-rodeo cowboy turned drifter Junior Bonner (Steve McQueen), who returns home to...
View ArticleLouis Feuillade – Judex (1916)
Occupying a delicious place between Victorian melodrama and superhero comic books, Judex is one of the great serials from the career of French movie pioneer Louis Feuillade. From his castle lair high...
View ArticleMarcel Camus – Os Pastores da Noite AKA Othalia de Bahia (1975)
The last theatrical film by Marcel Camus based on the identically named novel by Jorge Amado. Set in Bahia, the film presents three interconnected stories set amongst prostitutes, cardsharpers, pimps,...
View ArticleJaromil Jires – Zert AKA The Joke (1969)
Possibly the most shattering indictment of totalitarianism to come out of a Communist country, this film was completed just after the Soviet tanks rolled into the streets of Prague in 1968. It is an...
View ArticleKi-duk Kim – Hwal AKA The Bow (2005)
Plot: A sixty and something year old captain has been raising for ten years a girl since she was six in his old fishing vessel that is permanently anchored offshore with the intention of marrying her...
View ArticleAlan Parker – Midnight Express [+Extras] (1978)
All Movie Guide wrote: Midnight Express is a harrowing tale of a naïve American caught in a nightmare of his own making thousands of miles from his home. Billy Hayes (Brad Davis) is an American...
View ArticleLouis Bélanger – Route 132 (2010)
Quote: Road movies haven’t been a staple of Québecois cinema. Yet recently, there were two examples and I watched them back to back. One is the very low-key Papa à la chasse aux lagopèdes, a superb...
View ArticleRobert Altman – California Split [+Extras] (1974)
California Split By Roger Ebert / January 1, 1974 They meet in a California poker parlor. One wins, despite a heated discussion with a loser over whether or not a dealt card hit the floor. They drink....
View ArticleLouis King – Green Grass of Wyoming (1948)
In this sequel to MY FRIEND FLICKA and THUNDERHEAD, young Ken McLaughlin buys a trotting horse named Crown Jewel, intending to train and race her. However, Thunderhead, the stallion he released to the...
View ArticleYoon-ki Lee – Saranghanda, saranghaji anneunda AKA Come Rain, Come Shine (2011)
Synopsis Quote: Seoul, the present day. Yeong-shin (Im Su-jeong), who works for a publishing company, has been married to architect Hwang Ji-seok (Hyeon Bin) for five years. One Thursday, while he is...
View ArticlePierre Chenal – La foire aux chimères aka Carnival of Illusions (1946)
A word from an expert on the area: dbmonteil of the IMDb: “La Foire aux chimères” is a jewel, a sparkling diamond. It would deserve one hundred comments, and that would not be enough. Pierre Chenal...
View ArticleDario Bischofberger & Mirko Bischofberger – Katrina’s Dream (2018)
Katrina wishes to have children but her boyfriend Louis doesn’t. She falls in love with his best friend Ron, who becomes the man of her life. One night, returning drunk together from a birthday party,...
View ArticleSemih Kaplanoglu – Bugday AKA Grain (2017)
This film was inspired by a chapter from the Quran. It is a post-apocalyptic story set in a world where those that survive, are divided between the remnants of cities and agricultural zones. Both of...
View ArticleDominga Sotomayor Castillo – De jueves a domingo aka Thursday Till Sunday (2012)
Synopsis: Two children travel with their parents from Santiago Chile to the north of Chile for a family holiday. The landscape’s loneliness and the car’s confinement help bring out the couple’s...
View ArticleChristoph Hochhäusler – Dreileben – Eine Minute Dunkel AKA One Minute of...
The Dreileben trilogy comes to a nail-biting close with director Christoph Hochhäusler’s expert thriller, which also brings escaped felon Molosch—a peripheral character in the first two parts—into...
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