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Benjamin Christensen – Witchcraft Through the Ages AKA Häxan [William S. Burroughs version] (1968)
Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen’s legendary 1922 silent film Häxan uses a series of…
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Cyril Schäublin – Unrueh AKA Unrest (2022)
New technologies are transforming a 19th-century watchmaking town in Switzerland. Josephine, a young factory worker, produces the unrest wheel, swinging…
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Kristin Thompson – Motifs of Destruction in DAISIES (2022)
With her radically anarchic Czechoslovak New Wave landmark DAISIES, director Věra Chytilová set out, in her own words, “to make…
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Hans-Jürgen Syberberg – Karl May (1974)
Quote:In the last decades of the 19th century, Karl May (1842-1912) was the most successful author in Germany. For 30…
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Rob Houwer – Anmeldung aka Registration (1964)
Nursing homes in Holland have a long waiting list. It has become customary to register as early as possible to…
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Li Ma – Inmates AKA Qiu (2017)
Quote:In a confined section of a psychiatric ward in Northeast China, patients of schizophrenia, mania, depression, compulsive sexual behaviour and…
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Roman Polanski – The Ghost Writer (2010)
A ghostwriter hired to complete the memoirs of a former British prime minister uncovers secrets that put his own life…
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Qiu Jiongjiong – Jiao má táng huì AKA A New Old Play (2021)
Quote:The leading clown role in a renowned theatre troupe passes on, and is welcomed into the Underworld. As he relives…
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George P. Breakston & C. Ray Stahl – Oriental Evil (1951)
Set in post war Japan, the film tells the tale of a woman (Martha Hyer) looking for her missing brother.…
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