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  • Henri Pachard – On The Loose (1987)

    Erotica1981-1990Henri PachardUSA
    On The Loose (1987)
    On The Loose (1987)

    As a couples relationship ends a series of encounters unfolds that eventually brings them back together.Read More »

  • Babette Mangolte & Marina Abramovic – Seven Easy Pieces (2007)

    Marina Abramovic2001-2010Babette MangolteExperimentalPerformanceUSA
    Seven Easy Pieces (2007)
    Seven Easy Pieces (2007)

    About the performing body and how it affects viscerally the people who confronts it, looks at it and participates in the transcendental experience that is its primary affect. The ceremonial and meditative are the common responses to the weeklong series of performances that took place in November 2005 in the Guggenheim Museum in New York. From an art event to a social phenomenon, the seven performances became the talk of the town because it created among the visitors a sense of sublimation like prayer. The film attempts to reveal the mechanisms of this transcendental experience by just showing the performer’s body living the events inscribed in each pieces with details that outline the body fragility, versatility, tenacity and unlimited endurance.
    —Babette MangolteRead More »

  • Phil Rosen – It Could Happen to You (1937)

    Phil Rosen1931-1940ActionAdventureUSA
    It Could Happen to You (1937)
    It Could Happen to You (1937)

    (1937, Republic) Alan Baxter, Andrea Leads, Owen Davis, Astrid Allwyn. Captivating story of two brothers, one good, one bad. The good one becomes a lawyer while the bad one resorts to crime and ultimately…Read More »

  • Don Siegel – The Beguiled (1971)

    Don Siegel1971-1980DramaThrillerUSA
    The Beguiled (1971)
    The Beguiled (1971)

    While imprisoned in a Confederate girls’ boarding school, an injured Union soldier cons his way into each of the lonely women’s hearts, causing them to turn on each other, and eventually, on him.Read More »

  • John Milius – Big Wednesday (1978)

    1971-1980ActionDramaJohn MiliusUSA
    Big Wednesday (1978)
    Big Wednesday (1978)

    The lives of some California surfers from the early ’60s to the ’70s.Read More »

  • Joel Silberg – Breakin’ (1984)

    Joel Silberg1981-1990ComedyDramaThe Cannon GroupUSA
    Breakin' (1984)
    Breakin’ (1984)

    Plot
    Kelly is a struggling young jazz dancer (Lucinda Dickey). Through her gay friend Adam (Phineas Newborn III), she is introduced to two Street dancers, Ozone (Adolfo Quiñones) and Turbo (Michael Chambers), who have a bitter rivalry with another crew known as Electro Rock, consisting of poppers Popin’ Pete (Timothy Solomon), Poppin’ Taco (Bruno Falcon) and Lollipop (Ana ‘Lollipop’ Sánchez). They also struggle to overcome scorn from Kelly’s dance instructor, Franco, who disapproves of her hybrid dance style and affiliation with street dancers. Kelly soon becomes the sensation of the street crowds. Through it all, the audience is treated to a variety of breakthrough performances, including Turbo’s “Broom Scene” and Taco’s unique popping solos during the dance battles at the Radiotron nightclub. Many hit songs are featured, including “There’s No Stoppin’ Us” by Ollie & Jerry and “Tour de France” by Kraftwerk.Read More »

  • Henri Pachard – Charm School (1986)

    Erotica1981-1990Henri PachardUSA
    Charm School (1986)
    Charm School (1986)

    A defiant young teenage girl is sent to a strict girl’s school in order to “straighten her out”, but she clashes with the stern headmistress while seducing the staff and student body.Read More »

  • Kevin Schreck – Persistence of Vision (2012)

    2011-2020AnimationDocumentaryKevin SchreckUSA
    Persistence of Vision (2012)
    Persistence of Vision (2012)

    A documentary about the animated film The Thief and the Cobbler (1993). Its production began in the 1960s and ended in the 1990s, but it wasn’t finished by the director, Richard Williams.

    Using mostly recent interviews with some of the younger colleagues of Williams, videos of William’s studio, bits of animation and historic footage of Williams himself director Schreck makes a compelling heartfelt tribute to one of the greatest ‘what if’s ” in animation history.Read More »

  • Gianfranco Rosi – Below Sea Level (2008)

    2001-2010DocumentaryGianfranco RosiUSA
    Below Sea Level (2008)
    Below Sea Level (2008)

    During a five year period an Italian filmmaker documents the world of down-on-their-luck individuals who live in a Californian desert trying to get by one day at a time. None of them has more than a vehicle, a dog and some clothes.Read More »

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