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Frantisek Vlácil – Marketa Lazarová (1967)
Quote: In less than a minute, before the film’s opening titles even conclude, Marketa Lazarová has announced itself as something…
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Pilar Miró – El Crimen de Cuenca AKA The Cuenca Crime (1980)
The Cuenca Crime (79) became a cause celebre for critics of the limitation on freedom of expression in Spain (the…
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Cordelia Dvorak – John Berger or The Art of Looking (2016)
John Berger: The Art of Looking BBC Four Sun 6 Nov 2016 10.30pm-11.25pm Art, politics and motorcycles – on the…
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Argyris Papadimitropoulos – Suntan (2016)
Synopsis On a hedonistic Greek island, a middle-aged doctor becomes obsessed with a young tourist when she lets him tag…
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Saeed Roustayi – Abad va yek rooz AKA Life+1Day (2016)
The graphic account of a poverty-stricken family living in Tehran through the days before the youngest daughter of the family,…
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Mirjana Karanovic – Dobra zena AKA A Good Wife (2016)
Quote: Milena is a middle-aged wife and mother ensconced comfortably behind a gate in an upscale suburb of Belgrade. She…
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Various – Cinema16: European Short Films (Special US Edition) (1965 – 2005)
Quote: Cinema16 celebrates the short film by showcasing some of the best classic and award-winning shorts on DVD. Aside from…
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Akira Kurosawa – Ichiban utsukushiku AKA The Most Beautiful (1944)
The Most Beautiful is a wartime propaganda film depicting the efforts of female factory workers in a precision-lens manufacturing plant.…
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