Drama

  • Tom DiCillo – Living in Oblivion (1995)

    1991-2000ComedyDramaTom DiCilloUSA

    This ultimate tribute to all independent filmmakers takes place during one day on the set of a non-budget movie.Read More »

  • Filip Bajon – Magnat AKA Magnate (1987)

    1981-1990DramaFilip BajonPoland

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    Film traces the fascinating saga of princely Polish dynasty in years 1900-1935. In 1900 Prince Hans von Teuss entertains Emperor Wilhelm II with a bison hunt at his palatial residence. He finds out many years later that his wife was emperor’s lover and divorces her. In the ’20s, during the Silesian uprisings, Prince’s son Konrad befriends foreman’s son. In 1932, the Prince, now married to younger Marisca, becomes paralyzed and confined to wheelchair. His diabolical elder son takes over the ruined estate and unknown to his father becomes associated with Hitler’s supporters.Read More »

  • Nobuhiko Ôbayashi – Tengoku ni ichiban chikai shima AKA The Island Closest to Heaven (1984)

    1981-1990ArthouseDramaJapanNobuhiko Obayashi

    A high school girl travels to the island of New Caledonia and has magical adventures.Read More »

  • Jos Stelling – Rembrandt fecit 1669 (1977)

    Jos Stelling1971-1980DramaNetherlands

    With very little dialogue, this Dutch film artfully details the declining years of the legendary master artist, Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-69), who ended his days in near-poverty. In the movie, van Rijn has just moved to Amsterdam and, following the death of his wife, takes to riotous living with easy women and too much drink, spending himself into penury. The filmmakers have taken great care to ensure that what is seen on the screen resembles the lively paintings of the Great Master himself. (Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide)Read More »

  • Oumarou Ganda – Saitane AKA Satan (1973)

    1971-1980African CinemaArthouseDramaNigerOumarou Ganda

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    A sorcerer (played by the director himself) controls all activities in a village. Manipulating the different parties, the sorcerer promises love, good health and riches in exchange for the most extravagant rewards. One day someone exposes him, and the sorcerer becomes the laughing stock of the whole village. Desperate, he throws himself off a cliff.Read More »

  • Mary McGuckian – The Price of Desire (2015)

    2011-2020BelgiumDramaMary McGuckian

    The Price Of Desire is a film that revolves around a triangular tale of insidious chauvinism of Eileen Gray (Orla Brady), the remarkable bisexual designer, architect, and artist from Ireland. The film is set in and around e1027, the iconic villa that was her most abiding work. It delves deep into the controversy of how Le Corbusier (Vincent Perez), the egotistical ‘Father of Modernism,’ defaced its walls and also erased Eileen’s moral right of being recognized as the architect. He even erased her ownership of the house that she created with so much affection for her lover and his friend, Jean Badovici (Francesco Scianna).Read More »

  • Bob Fosse – Star 80 (1983)

    1981-1990Bob FosseDramaUSA

    from allmovie:
    Director Bob Fosse’s fact-based tale of Playboy centerfold Dorothy Stratton’s short life and gruesome death focuses less on Stratton (Mariel Hemingway) than on her husband-manager, sleazoid pornographer and all-around failure Paul Snider (Eric Roberts, ideally cast). He sees the young beauty as his meal ticket and sets out to pimp her in the adult entertainment business. He marries her and appoints himself her career manager; soon after, she attracts the attention of Playboy executives and wins a spot in the magazine. As her success increases however, so does Snider’s alienation as he finds himself left out in the cold. His jealousy begins to consume him; she spurns him on the advice of her new friends; he goes berserk and confronts her. The same murder-suicide inspired the made-for-television Death of a Centerfold. This was choreographer/filmmaker Bob Fosse’s final film.Read More »

  • Kristoffer Borgli – Syk pike AKA Sick of Myself (2022)

    2021-2030ComedyDramaKristoffer BorgliNorway

    Increasingly overshadowed by her boyfriend’s recent rise to fame as a contemporary artist creating sculptures from stolen furniture, Signe hatches a vicious plan to reclaim her rightfully deserved attention within the milieu of Oslo’s cultural elite.Read More »

  • Amos Gitai – Kadosh (1999)

    1991-2000Amos GitaiDramaIsrael

    Set in the Mea Sherim quarter of Jerusalem, an enclave of the ultra-Orthodox, Kadosh explores a hermetic world almost never seen on the screen. Here, for ten years, the pious Rivka (Yael Abecassis) has devoted herself to her husband Meir (Yoram Hattab), but their marriage remains childless. Presumed barren, she is rejected by her community, which prizes children above all else.

    The story that follows relates the harrowing fate of Rivka, and also here beloved sister Malka (Meital Barda), in love with a young man who has fled the community to lead a secular life.Read More »

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