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Eugène Green – La Sapienza (2014)
Synopsis: Named for the famous seventeenth-century Roman church Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza, which was designed by the legendary architect (and Bernini…
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Kira Muratova – Melodiya dlya sharmanki AKA Melody for a Street Organ (2009)
Quote: Kira Muratova, the grande dame of Eastern European cinema returns with her richest, most imposing vision of societal decay…
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Jean-Marie Straub – La madre (2012)
La madre (The Mother).3rd version. 2011. Switzerland. Dir. Jean-Marie Straub. Based on Dialogues with Leucò, by Cesare Pavese. With Giovanna…
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Chinlin Hsieh – Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema (2014)
Synopsis In 1982 a small group of Taiwanese filmmakers reinvented Asian cinema, among them, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Edward Yang. Travelling from…
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Jennifer M. Bean, Anupama Kapse, Laura Horak – Silent Cinema and the Politics of Space (2014)
In this cross-cultural history of narrative cinema and media from the 1910s to the 1930s, leading and emergent scholars explore…
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Djordje Kadijevic – Leptirica AKA The Butterfly (1973)
Yugoslavian vampire horror film Directed by Djordje Kadijevic in 1973 Cast: Mirjana Nikolic, Petar Bozovic , Slobodan Perovic, Vasja Stankovic…
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Bent Hamer – 1001 Gram (2014)
Quote: When Norwegian scientist Marie attends a seminar in Paris on the actual weight of a kilo, it is her…
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Till Kleinert – Der Samurai (2014)
A wolf strives through the woods around an isolated German village. Jakob the young local police officer is onto him,…
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Theodoros Angelopoulos – O thiasos aka The Traveling Players (1975)
Here is an excellent overview of the film that provides a ton of background information that greatly helps in understanding…
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