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Josef von Sternberg – The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
A young woman, Poppy, out for excitement in Shanghai, enters a gambling house owned by “Mother” Gin Sling, a dragon-lady…
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Johan van der Keuken – Het oog boven de put AKA The Eye Above the Well (1988)
A poetic depiction of life and ritual in the south Indian state of Kerala. We see how knowledge is passed…
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Pierre Granier-Deferre – Paris au mois d’août AKA Paris In The Month Of August (1966)
Henri is alone in Paris during the month of August while his wife and children go on vacation. By chance…
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Peter Godfrey – The Woman in White (1948)
Quote:A young painter stumbles upon an assortment of odd characters at an English estate where he has been hired to…
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Jean Dréville – La Fayette (1961) (DVD)
I’m the marquis de Lafayette !..or La Fayette ,the French spelling.The first thing to bear in mind is that ,at…
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Werner Nekes – Diwan (1974)
Quote:“Diwan, a lyric anthology, an outdoor movie with people. With people living in the surrounding precious and very beautifully photographed…
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Roy William Neill – Terror by Night (1946)
Synopsis:Holmes is hired by Roland Carstairs to prevent the theft of the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond owned by…
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Robert Beavers – The Hedge Theater (2002)
Beavers shot The Hedge Theatre in Rome in the 1980s. It is an intimate film inspired by the Baroque architecture…
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