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Stephen Quay & Timothy Quay – The PianoTuner of EarthQuakes (2005)
Plot Outline: Dark fairytale about a demonic doctor who abducts a beautiful opera singer with designs on transforming her into a mechanical nightingale. Quote: To watch The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes...
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Alexandre Stockler – Cama de Gato AKA Cat’s Cradle (2002)
Three young hedonistic sociopaths find themselves in deep, deep trouble in Alexandre Stockler’s ugly 2002 teen drama Cat’s Cradle. Longtime pals and recent high school graduates Gabriel (Cainan...
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Claude Gagnon – Keiko (1979)
Keiko is a 23-year-old lonely virgin who lives in a tiny room, and hopes to meet someone in the cafe she frequents. After a bad affair with one of the other diners, she vows to give up men. She then...
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Penny Woolcock – The Principles of Lust (2003)
Synopsis: Crippled by his writer’s block, Paul enters into a new, exciting relationship with risk-taking Billy and super-sexy Juliette. As it becomes increasingly tangled, however, he must choose one...
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Yasuo Furuhata – Gokuchu no kaoyaku AKA Prison Boss (1968)
Synopsis: Ken Takakura stars in yet another bad-ass Prison film, in “Prison Boss”. Here, rival gangs battle it out over ownership of a bicycle race track. The outside life for the yakuza mimics prison...
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David Robert Mitchell – The Myth of the American Sleepover (2010)
An official selection of Cannes Critics Week and winner of the Special Jury Prize at SXSW, THE MYTH OF THE AMERICAN SLEEPOVER is a youthful and tender coming-of-age drama from first-time...
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Curtis Burz – Das Sommerhaus AKA The Summer House (2014)
Stars: Sten Jacobs, Anna Altmann, Jaspar Fuld, Nina Splettstößer, Stephan Bürgi, Natascha Zimmermann, Felix Witzlau, Tobias Frieben, León Delor A haunting portrait of a well-established German family...
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George Schaefer – An Enemy of the People (1978)
Synopsis: Based on a play by Henrik Ibsen. A small forest town is trying to promote itself as a place for tourists to come enjoy the theraputic hot springs and unspoiled nature. Dr. Stockmann,...
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Yasuo Furuhata – Eki Station aka Station (1981)
A very beautiful film. This is a Ken Takakura vehicle, and as such follows his formula. Takakura plays to type as the laconic brooder who suffers multiple tragedies with manly stoicism. While the...
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Daisuke Itô – Hangyakuji AKA The Conspirator (1961)
Synopsis: During an era of civil wars, in the 7th year of Tenso, Yoshimoto Imagawa was overthrown by Oda Nobunaga with the help of Ieyasu Tokugawa. Ieyasu’s wife, Lady Tsukiyama, was of the ruined...
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Gianluigi Calderone – Appassionata AKA Passionate (1974)
Synopsis Otherworldly beauty Ornella Muti headlines this erotic drama centered on the tale of a woman who struggles with her sexual independence after entering into a loveless marriage of convenience....
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John Cassavetes – Too Late Blues (1961)
Plot synopsis from allmovie.com After his pioneering independent film Shadows (1960), actor/writer/director John Cassavetes made his major studio directorial debut with this gritty, low-key drama...
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David N. Gottlieb – Game Show Models (1977)
Plot Synopsis: A young man goes to work for a sleazy Hollywood PR firm and becomes disillusioned with the exploitation and incompetence he finds there. When his assignations with a female client are...
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Yimou Zhang – Qian li zou dan qi AKA Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005)
A young Japanese film maker is in hospital in Tokyo. His estranged father tries to visit, but the son refuses to see him. So, as a gesture of reconciliation, the father decides to go to China to...
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Wim Wenders – Hammett (1982)
The plot Based in part on detective-fiction writer Dashiell Hammett’s early experiences as a Pinkerton detective, this moderately-noir film has Hammett (using his little-known first name, Sam)...
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Mauro Bolognini – Senilità (1962)
Based on Italo Svevo’s great novel so admired by James Joyce, this atmospherically photographed film is set in old Trieste and centers on a middle-aged public official and his unrequited love for a...
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Mia Hansen-Løve – Eden (2014) (HD)
Mia Hansen-Løve’s Eden, co-written with her brother Sven Hansen-Løve, is based on 20 years of his life as a DJ of electronic music, during the heyday of French Touch. While it is as personal as her...
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Solveig Melkeraaen – Flink Pike AKA Good Girl (2014)
Quote: A feel good film about depressions. About being able to do it all, but losing it in a severe anxiety attack. About controlling angst together with the family, and be able to laugh of it all,...
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Sidney Lumet – Network (1976)
Quote: “Network” will shake you up. Paddy Chayefsky’s absurdly plausible and outrageously provocative original script concerns media running amok. Faye Dunaway and William Holden, each in two of their...
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Mitsuo Yanagimachi – Saraba itoshiki daichi AKA Farewell to the Land (1982)
Even though this film has (ofifcially) no involvement by Kenji Nakagami, it still feels totally like one of his stories. People familiar with his writings set in Wakayama will cerntainly recognize a...
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