Prague in the early 1950’s. Bourgeois elements are being re-educated by working in a scrapyard full of the detritus of industrial society. Read More »
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Black Gold (1947) Phil Karlson, Anthony Quinn, Katherine DeMille, ‘Ducky’ Louie
In the early 1920s, in the desert near the Texas-Mexico border, Charley Eagle (Anthony Quinn), is Indian who owns a small Read More »
Our Beloved Month of August (2008) Miguel Gomes, Sónia Bandeira, Fábio Oliveira, Joaquim Carvalho, Emmanuelle Fèvre
In the heart of Portugal, amid the mountains, the month of August is abuzz with people and activity… Read More »
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007) Yves Simoneau, Aidan Quinn, Adam Beach, August Schellenberg
In the 1880s, after the U. S. Army’s defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the government continues to push Sioux Indians off their land. Read More »
The Oak (1992) Lucian Pintilie, Maia Morgenstern, Razvan Vasilescu, Victor Rebengiuc
A description of Romania before Ceausescu’s downfall, through the story of Nela. Read More »
Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple (1955) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Mariko Okada, Kôji Tsuruta
After years on the road establishing his reputation as Japan’s greatest Samurai, Takezo returns to Kyoto. Read More »
No, or the Vain Glory of Command (1990) Manoel de Oliveira, Luís Miguel Cintra, Diogo Dória, Miguel Guilherme
Episodes from entire military history of Portugal are told through flashbacks as a professorish soldier Read More »
The Quince Tree Sun (1992) Víctor Erice, Antonio López, María Moreno, Enrique Gran
The artist, Antonio Lopez, tries to paint the quince tree he planted some time back in his garden. Read More »
Mudar de Vida, José Mario Branco, vida e obra (2014) Pedro Fidalgo, Nelson Guerreiro
A documentary about the life and work of musician, composer, poet, actor, activist, columnist, music producer, José Mário Branco Read More »
Game of Checkers (2015) Patrícia Sequeira, Ana Nave, Ana Padrão, Fátima Belo
Following Marta’s wake, her five best friends decide to spend the night at a rural tourist getaway that Marta never got around to opening. Read More »
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (2009) Anna Muylaert, Glória Pires, Paulo Miklos, Alessandra Colassanti
In São Paulo, the lonely forty and something year-old guitar teacher Baby lives a tedious life in a low middle-class apartment Read More »
My Beautiful Country (2012) Michaela Kezele, Zrinka Cvitesic, Misel Maticevic, Andrija Nikcevic
Kosovo, 1999. As the civil war between Serbs and Albanians rages, hatred has replaced tolerance, and towns are brutally divided along ethnic lines. Read More »
The Desperate Hours (1955) William Wyler, Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy
After escaping from prison, Glenn Griffin, his brother Hal and a third inmate Sam Kobish randomly select a house Read More »
American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950) Fritz Lang, Tyrone Power, Micheline Presle, Tom Ewell
In the spring of 1942, following the blockade run that took General Douglas MacArthur Read More »
Lady Jane (2008) Robert Guédiguian, Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan
Muriel, François and René, three childhood friends from a working class neighbourhood of Marseille Read More »