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Louis Bélanger – Route 132 (2010)
Quote: Road movies haven’t been a staple of Québecois cinema. Yet recently, there were two examples and I watched them…
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David Miller – Love Happy (1949)
Quote: The story [based on one by Harpo Marx], such as it is, deals with a chase for a priceless…
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Alan Parker – Midnight Express [+Extras] (1978)
All Movie Guide wrote: Midnight Express is a harrowing tale of a naïve American caught in a nightmare of his…
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Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly – Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
Summary: In 1927, Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are a famous on-screen romantic pair. Lina, however, mistakes the on-screen romance…
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Igor Alejnikov & Gleb Alejnikov – Tractors and other shorts (1984 – 1987)
From an article by Natasha Drucbek-Meyer: Quote: Russian Parallel Cinema is a unique tradition. It appeared in the Soviet Union…
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Jaromil Jires – Zert AKA The Joke (1969)
In the 1950’s, Ludvik Jahn was expelled from the Communist Party and the University by his fellow students, because of…
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Marcel Camus – Os Pastores da Noite AKA Othalia de Bahia (1975)
The last theatrical film by Marcel Camus based on the identically named novel by Jorge Amado. Set in Bahia, the…
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Philippe Grandrieux – Il se peut que la beauté ait renforcé notre résolution – Masao Adachi (2011)
Grandrieux pays an homage to Masao Adachi, a Japanese filmmaker with a turbulent past and now a recluse in his…
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Budd Boetticher – A Time for Dying (1969)
Synopsis This unique western centers on an innocent farm boy with a talent for handling guns who decides to make…
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