A spurned lover seeks a rich man for revenge. A random onlooker — who witnessed the public assault committed by the rich man against the lover — seeks for monetary compensation for his smashed computer. The lover’s and the onlooker’s lives intertwine as two people collaborate. The onlooker’s fate faces an unpredictable turn and mirrors the lover’s life.Read More »
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Yimou Zhang – You hua hao hao shuo AKA Keep Cool (1997)
1991-2000ComedyHong KongYimou Zhang -
Marcel Carné – La Merveilleuse Visite AKA The Marvelous Visit (1974)
1971-1980DramaFantasyFranceMarcel CarnéQueer Cinema(s)

Synopsis
Jean stars as an angel who has fallen from heaven and landed in a picturesque French village.
Nursed back to health by the local priest and his helper, he returns the favor in a surprising fashion.Un matin, le recteur d’un petit village breton découvre le corps d’un jeune inconnu gisant nu sur la grève.
Au presbytère où on l’a transporté, l’inconnu retrouve ses esprits et déclare
qu’il est un ange tombé du ciel. Précisément la nuit de la Saint-Jean.Read More » -
Joe Berlinger & Bruce Sinofsky – Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (2011)
USA2011-2020Bruce SinofskyCrimeDocumentaryJoe Berlinger

A further investigation into the arrest of three teenagers who were wrongfully convicted of killing three young boys in Arkansas and spent nearly 20 years in prison before being released because DNA evidence proved their innocence.Read More »
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Maurice Lehmann & Claude Autant-Lara – Fric-Frac (1939)
1931-1940Claude Autant-LaraComedyCrimeFranceMaurice Lehmann

Synopsis:
Marcel works as assistant to a jeweller whose bossy daughter Renée keeps hitting on him. When he meets lovely Loulou and her lazy friend Jo, he is fascinated by the girl and somehow attracted by their world : Loulou and Jo are crooks. As Marcel naively tries to bring some morality in their lives, the pair turn him into an unwilling accomplice in the robbery of his boss’s jewels.Read More » -
Robert Hossein – Toi… le venin AKA Blonde in a White Car (1958)
Robert Hossein1951-1960FranceMysteryThriller

Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Robert Hossein was writer, director and star of the suspense melodrama Toi le Venin. Picked up by a beautiful motorist, jobless hitchhiker Pierre (Hossein) is subsequently romanced by the girl. Immediately thereafter, however, she dumps him, attempting to run him over as a final insult. Memorizing her license number, Pierre pursues the enigmatic motorist. Arriving at her home, Pierre is met by two young ladies (Marina Vlady and Odelle Versois), either one of whom might be the woman he’s looking for. The rest of the film concerns Pierre’s efforts to figure out which of his two hostesses intends to do him further harm.Read More » -
Joe Berlinger & Bruce Sinofsky – Paradise Lost 2: Revelations (2000)
1991-2000Bruce SinofskyCrimeDocumentaryJoe BerlingerUSA

Quote:
Harrowing, provocatively-intense and emotionally-charged documentary about the ever so fascinating but disturbing Robin Hood Hills murders case. Sharply directed and engrossingly formated with multi-dimensional angles that delve into the human psyche and makes one think liberally and often inquisitively about the way our justice system operates and the possibility of evil at liberty and innocence imprisoned!Read More » -
Satyajit Ray – Pratidwandi aka The Adversary (1970)
1961-1970ClassicsDramaIndiaSatyajit RaySiddhartha Chowdhury, a brilliant medical student, is forced to leave his studies after his father’s sudden demise. He is forced to navigate the high unemployment rate and the communist socio-political climate of 1960s Calcutta in search of a job.Read More »
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Carol Reed – Penny Paradise (1938)
Carol Reed1931-1940ComedyUnited Kingdom

A Liverpool tug boat captain finds he’s won a fortune on the penny pools and it changes his life. However, after giving up his job and throwing a large expensive party, he discovers that he may not really have won after all.Read More »
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Satyajit Ray – Jana Aranya AKA The Middleman (1975)
1971-1980DramaIndiaSatyajit RayA bright and idealistic young man steels himself for the dog-eat-dog business world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls.Read More »


