An innkeeper and his wife have a second career involving the robbery and murder of stagecoach travellers staying at their isolated inn. And it’s up to a monk to stop the mayhem…Read More »

“This goofy, delightfully sophomoric British spoof on spaghetti westerns was made for only $15,000 and that, along with the booming faux-Morricone score, only heightens the humor. Filmed in lush, green southwestern England (doubling for arid New Mexico), it chronicles the exploits of taciturn hero No Name and his stereotypical Indian side-kick Running Sore as they search for the nefarious villain The Squint.” – All Movie GuideRead More »

synopsis – AMG:
Director of award-winning short films Ben Hopkins embarked on this ambitious feature project with Robert Jones, the producer of The Usual Suspects. The screenplay is inspired by Central European folklore, spaghetti Westerns and industrial history. But the film, which runs like a fable, has its roots in folktales rather than history. It is the end of the 19th century and progress has arrived in Silesia. Travelers do not stop at the town anymore because the railway track is laid past the small settlement. Incomes have dropped, and so has the number of inhabitants. Noah Taylor plays Simon, a ‘holy fool’ of sorts, persecuted by fellow villagers who hold him responsible for everything from the failure of the crops to the milk going sour. Read More »

“For freedom is the man that will turn the world upside down. Therefore, no wonder he has enemies.” – Gerard Winstanley (1609-1676)

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Winstanley explores the attempt by Gerrard Winstanley who formed ‘The Diggers’ and with a group of followers attempted to form a small farming community in one of the first proto-Communist attempts at collective agriculture.Read More »

A group of husbands with their wives participate in a reunion where everybody will find his hidden secret. The methods used are terrible, but usually work. Just usually.Read More »

A young mother, alone with her daughter, confides in a friend who happens to be the director herself. Chantal Akerman, although she sympathizes with the mother, does not say a word.Read More »

A sea captain leads an international crew and has to face moral questions after a disturbing accident.Read More »

It is for Kojika monogatari AKA Deer Friend (1991). The soundtrack is by Joe Hisaishi.Read More »

In 1995, director Steve James (of ‘Hoop Dreams’) returned to rural Southern Illinois to reconnect with Stevie Fielding, a troubled young boy to whom he had been an “Advocate Big Brother” ten years earlier.Read More »