This satire of post re-unification Germany follows a couple investigating the disappearance of a German social worker and the Polish family in his care. Their search takes them to the town of Rassau, where the remaining hostage takers are living undercover as a priest and a furniture wholesaler.Read More »
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Christoph Schlingensief – Terror 2000 – Intensivstation Deutschland AKA Terror 2000 (1992)
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Frank V. Ross – Hohokam (2007)
2001-2010ComedyDramaFrank V. RossMumblecoreUSAAfter an old friend’s visit ends, Lori is feeling a bit down. Bored with her job, agitated at home, and frustrated with money problems, Lori takes out her anger on her ex-marine boyfriend, Anson. However, after a broken mug, a trip to the zoo and a case of the shingles Lori’s mood changes.Read More »
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Christoph Schlingensief – Die 120 Tage von Bottrop AKA The 120 Days of Bottrop (1997)
Christoph Schlingensief1991-2000ComedyCultGermanyThe survivors of the old Fassbinder crew gather one last time to shoot a remake of Pasolini’s Salò. Meanwhile, the producer sends an agent to Hollywood to meet Udo Kier, Kitten Natividad and others on a mission to raise money and get ex-Visconti superstar Helmut Berger to appear in the film.Read More »
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Robert Siodmak – Der Mann, der seinen Mörder sucht AKA Looking for his Murderer (1931)
Robert Siodmak1931-1940ComedyCrimeGermanyWeimar Republic cinemaIt starts straight away with our young hero trying to shoot a bullet into his head. No explanation whatsoever is given as to his motives – moviegoers in the Germany of 1931 obviously did not need any. He is disturbed by a burglar and puts a contract on himself, so to speak. The burglar tells him that he will hit him in the near future and dutifully makes a cross on his back with a piece of chalk – not unlike the ‚M’ in Fritz Lang’s movie of the same year. With the cross on his back the young hero goes to a nightclub – and falls in love with a young girl. Of course he tries to rescind from the contract and desperately looks for the burglar, only to learn that he had passed on the job to a subcontractor! Not just any subcontractor, but the very same Jim, the man with the scar, as he solemnly declares.Read More »
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Sandra Kogut – Três Verões (2019)
2011-2020BrazilComedyDramaSandra KogutOver a trio of summers, a caretaker for luxury condominiums relies on her resourcefulness and her eye for opportunity to take advantage of whatever comes her way as her employers are caught in major corruption scandals.Read More »
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Bill Melendez & Phil Roman – Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don’t Come Back!!) (1980)
Bill Melendez1971-1980AnimationComedyUSAQuote:
Charlie Brown, Linus, Peppermint Patty and Marcie are chosen as exchange students, destined to spend two weeks in France. Of course, Snoopy and Woodstock join the French odyssey, which turns out to be a combination of mystery, intrigue and romance.Read More » -
Grigoriy Aleksandrov – Vesyolye rebyata AKA Jolly Fellows (1934)
Grigoriy Aleksandrov1931-1940ComedyMusicalUSSRSynopsis:
Yelena (Mariya Strelkova), a well-off would-be singer who can’t carry a tune, mistakes shepherd Kostya Potekhin (Leonid Utyosov) for a famous Italian conductor of a jazz orchestra and invites him to an elegant party held in her house. He plays his pan flute, which attracts the herd of animals from his kolkhoz to the dining tables. Yelena’s servant Anyuta (Lyubov Orlova) falls for Kostya. But Kostya is attracted to Yelena, and when she turns him down following the discovery of his real identity, he is very upset. He leaves for the city to try himself as a professional musician and finds himself in many comical situations. Eventually he joins a jazz band consisting of young “jolly fellows”. Read More » -
James Vaughan – Friends and Strangers (2021)
2021-2030AustraliaComedyDramaJames VaughanQuote:
When Ray and Alice bump into each other, they impulsively decide to go camping. On the trip, a series of bumbling romantic attempts fills the air with awkward tension. Back in Sydney, the mishaps continue as Ray hopes to secure a wedding videography gig at the home of a bizarre potential client.Read More » -
Alexander Kluge – Raumfahrt als inneres Erlebnis AKA Spaceflight as an Internal Experience (1999)
Alexander Kluge1991-2000ComedyGermanySci-FiNew sci-fi experimentation quite comical about a power failure during the launch of a Soviet rocket.Read More »









