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Monthly Archives: March 2017
The Irish in Us (1935) Lloyd Bacon, James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, Olivia de Havilland, Comedy

The family consists of Pat, the cop, Mike the fireman, Danny the boxing promoter and Ma. Pat wants Danny to get a real job, because most of his fighters end up in Polookaville and Pat wants to marry Lucille. Read More »
Spokój / The Calm (1980) Krzysztof Kieslowski, Jerzy Stuhr, Izabella Olszewska, Jerzy Trela, Drama

Filmed in 1976 and shelved for five years. A young man in his twenties leaves prison after a three-year sentence. Read More »
La sorcière / The Sorceress (1956) André Michel, Marina Vlady, Maurice Ronet, Nicole Courcel, Drama

Brulard, a French civil engineer on assignment in Sweden for a lumber company meets Ina, a local nature-girl type, falls in love, has an affair, tries to convert her to “civilization”, but ends up getting her killed by superstitious villagers instead.
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Personel (1975) Krzysztof Kieslowski, Juliusz Machulski, Irena Lorentowicz, Wlodzimierz Borunski, Drama

Romek, an idealistc 19-year-old boy, takes a job as a tailor in the costume department of a Warsaw theater company where his new colleague Read More »
Border Incident (1949) Anthony Mann, Ricardo Montalban, George Murphy, Howard Da Silva, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

To penetrate a gang exploiting illegal Mexican farmworkers smuggled into California (and leaving no live witnesses), Mexican federal agent Pablo Rodriguez poses as an ignorant bracero, while his American counterpart Jack Bearnes works from outside. Read More »
Las olas / The Waves (2011) Alberto Morais, Armando Aguirre, Sergio Caballero, Pepe Galotto, Drama

After the death of his wife, Miguel decides to take a trip, postponed for many years, Argeles-sur-Mer, a small town in southern France, where thousands of refugees are concentrated for some time. Read More »
Otôto / Her Brother (1960) Kon Ichikawa, Keiko Kishi, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Drama

Set in 1926 when Japanese tradition was much stronger, this standard drama looks at the inner workings of a small family, especially the relationship between a sister and brother.
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Krótki dzien pracy / Short Working Day (1981) Krzysztof Kieslowski, Tadeusz Bartosik, Zbigniew Bielski, Leon Charewicz, Drama

Based on reportage of the 1976 strike in Radom, which ended with the regional Party Committee headquarters set aflame, Kieslowski’s made-for-TV hybrid film merges archival materials with a dramatization of organized opposition during a single day of conflict. Read More »
Kor / Ember (2016) Zeki Demirkubuz, Aslihan Gürbüz, Caner Cindoruk, Taner Birsel, Drama

When her husband Cemal is arrested in Romania, Emine is left alone with their child who needs immediate surgery. Read More »