• Jean-Daniel Pollet & Volker Schlöndorff – Méditerranée (1963)

    1961-1970ExperimentalFranceJean-Daniel PolletShort FilmVolker Schlöndorff

    Méditerranée is a 1963 French experimental film directed by Jean-Daniel Pollet with assistance from Volker Schlöndorff. It was written by Philippe Sollers and produced by Barbet Schroeder, with music by Antione Duhamel. The 45 minute film is cited as one of Pollet’s most influential films, which according to Jonathan Rosenbaum directly influenced Jean-Luc Goddard’s Contempt, released later the same year.[1] Footage for the film was shot around the Mediterranean, including at a Greek temple, a Sicilian garden, the sea, and also features a fisherman, a bullfighter, and a girl on an operating table.Read More »

  • Brett Whitcomb – GLOW: The Story of the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (2012)

    2011-2020Brett WhitcombDocumentaryUSA

    Synopsis:
    GLOW: THE STORY OF THE GORGEOUS LADIES OF WRESTLING is the true story of what happened behind the scenes of one of the most outrageous television shows in history. From 1986-92, the airwaves were ruled by GLOW—a neon and glitter-soaked reimagining of the World Wrestling Federation with an all-female cast . . . only with more skits, chainsaws, and personalized rap songs. This documentary, which inspired the hit Netflix series GLOW, chronicles the rise and fall of the iconic show through the stories of those who lived it. Produced DIY-style by filmmakers Brett Whitcomb and Bradford Thomason (THE ROCK-AFIRE EXPLOSION), GLOW: THE STORY OF THE GORGEOUS LADIES OF WRESTLING pays tribute to the incredible women who made it all possible. AGFA is thrilled to bring GLOW to Blu-ray for the first time, complete with enough extras to fuel three-thousand suplexes.Read More »

  • Luc Moullet – Une aventure de Billy le Kid aka A girl is a gun (1971)

    1971-1980Euro WesternsFranceLuc MoulletWestern

    “Reminiscent of the finale of Duel in the Sun, but pushed to the level of excruciating lunatic farce, with a touch of Fuller’s madness.”
    — Jonathan Rosenbaum

    IMDB:
    Despite most Cahiers du cinéma critics admired many western authors, when they themselves became filmmakers few dared to overtly revisit that genre. One year after Alejandro Jodorowsky’s El topo and as Sergio Leone premiered A Fistful of Dollars, Moullet charges full steam ahead with a wild western starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, taking this genre and one of its key characters to unexpected territory.Read More »

  • Howard Franklin – The Public Eye (1992)

    Drama1991-2000CrimeHoward FranklinUSA

    Quote:
    Leon Bernstein is New York’s best news photographer in 1942, equally at home with cops or crooks. The pictures are often of death and pain, but they are the ones the others wish they had got. Then glamorous Kay Levitz turns to him when the Mob seem to be muscling in on the club she owns due to some arrangement with her late husband. Bernstein, none too successful with women, agrees to help, saying there may be some good photos in it for him. In fact, he is falling in love with KayRead More »

  • Ulrich Seidl – Rimini (2022)

    Drama2021-2030AustriaComedyUlrich Seidl

    The death of his mother brings Richie Bravo back from his adopted home in Italy to his teenage bedroom in Lower Austria, where Charlton Heston is still flexing his biceps and Winnetou is still alive.Read More »

  • Alexandru Belc – Metronom (2022)

    2021-2030Alexandru BelcDramaRomania

    IMDb wrote:
    Romania, the autumn of the year 1972. Ana, a 17 year-old teenager, finds out that her boyfriend will flee the country for good in a few days. The two lovers decide to spend their last days together..Read More »

  • Umetsugu Inoue – Shi no jûjiro AKA Crossroads of Death (1956)

    1951-1960CrimeFilm NoirJapanUmetsugu Inoue

    Quote:
    Ise, a successful entrepreneur, accidentally murders his lunatic wife after he is spotted having an affair with his secretary, Harumi. In his attempt to perfect his crime, he drives to a remote quarry to bury his wife’s body, but along the way, he finds another dead body in the back of his car! Given no choice, Ise dumps both bodies. Meanwhile, Yoshie begins her search for her missing brother, Yoshihiko. After surprising twists and turns, Ise faces his fate.Read More »

  • Tengiz Abuladze – Skhvisi shvilebi AKA Somebody Else’s Children (1958)

    Tengiz Abuladze1951-1960ArthouseDramaGeorgia

    A widowed train engineer begins looking for a wife to help him raise his kids. He proposes to his girl friend, but she is not interested in caring for the children of another woman. Fortunately his persistence pays off and he finds a suitable wife and mother. Unfortunately, father turns out to be a selfish cad and when the old girl friend suddenly shows up again, he leaves his family without a backward glance. The angry wife also decides to leave, but just as she prepares to board the train, she sees the children running after her and decides to stay.

    Won awards at the international film festivals in Tashkent, Helsinki, London and Tehran.Read More »

  • Mark L. Lester – Truck Stop Women (1974)

    1971-1980ActionExploitationMark L. LesterUSA

    Synopsis:
    A mother and daughter who run a brothel for truckers fight back when the Mafia tries to take over their operation.Read More »

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