2011-2020

  • Joe Swanberg – Drinking Buddies (2013)

    2011-2020ComedyDramaJoe SwanbergMumblecoreUSA

    Luke and Kate are coworkers at a brewery who spend their nights drinking and flirting heavily. One weekend away together with their significant others proves who really belongs together and who doesn’t.Read More »

  • Federico Caddeo – All the Colors of Giallo (2019)

    2011-2020DocumentaryFederico CaddeoHorrorUSA

    ‘Giallo’ is Italian for ‘yellow’, the color of the lurid pulp novels that inspired one of the most intense, extreme and influential genres in movie history. In this unprecedented collection, experience the full chronological evolution of giallo with more than 100 rare and classic trailers from such masters as Mario Bava, Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci, Sergio Martino, Antonio Margheriti, Umberto Lenzi and many more. Then slip on black leather gloves and set the mood with a Bonus CD of legendary soundtrack music from composers that include Ennio Morricone, Riz Ortolani, Bruno Nicolai, Stelvio Cipriani and others, along with all-new featurettes that thrust even deeper into the genre. “But be warned,” says Gizmodo.com, “Once you start going down the blood- slicked giallo rabbit hole, you may become dangerously obsessed.”
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  • Marilou Diaz-Abaya – Ikaw ang pag-ibig (2011)

    2011-2020DramaMarilou Diaz-AbayaPhilippines

    Vangie Cruz (Ina Feleo) is a rebellious woman whose family life and career as a video editor are disrupted when her only brother, a newly ordained priest, Fr. Johnny (Marvin Agustin), is diagnosed of Acute Myeloid Leukemia. As a sibling, Vangie is called upon to be a donor for Fr. Johnny’s bone marrow transplant. At first, Vangie is very reluctant. She has a clinical phobia for medical procedures, the reasons for which are rooted in an attempted, but botched, abortion which she suffered through many years earlier and has since been troubled about. Her life is saved by Dr. Joey Lucas (Jomari Yllana) with whom she has a love child, and whom she eventually marries. Vangie’s dysfunctional family gravitates around Fr. Johnny, and in their struggle to cope with his illness, find themselves drawn to Ina, begging for her intercession. Their prayers are answered, not so much by way of a miraculous cure for Fr. Johnny, but by the grace of conversion, of love, of forgiveness, reconciliation, and hope.Read More »

  • Woody Allen – Blue Jasmine (2013)

    Drama2011-2020ComedyUSAWoody Allen

    Jasmine French used to be on the top of the heap as a New York socialite, but now is returning to her estranged sister in San Francisco utterly ruined. As Jasmine struggles with her haunting memories of a privileged past bearing dark realities she ignored, she tries to recover in her present. Unfortunately, it all proves a losing battle as Jasmine’s narcissistic hangups and their consequences begin to overwhelm her. In doing so, her old pretensions and new deceits begin to foul up everyone’s lives, especially her own.Read More »

  • Anna Sofie Hartmann – Giraffe (2019)

    Drama2011-2020Anna Sofie HartmannDenmark

    Quote:
    A Danish summer: long days turn into blue nights. A tunnel is being built to connect Denmark and Germany. Three people meet and part ways again.Read More »

  • Kei Morikawa – Meikurûmu AKA Makeup Room (2015)

    2011-2020ComedyDramaJapanKei Morikawa

    For the production of a new adult video, make-up artist Tsuzuki (Aki Morita) finds herself in all sorts of chaos when she ends up as the only person taking care of a large and varied cast of adult video stars. From the low-end, ‘will do anything’ Sugar Sato (Mariko Sumiyoshi) to the stuck-up pro Masami Ayase (Beni Ito), seasoned nymph Masako (Riri Kuribayoshi) and the shy newbie Toshiko (Nanami Kawakami), Tsuzuki must navigate a minefield of egos, controlling directors, production issues and more to keep the cast and crew calm during a long and tiresome shoot!Read More »

  • Jesús Franco & Antonio Mayans – Revenge of the Alligator Ladies (2013)

    2011-2020Antonio MayansEroticaExperimentalJesus FrancoSpain

    FILM SYNOPSIS/BRIEF REVIEW:
    Jess Franco plays himself in this sly comedy in which he is engaged in directing another erotic film while the subject of his previous film, private detective Al Pereira, attempts to relate to the eccentric film making process of Jess Franco. Pereira also has difficult relationships with his son and women in general, illustrated in various amusing vignettes. He travels to Germany where he becomes accidentally involved in a sort of international espionage affair due to his presence at a Communist gathering.Read More »

  • Anna Muylaert – Que horas ela volta? AKA The Second Mother (2015)

    Drama2011-2020Anna MuylaertBrazil

    When the estranged daughter of a hard-working live-in housekeeper suddenly appears, the unspoken class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray.Read More »

  • Jeffrey Schwarz – I Am Divine (2013)

    2011-2020CampDocumentaryJeffrey SchwarzQueer Cinema(s)USA

    Quote:
    The Movie

    “Divine was my close friend and fearless muse. Who else could convincingly turn from teenage delinquent to mugger, prostitute, unwed mother, child abuser, fashion model, nightclub entertainer, murderess, and jailbird? All in the same movie? That’s why I am giving my full blessing to a new documentary feature film, I AM DIVINE, to be directed by award-winning filmmaker Jeffrey Schwarz.” — John WatersRead More »

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