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Eric Rochant – Un monde sans pitié aka Love Without Pity (1989)
synopsis The French Love Without Pity strikes different people different ways. To some, it’s the last word in profundity; to…
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Paul Bamborough – Arcadia (1990)
Set in the not to distant apocalyptic future. Earth is under invasion from computer/arcade aliens, tensions run high and teenagers…
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Didier Flamand – La vis (1993)
IMDB: Mr. K is a do-it-yourselfer and he works very seriously. One day he has a problem with one of…
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Renaud Fely – Pauline et François (2010)
Quote:Pauline et François contains little in the way of emotive revelations or garment rending histrionics. Its dramatic climax, if one…
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Rafael Baledón – El pantano de las ánimas aka Swamp of the Lost Souls (1957)
A small Mexican village faces the disappearance of a corpse. The dead man’s brother goes out to find his detective…
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Lars von Trier – Menthe – la bienheureuse (1979)
Even more so than The Orchid Gardener, this film anticipates Lars von Trier’s later work. The cross-wielding figure who emerges…
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Lars von Trier – Orchidégartneren AKA The Orchid Gardener (1977)
Lars von Trier submitted this film as part of his application to film school. Many of the aesthetic and thematic…
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Mario Monicelli & Steno – Guardie e Ladri aka Cops and Robbers (1951)
IMDb: Toto most successfully attempts to go one better than Chaplin in this entry in which he cleverly uses his…
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Alexander Payne – Citizen Ruth (1996)
“Ruth Stoops is a poor indigent drug-user (a huffer – inhaling glue and paint for a high) whose down and…
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