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Sergei Loznitsa – Schastye moe AKA My Joy (2010)
“My Joy” is a tale of truck driver Georgy. Georgy leaves his home town with a load of goods, but…
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Sinan Cetin – Cicek abbas AKA Abbas in Flower (1982)
Quote: It would be unfair to call Sinan Çetin just a filmmaker, despite the broadness of the term. He has…
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Kazuo Ikehiro – Mushukunin mikogami no jôkichi: Tasogare ni senko ga tonda AKA Mikogami Trilogy III: Slaughter in the Snow (1973)
SUMMARY In feudal Japan, women are vulnerable, in need of protection, and capable of deception. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter,…
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Kazuo Ikehiro – Mushukunin Mikogami no Jôkichi: Kiba wa hikisaita AKA Mikogami Trilogy I: The Trail of Blood (1972)
SUMMARY Can a sinful man change and find peace? It’s unlikely in gang-plagued Japan. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter (and…
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Mikhail Kalatozov – Soy Cuba aka I am Cuba [+Extras] (1964)
Synopsis (From IMDB) Four vignettes in Batista’s Cuba dramatize the need for revolution; long, mobile shots tell almost wordless stories.…
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Kent Jones & Martin Scorsese – A Letter to Elia [+Extras] (2010)
A very personal film by Martin Scorsese about the role of films Elia Kazan for the American cinema and for…
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Juanita Wilson – As If I Am Not There (2010)
A harsh dose of cinematic realism about a harsh time-the Bosnian War of the 1990s-Juanita Wilson’s drama is taken from…
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Enzo G. Castellari – Il Grande Racket AKA The Big Racket (1976)
Quote: Nico is a police inspector who is battling against gangsters who are terrorising an Italian town and extorting money…
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Carlos Reygadas – Stellet Licht aka Silent Light (2007)
The Carlos Reygadas guide to cinema: The film is everything: “I’m not pursuing ‘a career’, or trying to make a…
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