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“The Sleeping Car Murders is one of those French mystery films that makes you marvel at the flashy versatility of the detectives and the cinematographers of France. It is also a delightful showcase for the family of Simone Signoret. She, her husband and her daughter twinkle beguilingly. It shouldn’t be missed by anyone interested in theatrical genealogy.Read More »
An excellent little suspense thriller with an air of the occult, filmed on location in Morocco by Julien Duvivier. Two versions were made: a German version with Anton Walbrook, and this French version with René Lefèvre and Harry Baur.
One by one, a group of five travellers starts to die, apparently the result of a sorcerer’s curse…Read More »
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A semi-documentary depiction of the realities of the underground prostitution industry after the Anti-Prostitution Law came into effect. Directed by Ishii Teruo of “Jyotai-Sanbashi” and shot by Yoshida Shigegyo of “Zekkai no Naked Woman” from a script by Uchida Kozo of “Taiyo Musume to Boss Tribe”. Utsui Ken and Mihara Yoko from “Hitokuigui Ama” appear in the film, along with Amachi Shigeru, Arakawa Satsuki, Chikushi Akemi, and others.Read More »
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An elderly patient dies in a county hospital leaving no known next of kin. Over the course of the next twenty-four hours, we chart the efforts of four central characters in finding a family member to contact in regards to the death of this anonymous individual; a nurse, a social services representative of the hospital, the emergency contact person listed on the decedents admission form, and lastly an investigator from the public administrators office.Read More »
When a large crime syndicate seeks to invade Gifu’s underworld, three brothers and their yakuza family are the only ones that stand in their way.Read More »
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Adam’s first wife Lilith is mentioned in ancient Oriental legends, in Talmud and in the medieval books of Cabala. According to these sources, she was not created from Adam’s rib like Eve but from clay like he himself. Nevertheless Lilith was not recognized by Adam as his equal and left him after a quarrel heading for Babylon where pre-Adamians lived. She has no soul, and she is immortal. Lilith assumes different names, can change her appearance, and takes possession of men against their will. Once it’s accomplished, she leaves her victims forever, marking them for either spiritual, or physical death. Whatever she does it is neither Good nor Evil. She is made of an altogether different matter. The story consists of three interrelated stories: “Escape” (1664, Hanseatic League); “Loss” (1883, Russian Empire/France); “Aberration Feelings” (1990, Latvia).Read More »
Director Konrad Wolf’s gritty and controversial tale follows two young women who go to work at a uranium mine in Wismut, East Germany. With anarchists, former S.S. soldiers, and ex-Russian officers working in close proximity, the mine becomes a microcosm of world politics and social unrest.Read More »
Young Felicity lives in a monastic school. The only way to live out her sexual fantasies is together with her girlfriend Jenny. But then she receives an invitation to her sister in Hong-Kong and can’t wait to finally do the real thing.Read More »
A brother and sister who run away from home find sanctuary in a deserted nature reserve. When the sister falls into the trap of a psychopathic killer, the brother sets out on a race against time to find help. In a twist of fate the rescue of the sister becomes inadvertently intertwined with the lives of a group of young tennis players, a ranger and his dog, as well as a team of policemen.Read More »