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Daily Archives: November 1, 2019
Hawks and Sparrows (1966) Pier Paolo Pasolini, Totò, Ninetto Davoli, Femi Benussi

This richly symbolic film is really impossible to understand without some knowledge of 20th Century Italian history Read More »
Khadak (2006) Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth, Batzul Khayankhyarvaa, Tsetsegee Byamba, Banzar Damchaa

Magical realism, epilepsy, and the steppes of Mongolia. A pilot dies. His son Bagi, who, like his father, has epilepsy Read More »
Legacy of the 500,000 (1963) Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Mihashi, Tsutomu Yamazaki

During the Second World War, Takeichi Matsuo had participated in hiding a huge cache of gold in the Phillippine mountains. Read More »
Garden of Eden (1954) Max Nosseck, Mickey Knox, Jamie O’Hara

War widow and pre-teen daughter leave home of tyrannical father-in-law in Florida Read More »
Man spricht über Jacqueline (1937) Werner Hochbaum, Wera Engels, Albrecht Schoenhals, Sabine Peters

Wera Engels plays Jacqueline who is the subject of some gossip due to her amorous affairs, she marries a diplomat and their relationship develops in a stormy way. Read More »
Crazed Fruit (1956) Kô Nakahira, Yûjirô Ishihara, Masahiko Tsugawa, Mie Kitahara

Bored rich kids. Natsuhisa, 20, constantly teases his brother Haruji, 16, about girls. Read More »
The Face at the Window (1939) George King, Tod Slaughter, John Warwick, Aubrey Mallalieu

In 1880, the criminal called The Face is responsible for a murderous rampage in France. Read More »
The Blue Wave (2013) Zeynep Dadak, Merve Kayan, Ayris Alptekin, Onur Saylak, Baris Hacihan

Deniz and her friends, who have been apart for the summer, have much to tell each other. Read More »
Kommunalka (2008) Françoise Huguier, Mano Siri

In Saint Petersburg in Russia, there still exists communal apartments, vestiges of the Soviet system. Read More »