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Treading Water AKA Jusqu’au cou (1964) Denis Héroux, Édith de Villers, Raymond Levasseur, Renée Lescop
The story of a young university student who deals with love in the midst of the Quebec separatist movement in the 1960s. Read More »
Gumshoe (1971) Stephen Frears, Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay
Ginley (Albert Finney) is a nightclub bingo caller eager for a career change. Read More »
The Revolt AKA Dôran (1980) Shirô Moritani, Ken Takakura, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Masakane Yonekura
When a young solider is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution Read More »
A Confucian Confusion AKA Du li shi dai (1994) Edward Yang, Li-Mei Chen, Shiang-chyi Chen, Yi-wen Chen
After firing a colleague, the head of a PR company begins to question her lifestyle and values. Read More »
Okatsu the Fugitive AKA Yôen dokufu-den: Okatsu kyôjô tabi (1969) Nobuo Nakagawa, Junko Miyazono, Reiko Ônobuta, Tôru Abe
Okatsu: a “tomboy” who is good with a sword. Her father has found her a man to marry Read More »
13 Frightened Girls! (1963) William Castle, Murray Hamilton, Joyce Taylor, Hugh Marlowe
An international bevy of beautiful teenage girls represent their countries as the daughters of diplomats. Read More »
25 Fireman’s Street AKA Tüzoltó utca 25. (1973) István Szabó, Lucyna Winnicka, Margit Makay, Károly Kovács
On one hot summer night, the residents of a Hungarian apartment house slated Read More »
Young Adam (2003) David Mackenzie, Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan
Joe, a rootless young drifter, finds work on a barge travelling between Glasgow and Edinburgh Read More »
The Battle of El Alamein AKA La battaglia di El Alamein (1969) Giorgio Ferroni, Frederick Stafford, George Hilton, Michael Rennie
June 1942 El Alamein: Rommel swept towards the River Nile. The fall Egypt and the all important Suez Canal seems inevitable. Read More »
They Don’t Wear Black Tie AKA Eles Não Usam Black-Tie (1981) Leon Hirszman, Gianfrancesco Guarnieri, Fernanda Montenegro, Carlos Alberto Riccelli
A large factory in Brazil is having problems with its workers and their union Read More »
The Bad Seed (1956) Mervyn LeRoy, Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones
Christine Penmark seems to have it all: a lovely home, a loving husband and the most “perfect” daughter in the world. Read More »
Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) Michael Patrick Jann, Kirsten Dunst, Denise Richards, Ellen Barkin
A small-town beauty pageant turns deadly as it becomes clear that someone will go to any lengths to win. Read More »
Mifune’s Last Song AKA Mifunes sidste sang (1999) Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Iben Hjejle, Anders W. Berthelsen, Jesper Asholt
Kresten has moved from his parents farm on a small Danish island to Copenhagen Read More »
The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach AKA Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach (1968) Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub, Gustav Leonhardt, Christiane Lang, Paolo Carlini
Utilizing letters Anna Magdalena Bach composed to her husband, seminal composer Johann Sebastian Read More »