The narrator (Jean-Louis), a devout Catholic, moves to a provincial town and vows to marry Francoise, a pretty blond he notices at mass. Read More »
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Les Destinées sentimentales / Sentimental Destinies (2000) Olivier Assayas, Emmanuelle Béart, Charles Berling, Isabelle Huppert, Drama, Romance
In late nineteenth century Charante, Protestant minister Jean Barnery causes local disquiet when he arranges a separation from his obsessive wife – and more talk when he decides to take her back. Read More »
Hjemve / Just Like Home (2007) Lone Scherfig, Lars Kaalund, Bodil Jørgensen, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Comedy
As the citizens of a secluded Danish town gradually lose their trust in one another, the sight of a naked man in the early morning hours sets off an unsettling wave of paranoia. Read More »
Asobi / Play (1971) Yasuzô Masumura, Keiko Takahashi, Masaaki Daimon, Keizô Kanie, Drama, Romance
A young factory worker is picked up and courted by a clumsy youth with yakuza dreams, over one long day and a night. Read More »
Viva Zapata! (1952) Elia Kazan, Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn, Biography, Drama, History
In 1909, Emiliano Zapata, a well-born but penniless Mexican Mestizo from the southern state of Morelos Read More »
5 bambole per la luna d’agosto / 5 Dolls for an August Moon (1970) Mario Bava, William Berger, Ira von Fürstenberg, Edwige Fenech, Mystery, Thriller
George Stark is a wealthy industrialist who invites five business friends of his to his remote Mediterranean island Read More »
Miyamoto Musashi / Samurai 1: Musashi Miyamoto (1954) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Rentarô Mikuni, Action, Adventure, Biography, Drama, History, Romance
With his closest friend, Matahachi, Takezo (the town’s wild, orphan kid) leaves his village to join an army on its way to battle. Read More »
La cieca di Sorrento / The Blind Woman of Sorrento (1934) Nunzio Malasomma, Dria Paola, Corrado Racca, Dino Di Luca, Drama
1834. After murdering a Marquesa, a robber fled with the loot, unaware that has been seen by the victim’s daughter. Read More »
Oci Ciornie / Dark Eyes (1987) Nikita Mikhalkov, Marcello Mastroianni, Silvana Mangano, Marthe Keller, Comedy, Romance, Drama
Aboard a ship early in the 20th-century, a middle-aged Italian tells his story of love to a Russian. Read More »
To Meteoro Vima tou Pelargou / The Suspended Step of the Stork (1991) Theodoros Angelopoulos, Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Gregory Patrick Karr, Drama, Romance
Alexandre, a TV reporter, is working for a few days in a border town, where a lot of refugees from Albania, Turkey and Kurdistan are packed in. Read More »
Kangwon-do ui him / The Power of Kangwon Province (1998) Sang-soo Hong, Jong-hak Baek, Jaehyun Chun, Sunyoung Im, Drama
Helmed by one of Korea’s leading directors, Hong Sang-soo, Jisook joins two of her girlfriends for a holiday in Korea’s Kangwon Province. Read More »
Stroke of Death (1979) Mar Lo, Siu-Tung Ching, Chiu-Sing Hau, Feng Kuan, Action, Drama
Ching, a small-time crook, is sent to prison. There he meets a one-eyed master who has been sentenced to death. Read More »
Kravgi gynaikon / A Dream of Passion (1978) Jules Dassin, Melina Mercouri, Ellen Burstyn, Andréas Voutsinas, Drama
Melina Mercouri plays an actress who is attempting a comeback with a staging of the Greek tragedy “Medea” (about a woman who kills her children) in her native Greece. Read More »
La morte-saison des amours / The Season for Love (1961) Pierre Kast, Françoise Arnoul, Daniel Gélin, Pierre Vaneck, Comedy, Drama
Sylvain, a suave, witty player as well as an accomplished writer and Genevieve met 10 months ago. Read More »
Burger Boys (1999) Lav Diaz, Gerald Madrid, Marcus Madrigal, Marco Salvador, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Four high school friends hatch a plan for a farcical heist that sends them spiraling into a series of surreal events littered with clowns Read More »