In his very first ‘independent film’, Dutch master filmmaker Johan Van der Keuken presents an image of Amsterdam in the sixties. He set out taking just his camera, without any pre-defined concept. The result is a poetic observation of Amsterdam by a deeply committed filmmaker.Read More »
Shemp dies but cannot get into heaven until he reforms Moe and Larry. He returns to earth as an invisible spirit and sets out to prevent the other two stooges from selling a phony invention (a fountain pen that writes under whip cream) to a rich couple. Shemp sabotages Moe and Larry’s sales pitch, but it looks he’s headed for the fires below anyway.Read More »
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An experimental short by Jerome Hill in which footage of a bullfight is painted on the film. Footage of the bullfight, shot by Hill in 1934, hand-painted by the artist three decades later.Read More »
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In what is considered the first remake in cinema history, prolific French director Georges Méliès directs his first film, depicting a delightful afternoon among friends playing cards over a glass of beer.
It was the first film in Méliès’ prolific career, and thus is number one in his Star Film catalogue. It is a remake of Louis Lumière’s film The Messers. Lumière at Cards, which was released earlier the same year. Along with Georges Méliès himself, his brother Gaston Méliès and daughter Georgette Méliès also appear in the film.
The film, long presumed lost and was rediscovered after 1981Read More »
Pop art documentary faeturing ‘Koe-chan’. She is an idol shop clerk of the large manga shop ‘Mandarake’, popular for her ‘costume-play’.Read More »
A happily-married woman wishes she had met her second husband earlier, so that she could avoid many mistakes of the past. When suddenly moved back in time to 1980s she realizes she has one goal: find her future love.Read More »
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The Maelstrom makes extraordinary artful use of considerable cache of home movies shot in the Netherlands before and during World War II and dealing with the extended Peereboom family. Information is conveyed through subtitles and instead of voice-over, the soundtrack consists of period sound, usually from radio broadcasts, and brooding, disturbing jazz score by Tibor Szemzõ.Read More »
A seventeen-year-old high school student, Fusae Nishikawa, while observing a physical education class at her menstruation class, steals her classmate Eiko Takanashi’s wallet on a whim. An anonymous love letter found in the wallet becomes a rumor among the students. Eiko is in love with an upperclassman, Kaoru Mitani. However, Kaoru’s heart has recently moved on to college student Nitta.Read More »
A young Japanophile Belgian woman in Tokyo falls into a whirlwind romance with a Francophile Japanese student.
Amélie (Pauline Etienne) was born in Kansai but she is Belgian, unfortunate twist of fate as she stubbornly wants to become « a venerable Japanese writer ». So at the age of 20 Amelie leaves Belgium for Japan to realize her dream. There, to earn her living, she teaches french to Rinri (Taichi Inoue), a young Japanese french culture enthusiast, as sweet and charming as he is sometimes impenetrable… Read More »