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Hisayasu Satô – Hitozuma korekutâ aka Wife Collector (1985)
Cult “pink” director Hisayasu Sato’s films typically focus on unusual relationships among the alienated dregs of urban society, and this…
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José Padilha & Felipe Lacerda – Ônibus 174 AKA Bus 174 [+Extras] (2002)
Review (by Jamie Russell,) : Life is cheap in this searing Brazilian documentary about the real-life hijacking of a bus…
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Tengiz Abuladze – Natvris khe aka The Wishing Tree (1976)
This adaptation of Giorgi Leonidze’s short stories sees twenty-two episodes coalesce into one phantasmagoric narrative. Set in pre-revolutionary Georgia, it…
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Noribumi Suzuki – Ôoku jûhakkei AKA Dolls of the Shogun’s Harem (1986)
Plot Summary A new shogun is appointed to the throne when his brother dies. He find out that the former…
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Elia Kazan – America, America (1963)
Quote: One of the greatest movies about immigrant experience of coming to America is Elia Kazan’s epic journey America, America…
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Yakov Protazanov – Don Diego i Pelageya aka Don Diego and Pelageya (1928)
Careless and merciless bureaucratic machine turns a case of 80 year old peasant Pelageya Demina about crossing a railroad in…
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Hellmuth Costard – Fußball wie noch nie AKA Soccer As Never Before (1971)
The sun shone on Old Trafford on 12th September 1970 as Manchester United beat Coventry 2:0 in a league match.…
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Raoul Ruiz – La Ville des pirates AKA City of Pirates (1984)
City of Pirates (La Ville des pirates, France/Portugal, 1983) Raúl Ruiz’s City of Pirates is (de)composed under the sign of…
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