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  • Paul Schrader – Cat People (1982)

    Drama1981-1990FantasyPaul SchraderUSA
    Cat People (1982)
    Cat People (1982)

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    After looking for years for his long lost sister, Irena Gallier (Nastassja Kinski), Paul (Malcolm McDowell) finally finds her and has her come to New Orleans, where he’s currently living. While there, she gradually discovers the truth about their bizarre past and falls for a zoo curator.Read More »

  • Alfred Hitchcock – The Wrong Man [+extras] (1956)

    1951-1960Alfred HitchcockClassicsFilm NoirUSA

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    Synopsis:
    Manny Ballestero is an honest hardworking musician at New York’s Stork Club. When his wife needs money for dental treatment, Manny goes to the local insurance office to borrow on her policy. Employees at the office mistake him for a hold-up man who robbed them the year before and the police are called. The film tells the true story of what happened to Manny and his family.Read More »

  • Miguel Arteta – Duck Butter (2018)

    2011-2020ComedyDramaMiguel ArtetaQueer Cinema(s)USA

    Two women, who are dissatisfied with the dishonesty they see in dating and relationships, decide to make a pact to spend 24 hours together hoping to find a new way to create intimacy.Read More »

  • John Schlesinger – Midnight Cowboy (1969)

    Drama1961-1970John SchlesingerQueer Cinema(s)USA

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    In 1969, following an anti-establishment path blazed famously by Bonnie and Clyde, then-X-rated Midnight Cowboy lumbered into the cinema consciousness and swiped the Best Picture Oscar. While Hollywood was producing Hello, Dolly! (also nominated that year), Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight and director John Schlesinger were chronicling the bizarre tale of a wannabe male prostitute and a sickly cripple trying to survive together on the New York City streets.Read More »

  • Lois Weber & Phillips Smalley – The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916)

    Drama1911-1920Lois WeberPhillips SmalleySilentUSA

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    from the Milestone Films website:

    “Pavlova’s artistry is something that we are often asked to take on faith, something where you had to be there. Watching The Dumb Girl, you are there!” — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker

    In the early 20th century, when few stars were known by name, no woman had greater worldwide fame than ballet dancer and choreographer Anna Pavlova. Unlike movie actresses, whose celebrity spread with the international distribution of their films, Pavlova’s renown had to be earned theater by theater, performance by performance. Her legendary art was, by its nature, ephemeral. Still, no one traveled farther or worked harder than this slight daughter of a Russian laundress.Read More »

  • Howard Hawks – The Big Sleep [Prerelease] (1945)

    1941-1950ClassicsCrimeHoward HawksUSA

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    Summoned by the dying General Sternwood, Philip Marlowe is asked to deal with several problems that are troubling his family. Marlowe finds that each problem centers about the disappearance of Sternwood’s favoured employee who has left with a mobster’s wife. Each of the problems becomes a cover for something else as Marlowe probes.Read More »

  • Sidney Lumet – That Kind of Woman (1959)

    Drama1951-1960ComedySidney LumetUSA

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    Red (Tab Hunter) meets and falls in love with Kay (Sophia Loren) even though he understands she’s a “kept woman”. It was intended to be Loren’s breakthrough American movie, but failed at the box office. “That Kind of Woman” stands up well thanks to a script by the then blacklisted Walter Bernstein, a strong supporting cast and good performances by Hunter and Loren in the prime of their youth.Read More »

  • Sidney Lumet – Fail-Safe (1964)

    1961-1970Sci-FiSidney LumetThrillerUSA

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    Synopsis
    When a military computer error deploys a squadron of SAC bombers to destroy Moscow, the American President (Fonda) tries to call them back. But their sophisticated fail-safe system prevents him from aborting the attack, so he must convince the Soviets not to retaliate. In desperation, the President offers to sacrifice an American city if his pilots succeed in their deadly mission over Moscow. A four-star techno-thriller that builds tension and suspense with every tick of the nuclear clock.
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  • Robert E. Fulton – Inca Light (1972)

    1971-1980DocumentaryExperimentalRobert E. FultonUSA

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    Interpretive documentary in Peru featuring Machu Pichu.

    “Book-ended by the most awe-inspiring shots of the sky that I’ve literally ever seen, Fulton’s Inca Light might also serve as one of the most impressive ethnographic documents available.”
    – M Kitchell (letterboxd)Read More »

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