• Jean Rollin – Les raisins de la mort AKA The Grapes of Death (1978)

    1971-1980CultFranceHorrorJean Rollin

    The misadventures of young Elizabeth journeying through the French countryside by train. Her companion falls prey to a bloodthirsty zombie, while she barely escapes with her life and dodges an undead shambler with a penchant for bashing his head against car windshields. She finds shelter in a nearby farmhouse inhabited by a man and wife, but alas her safety is short-lived when the farmer takes a pitchfork to his spouse on the kitchen table. Apparently their consumption of wine for the local vineyards is to blame, and soon the countryside is filled with the anguished, half-conscious victims of the grapes contaminated by chemical exposure. With the aid of two die hard beer drinkers, Elizabeth fights back against the growing zombie population during a long night of unrelenting terror.Read More »

  • María Alche – Familia sumergida AKA A Family Submerged (2018)

    2011-2020ArgentinaDramaMaría Alche

    Synopsis:
    Marcela’s world becomes strange and unfamiliar after her sister Rina dies. She feels lost in her own house, and her relationship with her husband and children seems to suffer. But when Nacho, a young friend of her daughter’s, unexpectedly drops by, she starts to talk and walk with him. Gradually Marcela begins to have conversations with relatives from another dimension.Read More »

  • Kazik Radwanski – Tower (2012)

    2011-2020CanadaComedyDramaKazik Radwanski

    Derek is 34 and lives in his parents’ basement. Single, self-interested and gauche, he divides his time between casual work for his uncle, cringe inducing encounters with women and an animation project.Read More »

  • Kazik Radwanski – How Heavy This Hammer (2015)

    Drama2011-2020CanadaComedyKazik Radwanski

    Erwin, a middle-aged married man, finds that his only outlet is online gaming. After trying to make a drastic shift in his life, he finds himself in the same rut as before.

    Angelo Muredda @CinemaScope wrote:
    …Radwanski looks to another late bloomer with his just as well-observed How Heavy This Hammer, closely following listless middle-aged father Erwin (Erwin Van Cotthem), who periodically escapes his humdrum domestic life through online strategy games that allow him to reimagine himself as some sort of Viking.Read More »

  • Andrea Franco – Notes II (2019)

    2011-2020Andrea FrancoArthouseShort FilmUSA

    Sacred Mount Shasta channels energy into the earth. The native Wintu made pilgrimages to take care of it, and only medicine men or women were allowed to climb up. We then receive an astral message, as we listen to the rain pouring down during a summer storm in Cape Romain, South Carolina, and travel over the marsh.Read More »

  • Renato Castellani – Questi fantasmi AKA Ghosts – Italian Style (1967)

    1961-1970ComedyItalyRenato CastellaniRomance

    Plot:
    Questi fantasmi is based on what was a very popular play by Eduardo De Filippo. In fact, so popular that it was filmed three times during the ’50s and ’60s. The version uploaded here was the latter of these three adaptations, directed by Renato Castellani, and starring Vittorio Gassman and Sophia Loren in the principal parts of the married couple, who moves into a house that may or may not be haunted. Its “classic” pedigree notwithstanding, the film feels very much like a ’60s production, and it is not Castellani’s best work, even if the charming performances by Gassman and (especially) Loren manage to keep things interesting. Possibly best of all is the opening sequence depicting the moment the two fall in love on a rooftop. over a cup of coffee, so to speak.Read More »

  • Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit – Die Tomorrow (2017)

    2011-2020ArthouseNawapol ThamrongrattanaritThailand

    Are you afraid of death? According to statistics, two people on earth die each second. Die Tomorrow zeroes in on the last day of its protagonists, each of whom have no idea of their fate. The film picks up on six everyday situations and turns them into moving stories. With true lightness of touch, director Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit forges shots that play out over considerable time and then combines them with documentary-like interview footage, news reports, sound recordings, statistics and archive material, thus creating an elaborate essay. In view of what is about to happen, small snatches of conversation take on dramatic dimensions for the viewer.Read More »

  • Svend Methling – Fyrtøjet AKA Magic Lighter (1946)

    1941-1950AnimationDenmarkFantasySvend Methling

    The first animated feature film made in Europe.Read More »

  • Dino Risi – Pane, amore e… aka Scandal in Sorrento (1955)

    1951-1960ComedyDino RisiItalyRomance

    In this Italian romantic comedy set in the town of Sorrento, on the beautiful Bay of Naples, a woman rents a home from a dashing womanizer. Unfortunately, after 30 years away, the man returns to become the town police chief and wants to reclaim his home. The woman refuses to leave. The man then attempts to use his many charms. The ploy works and the woman agrees to dump her fiancé and marry him instead. When the womanizer realizes what she is about to do, he jilts her instead and decides to woo his own landlady instead. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie GuideRead More »

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