• Michelle Citron – Daughter Rite (1980)

    1971-1980DocumentaryDramaMichelle CitronUSA
    Daughter Rite (1980)

    Quote:
    “Daughter Rite is a classic, the missing link between the ‘direct Cinema’ documentaries and the later hybrids that acknowledged truth couldn’t always be found in front of a camera lens. Scandalous in its day for bending the rules of representation to enlighten its audience about filmmaking, DAUGHTER RITE has a lot to teach folks hooked on reality TV, too. Citron’s documentary inquiries into feminism, women in the trades, and feminist approaches to media representation are time capsules that merit re-opening.”
    -B. Ruby Rich, author of ” Chick Flicks: Theories and Memories of the Feminist Film Movement”Read More »

  • Hanns Schwarz – Bomben auf Monte Carlo AKA Bombs Over Monte Carlo (1931)

    1931-1940ComedyDramaGermanyHanns SchwarzWeimar Republic cinema
    Bomben auf Monte Carlo (1931)

    Summary:
    The captain of a battleship of a small Balkan country is fed up with following strange orders from the country’s queen, who wants to make a cruise to the Med inspite of the fact that the country is broke and the crew didn’t get its salary. So he decides to disobey orders and commands his ship to Monte Carlo, but the queen decides to go there too. He loses his money there at the casino, but the queen falls in love with him. Written by Stephan Eichenberg {eichenbe}Read More »

  • Armand Weston – Take Off (1978)

    1971-1980Armand WestonEroticaUSA
    Take Off (1978)

    Don Juan-like playboy doesn’t get old, but his photographs do. One day he takes a couple to see adult movies. Hardcore version of Oscar Wilde’s Dorian Gray.Read More »

  • Joey Moe – Ripple (2023)

    Crime2021-2030DenmarkJoey MoeMystery
    Ripple (2023)

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    Examines the reasons for people’s obsession with macabre true crime stories.Read More »

  • Matthew Marconi – Truce (2005)

    2001-2010DramaMatthew MarconiUSAWestern
    Truce (2005)

    Modern western detailing the drama of a man struggling to hold on to his ranch and struggling to raise a granddaughter he never knew.Read More »

  • Theodore Witcher – Love Jones (1997)

    1991-2000DramaRomanceTheodore WitcherUSA
    Love Jones (1997)

    Synopsis
    Steeped in the bohemian cool of Chicago’s 1990s Black creative scene, love jones—the smart, sexy, and stylish debut feature of writer-director Theodore Witcher—is a love story for anyone who has ever wondered: How do I know when I’ve found the one? Larenz Tate and Nia Long have magnetism and chemistry to burn as the striving, artistically talented twentysomethings—he’s a poet, she’s a photographer—who spark over their love of literature and jazz, but whose mutual reluctance to commit to a relationship leaves them both navigating an emotional minefield of confusion, jealousy, and regrets.Read More »

  • Ryoha Hatanaka – Chimata no ko AKA Child of the Streets (1924)

    1921-1930DramaJapanRyoha HatanakaSilent
    Chimata no ko (1924)

    Quote:
    Tokyo Cinema Shokai, known for filming the damage caused by the Great Kanto Earthquake, produced propaganda films and various other filming jobs for government agencies, public organizations, and companies, but they also actively produced and sold educational feature films by inviting feature film directors. This film, which depicts the rehabilitation of a delinquent boy, can be considered a representative educational feature film from the company. Starring Natsukawa Shizue, who was a star in Nikkatsu’s contemporary feature films before she became a star, the film is supported by actors from the Shingeki Kyokai, led by director Hatanaka Ryoha, including Izawa Ranja, who left his mark on the history of new theater from the late Taisho to early Showa periods.Read More »

  • Bohdan Kosinski – Zegarek AKA Watch (1977)

    1971-1980Bohdan KosińskiDocumentaryPolandShort Film
    Zegarek (1977)

    Quote:
    Record of the preparation of the election for employee of the year in one of the Warsaw companies. The contest procedure is complex and multi-stage. Conscientiousness and honesty, but also social work. The winner’s prize is a watch.

    In the cadre we see typical scenes from the company of the People’s Republic of Poland, relations of the director with employees, stretching meetings, slogans on the walls and ubiquitous cigarettes.Read More »

  • Fred Niblo – The Mark of Zorro (1920)

    1911-1920AdventureFred NibloSilentUSA
    The Mark of Zorro (1920)

    Quote:
    The Mark of Zorro is a 1920 American silent Western romance film starring Douglas Fairbanks and Noah Beery Sr. This genre-defining swashbuckler adventure was the first movie version of The Mark of Zorro. Based on the 1919 story The Curse of Capistrano by Johnston McCulley, which introduced the masked hero, Zorro, the screenplay was adapted by Fairbanks (as “Elton Thomas”) and Eugene Miller.Read More »

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