1980s

Kunishita Hatsuko, a high school student, is killed when a falling object hits her on her way to school at a construction site. Her spirit meets the spirit of a young man named Iwai Gennosuke, who advises her to hurry up and return to her body and revive since it’s not too late. However, Hatsuko, who has discovered the comfort of being able to float freely through space and go anywhere, is reluctant to return to the earthly world. Gennosuke, who died a hundred years ago and lives in the hope that his body will be miraculously found and revived, is anxious to return Hatsuko’s spirit to her body before the funeral. (Source: Japanese = Wikipedia)Read More »

Khalifa and Fanta, two children from a deprived suburb of Bamako, are expelled from school because they do not have the means to buy the necessary supplies. Here they are forced to collect garbage to try to finance their education. Exhausted by their work, children wear a look of mischievous replicas and humorous on the Malian changing society.Read More »

When young Flavia arrives at her new school she is quickly befriended by Veronica. What starts out as an innocent friendship turns terrifying when Veronica reveals herself to be a Witch. Unsure of the truth, Flavia enters into a manipulative relationship as Veronica’s accomplice as the line between what is real and imagined blurs and leads to a spiral of magic, death, sacrifice and murder!Read More »

Affable businessman Ben Ryder and his understanding wife Donna are stalked by his murderous twin brother Harry Brand, who has just been released from a mental hospital but still has a twisted obsession with money and the stock market.Read More »

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AFTER 11 years of marriage, Charlie Smith (Jack Nicholson) is fed up with living in a dreary trailer with his pretty, bubble-brained, Texas-born wife, Marcy (Valerie Perrine), and with his job as a member of the United States Border Patrol stationed in Los Angeles. During the day, Charlie makes token arrests of docile, mostly frightened, illegal Mexican immigrants, who supply L.A.’s small businesses with below-minimum-wage labor, and then goes home to drink beer and listen to Marcy, who dreams of living in splendor in her very own duplex.Read More »

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This is a SERIOUS BBC documentary about tourettes syndrome that went on to become a cult-classic comedy, though you do feel guilty about laughing afterwards. This film follows around 16 year old John Davidson who suffers from full blown tourettes. Having self diagnosed myself as having a mild case of tourettes in my pre adolescent days i can completely empathize with poor John. Tourettes is basically overwhelming obssessive compulsions that are either vulgar and or odd little sounds shrieks etc, as you will see. In John’s case its yelling profanities at the top of his lungs at the oddest and most humourously entertaining times, yelping like a dog, spitting in peoples faces and blurting out every irrational and downright rude thought that enters his mind. My personal favourite is when he yells “mom your a slut” in the grocery store in front of an old lady. I found this HYSTERICAL…but at the same time i felt his pain and almost felt as if i should give into the compulsions as John does. This is great as both a documentary and for a good laugh.Read More »

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The film is set in the Russian city of Stalingrad on the river Volga in 1942-1943. The Nazi Armies are over one million strong, when they reach Volga at Stalingrad, where the WWII pivotal battle is unfolding. The battle becomes the biggest military event in the history of WWII. Despite the immeasurable human losses on both sides, the battle is going on for many months, fueled by the draft and military propaganda from the leaders. After having the big city totally destroyed, the invading Nazi Armies are defeated and reduced to one hundred thousand POWs. The battle is shown through the eyes of the soldiers and officers on both German and Russian sides of the war. ( Written by Steve Shelokhonov)Read More »

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A children’s film with music and puppet animals that participate in the lives of villagers in rural Iran. The film centres on the idyllic life of Golnar, a young girl who lives with her grandparents, and their daily routines and lifestyle. One day, Golnar becomes lost in an ominous forest when she loses her missing mother’s hankerchief, her pride and joy. Like Goldilocks, she finds shelter in a hut that accommodates a pair of bears. The adventure begins when the bears notice the young intruder. A charming tale for all ages.Read More »

Documentary shot during the Lebanese Civil War, a prequel to Alaouié’s Letter From a Time of Exile (1989).Read More »