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Bahram Beizai – Bashu, gharibeye koochak AKA Bashu, the Little Stranger (1989)
Quote: Hailed as one of the masterpieces of post-revolutionary Iranian cinema, Bashu, the Little Stranger opens during an Iraqi air-raid…
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Orson Welles – The Orson Welles Sketchbook (1955)
Orson Welles’ BBC series is basically a bunch of monologues by Welles, with some illustrations by Welles, about — theatre;…
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Wayne Wang – The Center of the World (2001)
Quote: “Richard, an isolated programmer who made millions with his company, meets a pretty girl in a café. The pretty…
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Yuuji Makiguchi – Tokugawa onna keibatsu-emaki: Ushi-zaki no kei aka Shogun’s Sadism aka Joy of Torture 2: Oxen Split Torture (1976)
a review by Ian Jane I don’t know what it is with Japanese cinema and it’s affinity for violence and…
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Yimou Zhang – Da hong deng long gao gao gua aka Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
Synopsis A young woman becomes the fourth wife of a wealthy lord, and must learn to live with the strict…
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John Irvin – Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979)
Complete 7-part, 290-minute BBC miniseries plus BBC interview – John Le Carre – The Secret Centre Complex but compelling, this…
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Claire Denis – Un beau soleil intérieur AKA Let the Sunshine In (2017)
Quote: The movie begins with a startling, intimate sex scene. A hefty middle-aged man is making love with an attractive…
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Jirí Menzel – Ostre sledované vlaky AKA Closely Watched Trains (1966)
Quote: “The entire town knows that I want to be a train dispatcher for the simple reason that I don’t…
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Michel Deville – Le mouton enragé AKA Love at the Top (1974)
Quote: Nicolas Mallet (Jean-Louis Trintignant, The Conformist), a naive bank clerk, meets Marie-Paule (Jane Birkin, Je Taime Moi Non Plus,…
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