When a five year old inner city kid witnesses the murder of a kind police officer, he is struck mute. However, his older brother and his gang refuse to let the murder of their friend and mentor go unsolved and they decide to band together and crack the case.Read More »
A Marine platoon led by Captain Stern (Richard Harrison) has 36 hours to scout the island of Rabaul and make sure all of the Japanese resistance has been wiped out before the Allies launch one massive, final bombing mission. This is an Italian response to the excellent “Beach Red” by Cornel Wilde.Read More »
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Féodor Atkine
Slide show on Raphael’s drawings, produced for the Grand Palais.
A film that begins with: “The Madonnas of the Comberian period still have a very Peruginesque layout” can only belong on this blog, and so much the worse if it is an improbable film without credits and practically without trace. An order that didn’t come through? Notes for a future film? A personal exercise? We don’t really know. In any case, here is our Rohmer in ecstasy in front of Raphael’s sketches, filming them head-on in an attempt to bring out their construction, evolution and beauty. A Jesus on his stomach, then standing up, and our guy is as excited as a flea, which translates into a sepulchral tone of voice (ah this Limousin accent!) and an array of learned words and old-fashioned expressions.Read More »
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Go and Merry were members of a circus that took care of Trapeze Ladder Mochi and Ossei. The troupe that came to Hawaii for a tour went bankrupt. The only thing they received in exchange for their retirement allowance was a birdcage containing Ohm. However, the two find a loan deed with 12 million yen written on it in the birdcage. The two return to Japan and start working part-time on that day to earn money for their travel expenses, with the intention of collecting the loan after completing the deed. One day, Go meets Nanako, who seems to be a traveler, and as they go on a number of dates, he becomes attracted to her. Read More »
Based on the biographical story by Fumi Kuroyanagi, the film is about the hardships of two sisters living in present day Japan.Read More »
The film follows the parallel lives of two brothers of Danish ancestry in the pampas of the Brazilian-Argentine-Uruguayan rural area. The rough life these gauchos lead means they must share all aspects of their lives. Suddenly, enter A Intrusa (The Intruder). How is this new element in their lives to be shared? (by ElianaG@IMDb)
Based on the short story “La intrusa” by Jorge Luis Borges.Read More »
A young couple in Berlin’s “Mitte” district. He’s lying on the sofa, reading. She can’t stand it anymore. In the afternoon the parents come to see the baby. She goes out in the evening. The young man waits desperately. She comes back – but not alone.Read More »
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Documentary about young actress Romy Schneider, capturing just the right moment between her first career as a young actress in mainstream “Unterhaltungskino” (“entertainment cinema”) and her second one as acknowledged European arthouse actress.Read More »
In a field of transgenic corn, an artist penetrates herself with a cob, ignoring how close she is of dying. Her sister follows her steps and carries her ashes, going on a trip through the Amazon that will turn into a spiritual search.Read More »