Set in Tokyo 7 years after WWII, this surreal story is about a 9 year old boy who wanders into a strange mansion Read More »
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The Barefoot Contessa (1954) Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O’Brien
At Maria Vargas’ funeral, several people recall who she was and the impact she had on them. Read More »
The Baby Carriage AKA Barnvagnen (1963) Bo Widerberg, Inger Taube, Thommy Berggren, Lars Passgård
Following his manifesto for a new Swedish cinema, director Widerberg started his career with this realist tale Read More »
As White as in Snow AKA Så vit som en snö (2001) Jan Troell, Amanda Ooms, Rikard Wolff, Björn Granath
Inspired by real-life Elsa Andersson, this mostly fictional movie tells the story of her upbringing as a farmer’s daughter Read More »
The Three Musketeers: Part I – The Queen’s Diamonds AKA Les trois mousquetaires: Première époque – Les ferrets de la reine (1961) Bernard Borderie, Gérard Barray, Georges Descrières, Bernard Woringer
D’Artagnan is back from England with a message for the queen. Buckingham has declared Read More »
Vengeance of the Three Musketeers AKA Les trois mousquetaires: La vengeance de Milady (1961) Bernard Borderie, Gérard Barray, Mylène Demongeot, Perrette Pradier
To avenge her defeat and with the help of the Cardinal’s army leader Rochefort Read More »
Dinner Rush (2000) Bob Giraldi, Danny Aiello, Edoardo Ballerini, John Rothman
Is it just another evening at the hugely popular Italian restaurant of proprietor Read More »
Pictures of the Old World AKA Obrazy starého sveta (1972) Dusan Hanák
Pictures of the Old World is an unquestioned masterpiece of European documentary cinema Read More »
A Slit-Mouthed Woman 2 AKA Kuchisake-onna 2 (2008) Kôtarô Terauchi, Rin Asuka, Yukie Kawamura, Akihiro Mayama
Three sisters grow up on a chicken farm in a small town of Gifu. Read More »
The Wicked Lady (1945) Leslie Arliss, Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Patricia Roc
17th-century beauty Barbara Worth starts her career of crime by stealing her best friend’s bridegroom. Read More »
The Sea and Poison AKA Umi to dokuyaku (1986) Kei Kumai, Eiji Okuda, Ken Watanabe, Takahiro Tamura
Downed American fliers in WWII are vivisected by Japanese surgeons in cruel medical experiments. Read More »
Utopia (1976) Raoul Ruiz, Eduardo Barr, Fosi Bendek, Germán Leitzelar
Two traveling salesmen are searching for the pieces of the body of a lost friend. Read More »
Bérénice (1983) Raoul Ruiz, Anne Alvaro, Jean-Bernard Guillard, Jean Badin
A lush, baroque adaptation of Jean Racine’s 1670 tragedy about a Roman emperor Read More »
The Demise of Father Mouret AKA La faute de l’abbé Mouret (1970) Georges Franju, Francis Huster, Gillian Hills, André Lacombe
Serge Mouret is a frail and devout young priest in a tough country parish. Read More »
Actors AKA Les acteurs (2000) Bertrand Blier, Pierre Arditi, Josiane Balasko, Jean-Paul Belmondo
A self-conscious and self-referential adventure into the (pretend) lives of legendary actors in Paris. Read More »