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Jean-Luc Godard – Un film comme les autres AKA A Film Like Any Other (1968)
Quote: In the aftermath of the student demonstrations and worker strikes that swept across France in May 1968 and after,…
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Lino Brocka – Insiang (1976)
Quote: Jealousy and violence take center stage in this claustrophobic melodrama, a tautly constructed character study set in the slums…
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Edward Yang – Qing mei zhu ma AKA Taipei Story (1985)
Quote: Lung, a former member of the national Little League team and now operator of an old-style fabric business, is…
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Jack Cardiff – Sons and Lovers (1960)
Sons and Lovers At the Brattle through Saturday By William A. Nitze, March 26, 1962 0 Sons and Lovers does…
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André Farwagi – Le temps de mourir AKA The Time to Die (1970)
Synopsis: ‘Max Topfer is a successful businessman who lives alone, surrounded by bodyguards. One day, he receives a film which…
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Jean Epstein – Les berceaux (1931)
Here is the text for the poem by Sully Prudhomme that the song is based on: Le long du Quai,…
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Robert Frank – Last Supper (1992)
Quote: ‘Exterminating Angel’ ‘Parts of Last Supper resemble an educational film with directions for its use. It deals with the…
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Derek Jarman – Jubilee (1978)
Quote: Punks hail Britannia in their own peculiar way in this little-seen gem by the late queer auteur Jubilee (1978),…
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Hsiao-Hsien Hou – Ni luo he nu er AKA Daughter of the Nile (1987)
Synopsis: The eldest daughter of a broken and troubled family works to keep the family together and look after her…
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