• Nobuhiro Yamashita – Tennen kokekkô AKA A Gentle Breeze in the Village (2007)

    Drama2001-2010JapanNobuhiro YamashitaRomance

    Quote:
    In “A Gentle Breeze in the Village,” Soyo Migata (Kaho) is a quirky 8th grade student who resides in a tiny rural village somewhere in Japan. The village is small enough where there’s only 6 students that attends their school (from 1st grade through 8th grade). Soyo’s been friends with her classmates since early childhood and they all hang out together like an extended family. One day, a new student named Hiromi Osawa (Masaki Okada) arrives. He’s a good looking boy from Tokyo and all the other students view as something of a celebrity.Read More »

  • Don Siegel – Dirty Harry (1971)

    1971-1980ActionCrimeDon SiegelUSA

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    When a madman calling himself “the Scorpio Killer” (Andrew Robinson) menaces the city, tough as nails San Francisco Police Inspector “Dirty” Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) is assigned to track down and ferret out the crazed psychopath.Read More »

  • Mark Zakharov – Formula lyubvi AKA Formula of Love (1984)

    Comedy1981-1990Mark ZakharovRomanceUSSR

    Quote:
    A young aristocrat, Aleksei Fedyashev, is languishing in his family’s country estate, spending his days reading poetry and confessing his love… to a statue. Upon hearing that famous Count Cagliostro is touring Russia and has created quite a buzz in high society with his “magic”, he decides to ask the Count to bring the statue to life…Read More »

  • Dae-min Park – Geu-rim-ja sal-in AKA Private Eye (2009)

    2001-2010CrimeDae-min ParkSouth KoreaThriller

    Synopsis:
    The story takes place in occupied Korea at the start of the 20th century, where a young student in medicine discovers the murdered body of the son of a government official. Being scared of being accused, he decides to hire Hong Jin-ho (a detective) to help him find the murderer before the police accuse him of the murder.Read More »

  • George Fitzmaurice – Suzy (1936)

    Drama1931-1940ClassicsGeorge FitzmauriceUSA

    Synopsis:
    When American showgirl Suzy (Jean Harlow) finds herself in London without work, she plans to leave her career behind and find a rich husband. Instead, she falls for brilliant but broke inventor Terry (Franchot Tone), who is developing an airplane stabilizer. When Terry is mistakenly shot by a spy, Suzy fears she will be blamed and flees to Paris, where she returns to a life of singing and marries flyboy Andre (Cary Grant). But things get complicated when Suzy learns that Terry has survived.Read More »

  • Romolo Guerrieri – Liberi armati pericolosi AKA Young, Violent, Dangerous (1976)

    1971-1980CrimeItalyRomolo GuerrieriThriller

    Synopsis:
    Paul, Joe and Louie go on a bloodthirsty and pointless crime spree, much to the dismay of Paul’s girlfriend (Eleonora Giorgi) and the local police commissioner (Tomas Milian) . The group starts by robbing a gas station where Paul guns down three people. They later rob a bank and a grocery store where Paul kills off an entire other gang that was helping him rob the place. It isn’t long before the entire police force is out to nab the 3 criminals, who pick up the girl and proceed to hightail it to the Swiss border.Read More »

  • Whit Stillman – Barcelona (1994)

    1991-2000ComedyDramaUSAWhit Stillman

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    Before there was Woody Allen’s 2008 Vicky Cristina Barcelona, there was Whit Stillman’s far rawer, less warm and fuzzy Barcelona, released in 1994. Set in 1980s Barcelona, the film explores a period of particularly notable anti-American sentiment. While marketing/sales rep Ted Boynton (Taylor Nichols) does his best to keep a low profile while working abroad for his Chicago-based company, the unexpected arrival of his naval officer cousin, Fred Boynton (Chris Eigeman), throws a wrench into Ted’s plans for tranquil solitude.Read More »

  • Michael Haneke – Così fan tutte (2013)

    2011-2020AustriaMichael HanekePerformance

    Quote:
    Who loves whom in Così fan tutte, Mozart’s and Da Ponte’s cruelly comic reflection on desire, fidelity and betrayal? Or have the confusions to which the main characters subject one another ensured that in spite of the heartfelt love duets and superficially fleetfooted comedy nothing will work any longer and that a sense of emotional erosion has replaced true feelings? Così fan tutte is a timeless work full of questions that affect us all. The Academy Award-winning director Michael Haneke once said that he was merely being precise and did not want to distort reality. Read More »

  • Mohsen Makhmalbaf – The President (2014)

    2011-2020DramaGeorgiaMohsen MakhmalbafPolitics

    The President is the story of a dictator of an imaginary country in the Caucasus, who is forced to escape following a coup d’état, and begins a journey to discover his country in the company of his five-year-old grandson. The two travel across the lands that the President once governed. Now, disguised as a street musician to avoid being recognized, the former dictator comes into contact with his people, which he comes to know from a different point of view.Read More »

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