1960s

Drama set in a men’s hospital ward, written by Dennis Potter. Characters include a cunning bronchitic Londoner, a strapped-up Pole and a dying man who just wants a cup of tea.Read More »

A Buddhist priest becomes also a magician, dedicating himself to the protection of life wherever it’s needed, whereupon he finds himself in direct service of the Queen. Political intrigue tightens around him as it is increasingly assumed that he harbors ulterior motives. Set in Japan’s Nara Era (710 – 794 A.D.), the story is loosely based on Mikado (Empress) Koken-Shotoku and Dokyo, a Yamabushi (mountain warrior monk who practices a rugged, intense form of Vajrayana Buddhism founded by his master, Do-en).Read More »

Malcolm Le Grice wrote:
Little Dog For Roger is made from some fragments of 9.5 home movie that my father shot of my mother – myself, and a dog we had. This vaguely nostalgic material has provided an opportunity for me to play with medium of celluloid and various kinds of printing and processing devices. The qualities of film the sprockets the individual frames the deterioration of records like memories, all play an important part in the meaning of this film.Read More »

Young doctor is accused by the Saint Inquisition of desecrating dead bodies.Read More »

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A story of “La Pasta”, a renowned prima donna, and her extraordinary rival.Read More »

An indoor game where a couple come to the conclusion after doing and saying many things, that the only way out is anarchy.

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Padrós’ films have a clear personal character and they maintain a kind of narrative, with strong ironic and critical overtones. In his earlier films his criticisms were mostly directed against the false progressive attitudes that were common among certain groups of the young at that time, and also towards the boring transcendental themes that were fashionable then (non-communication, alienation, sexual repression, ideological fashions, cultural mythologies. . .)Read More »

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This film by Toyoda depicts the hard life of an unmarried mother in Tokyo. Umeko (Machiko Kyo), at 36, is working in a bar, struggling valiantly to keep her family together. Her 17-year-old daughter Takeko becomes increasingly upset by her mother’s constant drinking and yakuza boyfriend, and runs away from ho…Read More »

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Alice is born in a country that is dead. Later, her innocence will be manipulated by ideologies of moment.

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Alice Has Discovered the Napalm Bomb is a 1969 film drawing loose inspiration from Alice in Wonderland. It combines a soundtrack including Cream and Tuli Kupferberg, with scenes shot in Terrassa’s cemetery, to express a protest against American imperialism and the Vietnam War.Read More »

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Nonaka Lock, who undertakes work for a huge fee, travels to Mexico to fulfill a promise he made to Pedro, who died in an accident in Mexico after his land was stolen and he was framed as a murderer. There, he is rescued by Miyako when he is being pickpocketed by a woman. Miyako says she has just arrived from Yokohama in search of her missing brother.Read More »