• Michel Deville – Les petites demoiselles (1964)

    1961-1970ComedyFranceMichel Deville

    Synopsis: “Four young girls’ love of boys put their newly opened all-services company in peril.”Read More »

  • Hollis Frampton – Ingenivm Nobis Ipsa Pvella Fecit: Part I (1975)

    1971-1980CultExperimentalHollis FramptonUSA

    A naked woman.Read More »

  • Michel Deville – Ce soir ou jamais AKA Tonight or Never (1961)

    1961-1970ComedyDramaFranceMichel Deville

    Synopsis:
    ‘Laurent is a poster designer who is about to begin rehearsals for his first stage play, a musical comedy. To celebrate this auspicious event, he holds a party at his apartment, to which his best friends are all invited. News that the lead actress in Laurent’s play has been run over by a bus laden with Dutch tourists puts a damper on the evening, but Laurent wastes no time looking for a replacement, not knowing that his girlfriend Valérie covets the part. As Valérie’s dreams of stardom are crushed she realises that her relationship with Laurent is over – or so she thinks. Either way, the evening will prove decisive for them both…’
    – Films de FranceRead More »

  • Charles Crichton – Against the Wind (1948)

    United Kingdom1941-1950ActionCharles CrichtonWar
    Against the Wind (1948)
    Against the Wind (1948)

    Philip Elliot, refugee Belgian priest, reports to a secret school in London for spies and saboteurs behind German lines. After training, he and two others parachute into Belgium to help destroy a records office. This mission leads to German capture of an important resistance leader; four more agents (Emile, Max, Scotty, and Michele) go in on a rescue mission. But one of them is a traitor; and other things go wrong…Read More »

  • Sergei Bondarchuk – Voyna i mir AKA War and Peace (1966)

    1961-1970DramaRomanceSergei BondarchukUSSR

    Quote:
    At the height of the Cold War, the Soviet film industry set out to prove it could outdo Hollywood with a production that would dazzle the world: a titanic, awe-inspiring adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s classic tome in which the fates of three souls—the blundering, good-hearted Pierre; the heroically tragic Prince Andrei; and the radiant, tempestuous Natasha—collide amid the tumult of the Napoleonic Wars. Employing a cast of thousands and an array of innovative camera techniques, director Sergei Bondarchuk conjures a sweeping vision of grand balls that glitter with rococo beauty and breathtaking battles that overwhelm with their expressionistic power. As a statement of Soviet cinema’s might, War and Peace succeeded wildly, garnering the Academy Award for best foreign-language film and setting a new standard for epic moviemaking.Read More »

  • Mia Hansen-Løve – Maya (2018)

    2011-2020DramaFranceMia Hansen-Løve

    December 2012. After four months in captivity in Syria, two French reporters are released.
    Gabriel, the younger one, is just shy of 30.
    Following a day of interrogations and medical exams, Gabriel is allowed to see his loved ones: his father, his ex- girlfriend Naomi… His mother lives in India, where he grew up. She has cut ties with everyone.
    A few weeks later, unable to find his bearings, Gabriel decides to leave for India. He moves into his childhood home in Goa, and meets Maya, a young Indian girl.Read More »

  • Khalid Abdulrahim Al-Zadjali – Al-boom (2006)

    2001-2010DramaKhalid Abdulrahim Al-ZadjaliOman

    A coastal fishing and boat building town is the site of a classic struggle between traditional ways represented by Nokhithah (Captain) Salem “Abu Zahir” and the ways of progess represented by Sheik Ibrahim whose business investments would benefit from a collapse of the economy of the town. This is the first film to be produced in Oman.Read More »

  • Kivu Ruhorahoza – Matière Grise AKA Grey Matter (2011)

    2011-2020African CinemaDramaExperimentalKivu RuhorahozaRwanda

    Balthazar is a young African filmmaker on the brink of directing his first project, The Cycle of the Cockroach, a fictional story about a young woman who survived unspeakable atrocities only to find herself committed to the same mental institution as a man driven insane by the crimes he perpetrated during the war. Potential funders for the film insist the themes are too bleak and pessimistic-they encourage Balthazar to make a “message” film that raises awareness about gender-based violence or HIV/AIDS instead. But he refuses to give up. Instead of telling his production team the news, Balthazar continues preparations for the film without financing or equipment.Read More »

  • Kôhei Yoshidome – Shin ningen shikkaku AKA New – No Longer Human (1978)

    1971-1980AsianDramaJapanKôhei Yoshidome

    Based on the novel by Osamu Dazai and distributed by ATG. The story of a young man who is caught between the breakup of the traditions of a northern Japanese aristocratic family and the impact of Western ideas. In consequence, he feels himself “disqualified from being human” (a literal translation of the Japanese title) and goes down the stairs to self-destruction step by step.Read More »

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