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Dae Hyung Lim – Merry Christmas Mr. Mo (2016)
Gi Ju-bong (Right Now Wrong Then) plays a taciturn, lonely widower with a secret or two. Mo Geum-san’s provincial life…
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Woo-jin Jang – Gyeo-wul-ba-me AKA Winter’s Night (2018)
A middle-aged couple visit a temple, where they had spent their first night together thirty years previously. On their way…
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Lucian Pintilie – De ce trag clopotele, Mitica? AKA Why Are the Bells Ringing, Mitica? (1981)
Quote:Based on a theatrical text by Romanian writer Ion Luca Caragiale (1852-1912), who was a bitter and funny witness of…
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Federico Fellini – Otto e mezzo aka 8½ [+ commentaries] (1963)
Quote: 8 1/2 weaves fluidly through the visually intoxicating landscape of Federico Fellini’s subconscious, seemingly to seek inspiration and validation…
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Woody Allen – Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Quote:Woody Allen spent most of the 1980s and ’90s veering between comedy and drama, and he rarely combined the two…
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Yôichi Takabayashi – Naomi (1980)
Synopsis:Naomi throws a party for her 23rd birthday at a luxurious salon. The host, Joji Kawai, Naomi’s 38-year-old husband, is…
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Mikio Naruse – Okasan aka Mother (1952)
Synopsis:Based on a girl’s prize-winning school essay on the subject of “My Mother”. Mizuki Yoko fashioned one of her most…
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Wim Wenders – Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
Plot:Aging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro’s takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by…
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James Benning – On Paradise Road (2020)
Filmed at Benning’s home in Val Verde during the first month of the pandemic, the film is a portrait of…
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