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Monthly Archives: February 2020
Zegen (1987) Shôhei Imamura, Ken Ogata, Mitsuko Baishô, Chun-Hsiung Ko
The award-winning director of such esteemed films as Black Rain and The Ballad of Narayama has chosen here to tell the decidedly dicey true tale of Iheiji Muraoka Read More »
The Man Who Quit Smoking AKA Mannen som slutade röka (1972) Tage Danielsson, Gösta Ekman, Grynet Molvig, Toivo Pawlo
Young Dante Alighieri inherits 17 million from his father the sausage maker on one condition – he has to give up smoking in 14 days. Read More »
Blind Vendetta AKA Metralleta ‘Stein’ (1975) José Antonio de la Loma, John Saxon, Francisco Rabal, Blanca Estrada
The parallel stories of a police commissioner and a bank robber whose lives eventually come together. Read More »
Johnny O’Clock (1947) Robert Rossen, Dick Powell, Evelyn Keyes, Lee J. Cobb
Johnny O’Clock (Dick Powell) is a junior partner in a posh casino with Guido Marchettis (Thomas Gomez) Read More »
The Ice House AKA The Passion Pit (1969) Stuart E. McGowan, David Story, Robert Story, Jim Davis
A serial killer who works in an ice house murders women, then brings their bodies back to the ice house and stores them there. Read More »
Drawers AKA Cekmeceler (2015) Caner Alper, Mehmet Binay, Ece Dizdar, Tilbe Saran, Taner Birsel
Deniz, 33, ends up in a hospital after a traumatic night Read More »
Mobius (2013) Eric Rochant, Jean Dujardin, Cécile De France, Tim Roth
In the high stakes world of espionage, one Russian FSB operative will do whatever it takes to crack an international money Read More »
Battlestar Galactica (1978) Richard A. Colla, Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene
The story of how the Twelve Colonies of Man are destroyed after a 1000 year war with the evil Cylon Empire. Read More »
The Benson Murder Case (1930) Frank Tuttle, William Powell, William ‘Stage’ Boyd, Eugene Pallette
A murder takes place virtually in front of Philo Vance’s eyes which, for all intents and purposes Read More »
Crazy Joe (1974) Carlo Lizzani, Peter Boyle, Paula Prentiss, Fred Williamson
The rise and fall of a Mafia gangster, based on the life of murdered New York gangster “Crazy” Joey Gallo. Read More »
The Expedition AKA Abhijaan (1962) Satyajit Ray, Waheeda Rehman, Soumitra Chatterjee, Ruma Guha Thakurta
When a corrupt cop takes away Narsingh’s taxi license after an illegal car race Read More »
Heartbeat Detector AKA La question humaine (2007) Nicolas Klotz, Mathieu Amalric, Michael Lonsdale, Edith Scob
Paris today. Simon works as psychologist in human resources department of petrochemical corporation. Read More »
Crooked Lines (2003) Harry O’Reilly, Adam Trese, Jim Breuer, Burt Young
When petty thieves discover that mobsters are scheduled to pick up $1 million from a local deli, the gang decides to swoop in and steal the cash. Read More »
The Five Obstructions AKA De fem benspænd (2003) Jørgen Leth, Claus Nissen, Majken Algren Nielsen, Daniel Hernandez Rodriguez
In this playful, mischievous look at the creative process, Danish auteur Lars von Trier Read More »