1971-1980

Directed by Hiromichi Horikawa, this tragedy follows a terminally ill girl, featuring standout performances from Eri Ishida, Kyōko Kagawa, and Frankie Sakai — Kagawa earning a Japan Academy nomination for Best Supporting Actress.Read More »

imdb:The story follows a group of women in a maternity ward for women with complicated pregnancies. The women have different ages and background, but in spite of their differences they develop a special bond. They go through ups and downs together, while each of them wait for their children to be born, with both hope and fear.Read More »

In Istenmezeje, a small village in the county of Heves, time appears to be standing still.
The majority of young people who have just finished local elementary school,
are willing to fall in line with pressure from the community,
and follow the paths taken by their parents and grandparents:
the boys go to work in the mine, the girls get married.Read More »

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Premiered at the Galleria Milano for the inauguration of the Hammer and Sickle exhibition in 1973, this 16mm film is made by Enzo Mari with the work group of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia students in Spring 1971. The film collects the exclusive witnesses of union spokepersons, the employees and the workmen at the Minganti, Sasib, Comi Rhodiatoce, Châtillon and the Petrochemical factory in Porto Marghera.Read More »

Lucienne Delamare and Pierre Maury are having an affair. Lucienne’s husband Paul is the mayor, and a French deputy. Pierre’s wife Clotilde has been weak and sickly for years. Lucienne’s husband holds no excitement for her, and he is always away in Paris on business. Pierre is now the vice-mayor, thanks to Paul. Lucienne and Pierre have a secret meeting spot by a lake along a country lane. Pierre’s wife dies suddenly, by suicide the town gossips believe. Pierre confesses otherwise to Lucienne. Paul proposes a shady land deal which will “benefit the town”, and wants Pierre’s political support and collusion. Then Paul discovers proof of his wife’s affair…Read More »

A compelling and revealing exploration of one person’s psyche in crisis: combines elaborate split-screen and multi-voice soundtrack to produce a self-portrait at once satiric and poignant.Read More »

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The film is set in Karafuto after the radio broadcast of the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War. On August 15, 1945, Soviet forces invaded Karafuto. On August 20, the postal telegraph office in Maoka suspended operations and nine of the twelve telephone operators committed suicide by taking potassium cyanide while the city was being invaded.Read More »

The true story of a 16 year old (Robin Lee Graham, played by Joseph Bottoms) who sailed alone around the world in a 23 foot sloop named “The Dove”. On his journey he meets and falls in love with a young woman (Patti Ratteree, played by Deborah Raffin) who is also traveling around the world. The story follows Robin around the world to many beautiful locals, as he grows from a boy to a man, finds himself, and finds the love of his life.Read More »

“The random babblings of another loser” is what anti-hero Barney speaks into his recorder, as he winds up his verbal memoirs in this pretentious, overwritten example of what happens when would-be filmmakers used the handy format of XXX porn in its early period (1973) to make a movie. It sums up the duo of directors’ work as well.Read More »