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Govindan Aravindan – Kummatty AKA The Bogeyman (1979)
Kummatty is adapted from a Central Kerala folk tale about a partly mythic and partly real magician called Kummatty. Kummatty…
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Joan Braderman – Joan Does Dynasty (1986)
Quote: “Long before the advent of Slavoj Zizek, U.S. academic Joan Braderman in 1986 offered a bracing exercise in standup…
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Raoul Ruiz – Colloque de chiens AKA Dog’s Dialogue (1977)
Synopsis: A charming tale of murder, perversity and narrative echoes told through shots of barking dogs and a La jetée-like…
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Yûji Makiguchi – Onna gokumon-chô: Hikisakareta nisô AKA Nuns That Bite AKA Torn Priestess (1977)
Synopsis: By Yûji ‘Shogun’s Sadism’ Makiguchi. Another medieval tale of barbarism amidst civilized Japan. A girl urinates right in front…
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Helmut Käutner – Der Apfel ist ab AKA The Original Sin AKA The Apple Fell (1948)
Lubitsch wrote: Time again to raise more interest in post war German cinema before the Heimatfilm wave and Käutner’s witty…
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Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt – Havana Motor Club (2015)
Reforms have offered opportunity in Cuba but the children of the Revolution are unsure of the best route forward. For…
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Ingmar Bergman – Vargtimmen AKA Hour of the Wolf [+Extras] (1968)
Quote: Madness and demonism, present in many of Bergman’s films, are made the explicit themes of Hour of the Wolf.…
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Kamal Selim – El azima AKA The Will (1939)
Plot: A young couple, Muhammad and Fatima, fall in love and get married. However, their bliss is cut short when…
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Jean Negulesco – Alice in Movieland (1940)
Synopsis: In a U.S. town that could be anywhere, 18-year-old Alice Purdee wins a free trip to Hollywood. With the…
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