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Darezhan Omirbayev – Shilde AKA July (1988)
Review: Darezhan Omirbaev’s penchant for spare, elliptical narrative, muted figures, and disembodied framing (most notably, of hands and feet) have…
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Ayse Toprak – Mr Gay Syria (2017)
Mr. Gay Syria follows two gay Syrian refugees who are trying to rebuild their lives. Husein is a barber in…
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Federico Fellini – Il bidone AKA The Swindle (1955)
Synopsis:Aging small-time con man Augusto, who swindles peasants, works with two younger men: Roberto, who wants to become the Italian…
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Michelangelo Antonioni – La signora senza camelie AKA The Lady Without Camelias (1953)
The third feature film by cinema master Michelangelo Antonioni, La signora senza camelie [The Lady Without Camelias], expanded the expressive…
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Brian G. Hutton – The First Deadly Sin (1980)
Synopsis:A serial killer is stalking New York. Inspector Edward X. Delaney is an NYPD detective, nearing retirement, who is trying…
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Kostas Karagiannis – The Devil’s Men AKA Land of the Minotaur (1976)
A satanic cult kidnaps three young people and Priest Donald Pleasence and Costas Skouras must save them from the hands…
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Tay Garnett – Stand-In (1937)
Synopsis:Atterbury Dodd is an efficiency expert who believes everything can be reduced to mathematics. He is sent to Hollywood to…
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Raoul Walsh – Under Pressure (1935)
Two members of a crew of “sandhogs”, men who work on an underwater tunnel project, battle each other over the…
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Sacha Guitry – Ils étaient neuf célibataires AKA Nine Bachelors (1939)
Filmmaker Sacha Guitry’s only cinematic contribution for 1939 was Ils Etaient Neuf Celibataires, released stateside as There Were Nine Bachelors.…
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