• Felix Jacoves – Homicide (1949)

    1941-1950CrimeFelix JacovesFilm NoirUSA

    FULL SYNOPSIS
    In the desert resort town of Glorietta Springs, near Los Angeles, farm laborer Brad Clifton arrives at the Webb Ranch, looking for work. Mrs. Webb, the farmer’s wife, directs Clifton to the lemon groves, but there, he encounters Nick Foster and Pete Kimmel with Webb’s body. They order him to claim that he saw a drunken Webb fall off the tractor. When Clifton tries to get away, they shove money at him and threaten to tell the police that he murdered the man. Clifton does as he is told, and a coroner’s jury determines that Webb died as the result of an accident.Read More »

  • Peter Weir – The Last Wave (1977)

    1971-1980AustraliaMysteryPeter WeirThriller

    Quote:
    Nominally a supernatural thriller, Peter Weir’s third feature resonates with the director’s underlying fascination with the collision between the modern, rational world and the primordial mysteries of older belief systems. In The Last Wave, the keys to an enigmatic murder, as well as baffling disturbances in the weather, are gradually revealed to an Australian lawyer (Richard Chamberlain) within the shadowy, nomadic culture of aborigines living in and around Sydney who until now were presumed to be assimilated into its modern–and white–social fabric. Read More »

  • Juan José Campanella – Luna de Avellaneda AKA Moon of Avellaneda (2004)

    2001-2010ArgentinaDramaJuan José Campanella

    Description:
    Long ago, a quirk of fate installed Roman Maldonado (Ricardo Darín) as a lifetime member of a Buenos Aires sports club. Now he’s understandably upset to learn that local business owners want to reinvent the club for new customers. As his marriage to Veronica (Silvia Kutika) deteriorates, Roman teams with pals Graciela (Mercedes Morán) and Amadeo (Eduardo Blanco) in an effort to save the club. Despite his lack of experience, Roman proves a wily preservationist in this touching ode to community.Read More »

  • Mario Camerini – Don Camillo e i Giovani D’Oggi AKA Don Camillo and the Young of Today (1972)

    1971-1980ClassicsComedyItalyMario Camerini

    Brief synopsis
    Mayor Peppone might very well lose the elections and Don Camillo makes sure that the mayor’s delinquent son gets his act together while his own niece makes Peppone think she is pregnant by his son.Read More »

  • William A. Berke – Pier 23 (1951)

    1951-1960CrimeFilm NoirUSAWilliam A. Berke

    Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson
    Pier 23 was one of three hour-long mysteries produced by Lippert Productions for both TV and theatrical release. Each of the three films was evenly divided into two half-hour “episodes,” and each starred Hugh Beaumont as San Francisco-based amateur sleuth Dennis O’Brien. In Pier 23, O’Brien first tackles the case of a wrestler who has died of a suspicious heart attack after refusing to lose a match. He then agrees to help a priest talk an escaped criminal into returning to prison. The film’s two-part structure leads to repetition and predictability, but it’s fun to watch TV’s “Ward Cleaver” making like Philip Marlowe.Read More »

  • Jan Lenica – Adam 2 (1968)

    Arthouse1961-1970AnimationJan LenicaPoland

    Adam’s everyday life is boring and depressing. To escape it mentally, he sinks into childhood memories and fantasies that are populated by angels and witches. He himself has the role of Superman, who comes to the aid of all the oppressed. Lenica’s surrealistic film depicts Adam’s “real” world as a black-and-white real movie, while his dreams are visualized in colorful animated sequences.Read More »

  • Michael Verhoeven – Mutters Courage aka My Mother’s Courage (1995)

    1991-2000DramaGermanyMichael VerhoevenWar

    From the director of The White Rose and The Nasty Girl, comes this stunning adaptation of Hungarian author George Tabori’s autobiographical, somewhat surreal novel. Shifting between Nazi-occupied Budapest and present-day Berlin, the film artfully depicts the true story of how Tabori’s mother Elsa escaped deportation to Auschwitz.Read More »

  • Rosa von Praunheim – Darkroom (2019)

    2011-2020CrimeDramaGermanyQueer Cinema(s)Rosa von Praunheim

    Quote:
    Lars, a male nurse from Saarbrucken, moves with his lover Roland, a sweet-spirited musician with a lilting voice, to the bustling Berlin. They renovate an apartment with the intention of finally living together. For Roland, their happiness seems almost complete. What he doesn’t know, however, is that while secretly checking out Berlin’s nightlife, Lars is experimenting with a deadly poison – an obsession that will lead to a horrific outcome for the couple.Read More »

  • Daniel Petrie – Resurrection (1980)

    1971-1980Daniel PetrieDramaFantasyUSA

    Quote:
    Injured in a car crash, Edna Mae McCauley has an out-of-body experience where she sees faces from her past trying to guide her into the hereafter. But instead she returns to life. Soon after she discovers that she now has the power to heal. Back in the Mid-Western town of her childhood, she begins a faith-healing mission and tries to use her powers for good. But she must also deal with the condemnation of fundamentalists and a boyfriend who becomes religiously crazed and tries to kill her.Read More »

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