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A thorough analysis of the social- politics of Mexico, within the historical context of the Mexican Revolution reality. Includes footage of the 1910s, interviews with farmers, politicians, intellectuals, middle class, trade and unionists.Read More »
A tough, slobby, honest cop tries to simultaneously take down heroin dealers and a corrupt businessman who murdered a burglar, even if it costs him his life.Read More »
Synopsis
It’s a docudrama with a poetic writing and non-linear narrative. Specifically, it’s an “etnofiction”: it portrays the typical characters of Terra Fria, the Northeast of Portugal, showing secular habits in a majestic rural ambience. It’s one of the works that representes the New Cinema (Novo Cinema) Portuguese movement, and one of the first Portuguese docudramas.Read More »
Synopsis: Strange psychedelic movie with excellent soundtrack from Amon Duul II. A tragedy based on Friedrich Schiller’s drama “The Bride From Messina”, adapted to the modern scene and played in present-day Israel.Read More »
Letterboxd Review by Voc_17 ★★★½
Chu Yen-Ping was Taiwan’s factory comedy filmmaker, he shat out films quickly with an extreme tonal whiplash between scenes of broad comedy, action and pathos, he is a junk food artist and it’s hard to make a case for him as being an effective filmmaker dramatically. However, I’m going to try and make a case for this film and by extension him because I kind of liked this movie a decent amount. Hsu Pu-Liao was a popular stage comic who Chu wanted to place within a Chaplin type narrative, although whole Chaplin’s tramp was very poor he was never as downright miserable as Hsu is in this. The film will go especially early on from a broad but amusing comic setpiece to the stronger dose of pathos possible within a single cut, it’s bizarre but after awhile I felt it kind of working. Read More »
A young sailor finds himself trapped in the labyrinthine mansion of his occultist uncle, along with a number of eccentric and mysterious relatives who all seem to be harboring a dark secret.Read More »
Felix is a fire station aspirant. However, he has problems with the training. He’s scared, clumsy and uncertain about his career choices – but also for the upcoming adult life in general.Read More »
Valerie Steffan is a mysterious woman with dark hair and eyes, who talks like Adolph Hitler and likes to pick up men in bars. Only problem is instead of having a fab time, the guys end up drained of blood and wrapped in a webbed cocoon. And it’s because she’s actually a giant black widow spider! Several of the victims are former fiances or lovers of star Donna Mills. Is the killer jealous of her perfectly feathered blonde locks or white flare pant suits? Or is it just the nature of the “freak-o human fly?”Read More »
