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  • Alvin Rakoff – Romeo & Juliet (1978)

    Drama1971-1980Alvin RakoffUnited KingdomWilliam Shakespeare
    Romeo & Juliet (1978)

    In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare’s plays for television. The resulting productions, renowed for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors.

    Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life whose misadventur’d piteous overthrows doth with their death bury their parents’ strife.Read More »

  • Adam Curtis – Shifty (2025)

    2021-2030Adam CurtisDocumentaryUnited Kingdom

    Plot:
    This series shows in a new and imaginative way how over the past 40 years in Britain extreme money and hyper-individualism came together in an unspoken alliance. Together they undermined one of the fundamental structures of mass democracy – that it could create a shared idea of what was real. And as that fell apart, with it went the language and the ideas that people had turned to for the last 150 years to make sense of the world they lived in.Read More »

  • Charles Walters – High Society (1956)

    1951-1960Charles WaltersComedyMusicalUSA

    Synopsis:
    With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband – with the help of a sympathetic reporter – has 48 hours to convince her that she really still loves him.Read More »

  • Howard Hawks – Hatari! (1962)

    1961-1970AdventureDramaHoward HawksUSA

    Sean Mercer (played by John Wayne) runs a business in East Africa. He and his team capture wild animals for zoos. It is dangerous work – one of his men almost dies after being gored by a rhino. He accepts a request from a photographer to join his business and capture their experiences but is very surprised, and bit inconvenienced, when the photographer turns out to be a woman. However, over time he grows fond of her. Meanwhile, plans to capture certain animals lead to all sorts of plans and adventures.Read More »

  • Charles Atlas – Turning (2012)

    2011-2020Charles AtlasDenmarkDocumentaryMusical

    In 2006 Antony and the Johnsons and Charles Atlas took their collaborative performance Turning to major cities in Europe. This documentary film explores the heart of that performance.

    This short feature is equal parts concert document, experimental art piece and portrait of the 13 women who were part of Antony and the Johnsons ‘Turning’ tour. The idea was that during each song a different women — including transsexuals, lesbians and straight women — would stand on a slowly turning platform, their images projected in giant size, as Antony performs some of his wonderfully emotional and personal songs – many of which touch on gender identity, or at least more generally on feeling like an outsider. (from IMDB user)Read More »

  • Joyce Wieland – Solidarity (1973)

    1971-1980CanadaExperimentalJoyce WielandPolitics

    Quote:
    A film on the Dare strike of the early 1970s. Hundreds of feet and legs, milling, marching and picketing with the word Solidarity superimposed on the screen. The soundtrack is an organizer’s speech on the labour situation. Like her films “Rat Life and Diet in North America,” “Pierre Vallieres” and “Reason Over Passion,” Solidarity combines a political awareness, an aesthetic viewpoint and a sense of humour unique in Wieland’s work.Read More »

  • Laurent Bouzereau – Becoming Hitchcock: The Legacy of Blackmail (2024)

    2021-2030DocumentaryFranceLaurent Bouzereau

    Exploring Hitchcock’s iconic style through his early film “Blackmail,” an insight into the director’s emerging techniques and themes during the transition to talkies, showcasing elements that would define his later masterpieces.Read More »

  • William A. O’Connor & Norton S. Parker – The Pace That Kills (1928)

    1921-1930DramaNorton S. ParkerUSAWilliam A. O'Connor

    Young farmboy leaves for the big city to get a job and find his sister; both of them get involved with drug dealers and become opium/cocaine addicts.Read More »

  • Eugenio Mira – Fade (2000)

    1991-2000CultEugenio MiraShort FilmSpain

    PLOT SUMMARY :
    In a corridor, a man gets in touch with a peculiar salesman. He offers a sort of machine to help people to bring memories back.Read More »

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