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Sam Green’s intimate portrait of pioneering experimental composer and musician Annea Lockwood gives a glimpse into the enthralling world of sound that she has been creating and exploring for many years.Read More »
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Sam Green – Annea Lockwood / A Film About Listening (2021)
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Levan Koguashvili – Brighton 4th (2021)
2021-2030DramaGeorgiaLevan Koguashvili

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In this portrait of parental sacrifice and the love of a father for his son, former wrestler Kakhi (played by real-life Olympic champion Levan Tediashvili) embarks on a journey from his home in the Republic of Georgia to visit his son Soso (Giorgi Tabidze) in the Russian-speaking neighborhood of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. There he finds him living in a shabby boarding house populated by a colorful group of fellow Georgian immigrants. Soso is not studying medicine, as Kakhi believed, but is working for a moving company and has accrued a $14,000 gambling debt to a local Russian mob boss. Kakhi sets his mind to helping his hapless son out of his debt, leading to situations as often comic as they are dire. Lensed by Oscar-nominated cinematographer Phedon Papamichael (The Trial of the Chicago 7, Nebraska), Levan Koguashvili’s Brighton 4th won three major awards at the Tribeca Film Festival – Best International Film, Best Actor, and Best Screenplay – and is Georgia’s official submission to the 94th Academy Awards.Read More » -
Jeff Frost – Flawed Symmetry of Prediction (2013)
2011-2020ExperimentalJeff FrostShort FilmUSAQuote:
As the shadow of night falls across the American West a lone man begins his work. Far from the confines, calamity, and culture of society, multimedia artist and storyteller Jeff Frost sifts through the visual dregs of places and people who once were.Combining still and time-lapse photography with motion, music, and art, Frost reveals a world rarely seen. Rooted in science and the exploration of space, Frost’s work explodes with light, fire, and sound, utilizing 2D and 3D perspective, leading the viewer on a unique visual journey through worlds both real and imagined.Read More »
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Masahiro Shinoda – Fukuro no shiro AKA Owls’ Castle (1999)
1991-2000DramaEpicJapanMasahiro ShinodaAs the great military commander Hideyoshi was consolidating his power across Japan, one of his actions was to wipe out a clan of assassins, killing every man, woman and child he found in the village. Years later, one of the survivors has hired a young but skilled assassin to avenge the deaths of his friends and family. His mission: to sneak into the most heavily guarded castle in Japan, and kill the supreme ruler of the country.Read More »
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Abbas Kiarostami – Bozorgdasht-e mo’Allem AKA Tribute to the Teachers (1977)
1991-2000Abbas KiarostamiDocumentaryIranPoliticsSYNOPSIS:
An assignment from the Ministry of Education, this documentary from the last years of the Pahlavi dynasty includes interviews with government officials who predictably praise teaching as a sacred, noble, and honorable profession. The teachers who are also interviewed are less starry-eyed: one speaks of ungrateful students and the job’s poor pay. The contrasting views reflect Kiarostami’s interest in education while registering some of his reservations about how it is practiced.Read More » -
Iradj Azimi – Utopia (1978)
1971-1980ArthouseFranceIradj AzimiSci-FiAfter a painful separation from the woman he loved, Julien (Laurent Terzieff) leaves his apartment.
He goes in search of his yesterday friends but no one answers him and the town stays silent.
So Julien is leaving the city in search of his childhood, his old school and his favorite teacher.
To the children who are here today he speaks a language that charm them
as it also charms the discreet Sylvie (Dominique Sanda)
His original teaching method is not to the taste of everyone.
It will even provoke the hostility of the parents and the administration. He’s fired.
Continuing his way, Julien goes to the sea and enters the sea.
The classroom doors suddenly open and a huge crowd of children
suddenly appears at the top of the dunes preparing to invade the beaches.
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Luàna Bajrami – La colline où rugissent les lionnes AKA The Hill Where Lionesses Roar (2021)
Luàna Bajrami2021-2030DramaKosovoQuote:
Three young and free-spirited women decide to escape their daily lives and form a gang.Read More » -
Jules Dassin – Nazi Agent (1942)
1941-1950CrimeDramaJules DassinUSA

Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a surprise visit from his estranged twin brother and Nazi spy, Baron Hugo Von Detner, his world is thrown into turmoil. Threatening Becker with deportation, Hugo forces him to use his shop as a front for espionage. But when Becker’s friend Professor Sterling turns up dead, Becker accidentally shoots his brother and assumes his identity.Read More »
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Alfred L. Werker – Repeat Performance (1947)
1941-1950Alfred L. WerkerFilm NoirMysteryUSASynopsis:
Sheila kills her husband at the start of the film with a smoking gun. We don’t know how or why. All we know is men are banging on her door and she escapes. There is a notable dialogue as she makes her way to a New Years celebration with Richard Basehart as the poet William Williams. As she goes up the stairs to John Friday’s apartment (her producer), she wishes she could relive the year and undo what she has done. William Williams, in an offhand remark, states he wishes he was the one who shot Barney, her erstwhile husband. We see that Destiny is not too happy with making changes to her plans.Read More »






