Young women in a small Japanese town look to revive their home’s declining fortunes by building a Hawaiian village tourist attraction. Read More »
This Is Not a Film / In film nist (2011) Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
It’s been months since Jafar Panahi, stuck in jail, has been awaiting a verdict by the appeals court. Read More »
Thriller (1979) Sally Potter, Colette Laffont, Rose English
Since its release in 1980, Sally Potter’s rewriting of Puccini’s opera, La Boheme, has become a classic in feminist film theory. Read More »
Millenium Traveller / Sennen tabito (1999) Jinsei Tsuji
Knowing that he has only a month to live, a pianist goes back to his beloved ocean. Read More »
The Dragon Missile / Fei long zhan (1976) Meng-Hua Ho
An evil gang of martial artists fight for a healing elixir against a specialist that fights with boomerang blades – the Dragon Missiles! Read More »
Celui qui doit mourir / He Who Must Die (1957) Jules Dassin
Three townspeople cause an uproar when they try to help refugees on a Greek island occupied by Turks. Read More »
La legge / The Law (1959) Jules Dassin, Gina Lollobrigida
Marietta, servant of aristocrat Don Cesare, is the bellezza of an Italian town where men gather Read More »
We Are All Murderers (1952) André Cayatte, Marcel Mouloudji
Rene is not a bright guy. He was taught to kill by the Resistance. Read More »
An Eye for an Eye / Oeil pour oeil (1957) André Cayatte
In North Africa Dr. Walter (W) is a very skilled surgeon but lives at a distance from the hospital. Read More »
That’ll Be the Day (1973) Claude Whatham, David Essex
Abandoned by his father at an early age, Jim MacLaine seems to have inherited the old man’s restlessness. Read More »