• Paul Almond – Journey (1972)

    1971-1980CanadaDramaPaul Almond

    A woman with a troubled past is saved from drowning in a river and brought to a strange community hidden in the woods.

    Found drifting down the Saguenay River, half-drowned and clinging to a log, a woman is rescued by Boulder, who carries her to Undersky, his commune in the Quebec wilderness. Named after the river from which she was saved, Saguenay is haunted by memories of her past and remains unresponsive for days, drifting in and out of consciousness. She gradually becomes aware of the life going on around her and begins to explore it. But she senses she has brought ill fortune to this community and fears something in her past has doomed her and all who know her.Read More »

  • Erika Calmeyer – Storm (2022)

    2021-2030DramaErika CalmeyerMysteryNorway

    Elin’s son dies in a drowning accident, but together with her daughter Storm (10) she tries to restart, but when the rumors start that Storm pushed her brother into the water she has to protect her daughter and still find the truth.Read More »

  • Joseph W. Sarno – Red Roses of Passion (1966)

    1961-1970EroticaFantasyJoseph W. SarnoUSA

    A man-hungry suburban woman feels frustrated since she lives in the home of her prudish aunt and cousin, who interrupt and criticise her amorous liaisons. A co-worker brings her to a tarot-card reader, who introduces her to a club of women who meet occasionally to share an intoxicating brew, tease each other erotically with long-stemmed roses and honour the heathen god Pan. The occultist manages to corrupt the aunt and cousin, and lure the woman into full-fledged membership so she might participate in its climactic ritual.Read More »

  • Various – Thriller [Season 3] (1974)

    Various1971-1980ThrillerTVUnited Kingdom

    Thriller is an anthology series of single plays – some horrific, some darkly hilarious. Highly-popular and critically acclaimed in its time, the show attracted a high calibre of stars. With tales featuring foreign agents and time-bending serial killers (and all points in between!), Thriller set a new benchmark for quality horror in the 1970s.Read More »

  • Various – Thriller [Season 2] (1973)

    1971-1980ThrillerTVUnited KingdomVarious

    Thriller is an anthology series of single plays – some horrific, some darkly hilarious. Highly-popular and critically acclaimed in its time, the show attracted a high calibre of stars. With tales featuring foreign agents and time-bending serial killers (and all points in between!), Thriller set a new benchmark for quality horror in the 1970s.Read More »

  • Various – Thriller [Season 1] (1973)

    1971-1980ThrillerTVUnited KingdomVarious

    Thriller is an anthology series of single plays – some horrific, some darkly hilarious. Highly-popular and critically acclaimed in its time, the show attracted a high calibre of stars. With tales featuring foreign agents and time-bending serial killers (and all points in between!), Thriller set a new benchmark for quality horror in the 1970s.Read More »

  • Alejandro Rojas & Juan Sebastián Vasquez – Upon Entry (2022)

    2021-2030Alejandro RojasDramaJuan Sebastián VasquezSpain

    Quote:
    Diego, a Venezuelan urbanist, and Elena, a contemporary dancer from Barcelona, move to the United States with their approved visas to start a new life. Their intention is to boost their professional careers and start a family in ‘the land of opportunities’. But upon entering New York airport’s immigration area, they are taken to the secondary inspection room, where border officers will subject them to an unpleasant inspection process and a psychologically grueling interrogation. During the following few hours, the fate of Elena, Diego and their dreams is placed under question as the official who interviews them reveals secrets they have not yet shared with each other or disclosed in the previous application process, endangering the whole process and their mutual trust.Read More »

  • Agnès Varda – Pier Paolo Pasolini – Agnès Varda – New York – 1967 (2022)

    2021-2030Agnès VardaDocumentaryFranceShort Film

    Anna Masecchia wrote:
    With her 16mm camera in hand, the optical prosthesis of a 20th-century flâneuse, Agnès Varda filmed 42nd Street in 1967, shooting a crowdof passersby to the beat of The Doors. Pier Paolo Pasolini is with her, getting lost in the lights, bodies, faces and chaos of a crowded and multicultural New York. Opening in soft focus and closing on Pasolini’s blurred face, the images shot in a direct style and without audio are merged with a dense dialogue between the two artists and intellectuals, which was recorded later. Prompted by Varda, Pasolini reflects on the relationship between reality and fiction, the Christian figurative tradition and the function of audiovisual language in contemporary society. All of which is enhanced by the audio-visual décalage that simultaneously reveals the camera as a device while emphasising the real and political information of the images, which emerges from the background and comes into the foreground. In a matter of minutes,Varda’s art captures Pasolini talking about himself and the essence of cinema as a whole, which for both is an expression of reality itself.Read More »

  • Louise Archambault – Familia (2005)

    2001-2010CanadaDramaLouise Archambault

    Michele, a divorced aerobics instructor with a gambling addiction, loses her job and seeks refuge with a childhood friend, Janine, who lives in a seemingly comfortable middle-class suburban neighborhood. Michele’s rebellious teenage daughter, Marguerite, and Janine’s shy and reserved daughter, Gabrielle, become friends, leading to unforeseen tensions that force both generations to reassess their values. Familia explores the question of how value systems are passed on from mother to daughter and asks: Is it possible to avoid passing on to our children those traits that we despise in our parents?Read More »

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