A rural Colombian village is attacked by a horrible sea serpent, aroused by industrial pollution of a nearby lake. Based on a real event that took place in June of 1971.Read More »

PLOT: A private detective is hired to find a young heiress but finds himself accused of murder.Read More »

Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently on the straight and narrow, has had a fairly shady past and is indeed no stranger to illegal activity. They both have great hope for Adam, Vito’s son and Jessie’s grandson, who is bright, good-looking, and without a criminal past. So when Adam approaches Jessie with a scheme for a burglary he’s shocked, but not necessarily uninterested.Read More »

Although he’s an experienced director, nothing can prepare Eddie Israel for what occurs on the set of his new project. Helming a film about an abusive marriage, he too becomes entangled in this terrifying trap — one where the fantasy world of his film becomes his haunting reality.Read More »

Jacques Averil leads an idle life that plunges him into lassitude and melancholy.
When he learns of his father’s suicide, a banker ruined by a shady ore speculation in Iceland,
he decides to take matters into his own hands.
An old friend of his father offers him the chance to sign on as a sailor aboard a terre-neuvas.
On the trawler, the law of the strongest, even the fiercest even the most ferocious…Read More »

Márcia and Xuxu are two sisters who love to have fun, but they are always scolded by their older sister, Susana, who displays a puritanical facade while secretly prostitutes herself.Read More »

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Set in the mountains of rural Nara prefecture, the film centers on the Tahara family who eke out a living from the local ancient cedar forests. The head of the family, Kyozo, becomes fixated by plans to build a tunnel to improve the accessibility of the area. Construction begins, but is halted halfway through. Fifteen years later building has still not restarted, and the family is destitute. Against this backdrop, some family affairs develop. Kyozo’s daughter, Michiru, starts to fall in love with Eisuke, her cousin. Eisuke, meanwhile, finds himself attracted to his aunt.Read More »

PLOT: The last days of Jesus into Jerusalem, from the perspective of an unexpected Judas, presented as the closest of his disciples.Read More »

Anyone who has interest in LA, architecture, Hollywood, or portrayal of a city in film should see this, imho.

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If we can appreciate documentaries for their dramatic qualities, perhaps we can appreciate fiction films for their documentary revelations. — Thom Andersen, Los Angeles Plays ItselfRead More »