• John Milius – Big Wednesday (1978)

    1971-1980ActionDramaJohn MiliusUSA
    Big Wednesday (1978)
    Big Wednesday (1978)

    The lives of some California surfers from the early ’60s to the ’70s.Read More »

  • Krzysztof Zanussi – Rewizyta AKA Revisited (2009)

    Krzysztof Zanussi2001-2010DramaPoland
    Rewizyta (2009)
    Rewizyta (2009)

    Quote:
    “Rewizyta” is a film about the further fate of the protagonists of Krzysztof Zanussi’s films from the 1970s: “Family Life” (1970), “Camouflage” (1976) and “The Constant Factor” (1980). What happened to them? Where are they? How did they survive the decades that separate us from those times? The film takes the form of an interview conducted in the present day by a would-be suicide, the protagonist of “And A Warm Heart,” who, on the recommendation of a therapist, investigates whether human life can be successful. The interview scenes are juxtaposed with film excerpts. Years later, the same actors appear before the camera and answer the man’s questions.Read More »

  • Chin-Lin Chiang – Deng yi ge ren ka fei AKA Café. Waiting. Love (2014)

    2011-2020Chin-Lin ChiangComedyDramaTaiwan
    Deng yi ge ren ka fei (2014)
    Deng yi ge ren ka fei (2014)

    Shi-ying ( Sung Yuhua ), a university freshman who works at a cafe . Here, she meets with A Bu-si ( Megan Lai ), a lesbian who is a professional coffee maker who can make any types of coffee drinks according to customers’ order, the shop’s proprietress ( Vivian Chow ) who talks less and loves to be alone and sitting in a constant seat most of the time, and Ze-Yu ( Marcus C ), who was the partner of the shop’s female owner .Read More »

  • Mario Bonnard – Campo de’ fiori AKA Peddler and the Lady (1943)

    Mario Bonnard1941-1950ComedyDramaItalian Cinema under FascismItaly
    Campo de' fiori (1943)
    Campo de’ fiori (1943)

    Synopsis:
    Peppino, a fishmonger on Campo de’ Fiori, a famous Roman marketplace, works alongside Elide, a greengrocer, who has a soft spot for him, despite the fact they argue all day long… But neither Peppino, nor his friend Aurelio, the barber, are interested in getting married. Until he meets the beautiful Elsa…Read More »

  • Ildikó Enyedi – Büvös vadász aka The Magic Hunter (1994)

    Ildikó Enyedi1991-2000ArthouseDramaHungary
    Büvös vadász (1994)
    Büvös vadász (1994)

    From Amazon:
    Magic Hunter begins as a fairy tale told by a mother to her frightened daughter during a World War II air raid and then shifts into the contemporary story of Max, a police marksman (British actor Gary Kemp, dubbed in Hungarian) who loses his nerve when he wounds an innocent hostage. He manages to pass his annual shooting test only when a sinister colleague lends him three magic bullets that won’t fail to miss their target; to get a new supply, Max will have to strike a deal with the devil.Read More »

  • Joel Silberg – Breakin’ (1984)

    Joel Silberg1981-1990ComedyDramaThe Cannon GroupUSA
    Breakin' (1984)
    Breakin’ (1984)

    Plot
    Kelly is a struggling young jazz dancer (Lucinda Dickey). Through her gay friend Adam (Phineas Newborn III), she is introduced to two Street dancers, Ozone (Adolfo Quiñones) and Turbo (Michael Chambers), who have a bitter rivalry with another crew known as Electro Rock, consisting of poppers Popin’ Pete (Timothy Solomon), Poppin’ Taco (Bruno Falcon) and Lollipop (Ana ‘Lollipop’ Sánchez). They also struggle to overcome scorn from Kelly’s dance instructor, Franco, who disapproves of her hybrid dance style and affiliation with street dancers. Kelly soon becomes the sensation of the street crowds. Through it all, the audience is treated to a variety of breakthrough performances, including Turbo’s “Broom Scene” and Taco’s unique popping solos during the dance battles at the Radiotron nightclub. Many hit songs are featured, including “There’s No Stoppin’ Us” by Ollie & Jerry and “Tour de France” by Kraftwerk.Read More »

  • Henri Pachard – Charm School (1986)

    Erotica1981-1990Henri PachardUSA
    Charm School (1986)
    Charm School (1986)

    A defiant young teenage girl is sent to a strict girl’s school in order to “straighten her out”, but she clashes with the stern headmistress while seducing the staff and student body.Read More »

  • Kevin Schreck – Persistence of Vision (2012)

    2011-2020AnimationDocumentaryKevin SchreckUSA
    Persistence of Vision (2012)
    Persistence of Vision (2012)

    A documentary about the animated film The Thief and the Cobbler (1993). Its production began in the 1960s and ended in the 1990s, but it wasn’t finished by the director, Richard Williams.

    Using mostly recent interviews with some of the younger colleagues of Williams, videos of William’s studio, bits of animation and historic footage of Williams himself director Schreck makes a compelling heartfelt tribute to one of the greatest ‘what if’s ” in animation history.Read More »

  • Sébastien Pilote – La disparition des lucioles (2018)

    Sébastien Pilote2011-2020CanadaDrama
    La disparition des lucioles (2018)
    La disparition des lucioles (2018)

    A frustrated teenager frees herself from her mother’s influence and her narrow life in a small industrial town to find out who she really is.Read More »

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