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Sidney J. Furie – The Entity (1981)
This big budget entry from the early ’80s horror boom is one of the most underrated of that genre. The…
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Abé Mark Nornes – Japanese Documentary Film: The Meiji Era through Hiroshima (2003)
Quote: Among Asian countries-where until recently documentary filmmaking was largely the domain of central governments-Japan was exceptional for the vigor…
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Benoît Jacquot – Au fond des bois (2010)
Inspired by a true story, this atmospheric drama set in 1865 explores the ability of passion to overcome one’s sense…
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Jean-Jacques Jauffret – Après le sud AKA Heat Wave (2011)
A modern drama freely based on real events. One sweltering afternoon in the south of France, four lives intersect: those…
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Claude Lanzmann – Un vivant qui passe AKA A Visitor from the Living (1997)
In 1979, while making his epochal Holocaust film, “Shoah,” Claude Lanzmann filmed this interview with Maurice Rossel, a Red Cross…
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Radu Mihaileanu – La source des femmes (2011)
A comedy/drama set in a village and centered on a battle of the sexes, where women threaten to withhold sexual…
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Aldo Fabrizi – La famiglia Passaguai AKA The Passaguai Family (1951)
PLOT SYNOPSIS: From the comedy “Cabin 27”, by Anton Germano Rossi. One Sunday at the beach of Ostia of cavalier…
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Éléonore Faucher – Gamines AKA Sisters (2009)
Lyon, France in 1970s, Sibylle, Corinne, and Georgette are sisters who share everything, as they live with their Italian mother.…
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Émile Cohl – Fantasmagorie (1908)
Description: Cohl made “Fantasmagorie” from February to May or June 1908. This is considered the first fully animated film ever…
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