1960s

A poetic film about a dove getting lost on its way to Prague getting shot down by a paralyzed boy. An artist who finds the dove becomes friends with the boy. Together they take care of it bringing it back to recovery.Read More »

An old lady, living on memories among the cluttered objects of her past, decides to exchange her apartment for a smaller one. She is thus temporarily brought into contact with other people until, resettled, she once again retreats into isolation.
In this gem of a film, Judit Elek, making her feature debut, builds up a character study and a picture of life in Budapest by the simplest of means: observation of small details. Unlike most Hungarian films seen abroad, it is not a political piece but a study of loneliness and human foibles, given truthful and unsentimental life by one of Hungary’s leading stage actresses.
-Review from Bloomsbury Foreign Film Guide, by Ronald Bergan and Robyn KarneyRead More »

From the blu-ray cover:
The summer vacation of Mira and Zare turns into a revolving door of familiar characters – relatives and friends – who uninvited move into their retreat by the lake. The old house in which Zare prepares the ethnographic exhibition is slowly becoming an overcrowded hotel, so neither he can do his job nor Mira can enjoy her painting. Will this young couple succeed in regaining their peace and place back, and getting rid of the demanding guests?Read More »

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The charming singer Clara Regina has many admirers. Even the minister of justice fights for her favour, especially enchanted by Clara’s lullaby. Clara’s successes with men are watched with displeasure by her jealous husband, Ikaro Volante. The minister sends a bouquet and a pearl necklace to the singer. The juggler Piterman steals the pearls but frames her shy assistant Pepícek, who, along with inexperienced defence lawyer Vilém Bojanovský, falls victim to blind justice in an unfair world full of intrigue… The form of this outwardly noncommittal crime musical, featuring the songs of Šlitr and Suchý, is influenced by the dark atmosphere that pervaded society after the Prague Spring efforts at reform were crushed in August 1968: the two convicts, performed by this duo from Prague’s Semafor theatre, can now do nothing but sing.Read More »

Kurando is a retired samurai. Granted a last-second reprieve from the obligation to commit Harakiri, he decides to settle down and marry one of two kabuki actresses who helped him enjoy what he thought would be his final days.Read More »

Novel writer John is kicked out from home by his girlfriend and moves in with his friend Max. After many entanglements Max’s girlfriend Eva begins to favor John over Max.Read More »

While pondering whether or not to commit suicide, Famed crime photographer Arthur Fellig, nicknamed Mr. Wee Gee happens across a mannequin being crated for shipment to Europe. Lovestruck, he follows the store window dummy across the Atlantic and tracks “her” to London, England, then meets up with a beautiful ghost in a haunted house and finally winds up in Paris, where he meets other beautiful women and ends up being chased onto the Eiffel Tower. His crazy misadventures are documented and the result is a nutty pseudo-documentary sex-romp. It’s taken me a week to sift through my thoughts about this film and I really haven’t come to any conclusions. It falls into that category of movies that always keep you guessing as to what the hell is going on at any given moment and leads to a lot of speculation about the motivations and intentions of the filmmakers.Read More »

Set in 19th Century New England, the story follows the whaling ship Pequod and its crew. Leading them is Captain Ahab, who was almost killed by the “great white whale,” Moby-Dick. Now he is out for revenge. With the crew that has joined him, Ahab is out to destroy the huge mammal, but soon he learns that his obsession with vengeance is so great that he cannot turn back, eventually leading to the death of him and all save his newest able seaman, Ishmael.Read More »

Synopsis:
‘Bernhard, sentenced for abuse by a right-wing extremist, is interrupting his studies and working as a clerk. He meets Johanna who comes from a conservative home.’
– IMDbRead More »