Susan wants her reprehensible ex-husband dead and, in several bungled attempts by henchmen, tries to accomplish the deed. Read More »
Monthly Archives: April 2020
The Border Fence AKA Die bauliche Maßnahme (2018) Nikolaus Geyrhalter
In concentric circles starting from the border of the Brenner Pass between Austria and Italy Read More »
Sleep Furiously (2008) Gideon Koppel
Set in a small farming community in mid Wales, a place where Koppel’s parents – both refugees – found a home. Read More »
Mekong Hotel (2012) Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Shifting between fact and fiction in a hotel situated along the Mekong River, a film-maker rehearses a movie expressing the bonds between a vampiric mother and daughter. Read More »
Boss Nigger (1974) Jack Arnold, Fred Williamson, D’Urville Martin, William Smith
Two black bounty hunters ride into a small town out West in pursuit of an outlaw. Read More »
Vegas: Based on a True Story (2008) Amir Naderi, Mark Greenfield, Alexis Hart, Nancy La Scala
The film takes place away from the glittering strip of mega casinos, but the greed of Sin City is just as pervasive on the desert outskirts. Read More »
Love and Money (1981) James Toback, Ray Sharkey, Ornella Muti, Klaus Kinski
A billionaire businessman hires a man to influence a South American dictator. Read More »
Lilli Marlene (1950) Arthur Crabtree, Lisa Daniely, Hugh McDermott, Richard Murdoch
Lilli Marlene, a French girl working as a bar maid in her uncle’s café in Benghazi, Libya Read More »
City Girl (1930) F.W. Murnau, Charles Farrell, Mary Duncan, David Torrence
Lem goes to Chicago to sell the wheat his family has grown on their farm in Minnesota. Read More »
The Bear AKA L’ours (1988) Jean-Jacques Annaud, Tchéky Karyo, Bart the Bear, Youk the Bear
An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters. Read More »
The Nouba of the Women of Mount Chenoua AKA La nouba des femmes du mont Chenoua (1979) Assia Djebbar
Returning to her native region 15 years after the end of the Algerian war Read More »
Rasputin AKA Agoniya (1981) Elem Klimov, Aleksey Petrenko, Anatoliy Romashin, Velta Line
Russia, 1916. Be it by craft or madness, Rasputin exercises power over the indecisive Nicholas Read More »
Avida (2006) Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern, Anselme, Fernando Arrabal, Anne Benett
The kidnapping of a plump billionaire’s dog by a deaf-mute and 2 ketamine addicts goes wrong. Read More »
Puppet People AKA Central Bazaar (1976) Stephen Dwoskin, Marc Chaimowicz, Maggie Corey, Eddie Doyle
For this remarkable experimental film, the provocative avant-garde legend Stephen Dwoskin gathered together a group of strangers Read More »
Platform AKA Zhantai (2000) Zhangke Jia, Hongwei Wang, Tao Zhao, Jing Dong Liang
Set in Fenyang, Shanxi Province, the film focuses on a group of amateur theatre troupe performers Read More »