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Ali Hatami – Toughi AKA The Ring-necked Dove (1970)
There is an old saying in Farsi, “if you catch a Toughi to keep, it will bring bad omens to…
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Philip Sotnychenko – La Palisiada (2023)
Ukraine, 1996. 5 months before the moratorium on the death penalty, two old friends, a police detective and a forensic…
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Johan van der Keuken – Vakantie van de filmer AKA The Filmmaker’s Holiday (1974)
In a small, depopulated village of the Aude province of France, an elderly couple confides to the “vacationer”‘s camera their…
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Anthony Mann – Winchester ’73 (1950)
Synopsis: In a marksmanship contest, Lin McAdam wins a prized Winchester rifle, which is immediately stolen by the runner-up, Dutch…
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa – Dramadas: Modae kurushimu katsuji chûdoku-sha jigoku no miso zô AKA Wordholic Prisoner (1990)
An early TV film by Kurosawa, one of two for the Dramada (1990-1993) series. Stars Kurosawa regulars Ôsugi Ren and…
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Masaki Kobayashi – Ningen no jôken AKA The Human Condition: I. No Greater Love (1959)
Quote: Masaki Kobayashi’s six-part magnum opus, The Human Condition, based on Junpei Gomikawa’s postwar novel, bears the imprint of Kobayashi’s…
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Hermann Vaske – Die zehn Gebote der Kreativität AKA The 10 Commandments of Creativity (2001)
“Imitation is the sincerest form of plagiarism” proclaims Hopper. Having struggled to crack his brief he decides the only honorable…
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Giannis Dalianidis – Ela na… gymnothoume, darling (1984)
During the summer of 1984, on a sun-kissed Greek island somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea, Stathis and his army of…
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José María Yazpik – Polvo (2019)
After a ten year absence, “El Chato” returns to San Ignacio, his hometown, in order to retrieve a shipment of…
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