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Alain Guiraudie – Du soleil pour les gueux AKA Sunshine for the Scoundrels (2001)
The earlier of Guiraudie’s two medium-length films looks forward to both No Rest for the Brave and The King of…
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Norbert Carbonnaux – Le temps des oeufs durs (1958)
SummaryGarage attendant Louis Stainval is a shy daydreamer with no money. One day, he wins a large sum of money…
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Peter Tscherkassky – The Exquisite Corpus (2015)
Synopsis:The Exquisite Corpus is based on various erotic films and advertising rushes. I play on the “cadavre exquis” technique used…
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Jean Yarbrough – Abbott & Costello: The Naughty Nineties (1945)
Abbott and Costello’s The Naughty Nineties offers a million laughs and a nickel’s worth of plot. Most of the film…
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Jean Dréville – Le joueur d’échecs AKA The Devil Is an Empress AKA Chess Player (1938)
1776. Along with Lithuania and Prussia, Poland has succumbed to the might of the Russian Empire, but a determined resistance…
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James B. Harris – Some Call It Loving AKA Sleeping Beauty AKA Dream Castle [+Commentary](1973)
In this modern day re-imagining of Sleeping Beauty, a disillusioned musician named Robert obtains a carnival act from a sleazy…
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Tôichirô Narushima – Seigen-ki AKA Time Within Memory (1973) (HD)
Quote:[Toichiro Narushima’s] Time Within Memory (1973) was one of Takemitsu’s favorites films, but remains out of print. Film Critic Fritz…
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Guillaume Brac – Le naufragé AKA Stranded (2009)
Le naufragé (2009) Quote:Luc goes off on his bicycle to forget his problems. A suit of accidents make him spend…
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