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Monthly Archives: May 2020
Ordet (1955) Carl Theodor Dreyer, Henrik Malberg, Emil Hass Christensen, Preben Lerdorff Rye

How do we understand faith and prayer, and what of miracles? August 1925 on a Danish farm. Read More »
Mouchette (1967) Robert Bresson, Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Marie Cardinal

Mouchette is a young girl living in the country. Her mother is dying and her father does not take care of her. Read More »
Before I Hang (1940) Nick Grinde, Boris Karloff, Evelyn Keyes, Bruce Bennett

A physician on death row for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a criminals’ blood Read More »
Encirclements AKA Hakafot (2014) Lee Gilat, Lior Ashkenazi, Assi Levy, Agam Ozalvo

When thirteen year old Aharon,is selected for the great honor of carrying the big Torah book Read More »
The Dolls AKA Le bambole (1965) Mauro Bolognini, Luigi Comencini, Nino Manfredi, Virna Lisi, Elke Sommer

Four different facets of love Italian-style provide the basis of this episodic film. Read More »
Mania (1974) Renato Polselli, Brad Euston, Ivana Giordan, Isarco Ravaioli

Professor Brecht finds out his wife Lisa is having an affair with his twin brother Giordano. Read More »
Performance (1970) Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg, James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg

Chas, a violent and psychotic East London gangster needs a place to lie low after a hit that should never have been carried out. Read More »
A Sun AKA Yang guang pu zhao (2019) Mong-Hong Chung, Chien-Ho Wu, Yi-wen Chen, Samantha Shu-Chin Ko

A Sun follows a troubled family of four. A-Ho, the younger son, has always been a problematic child Read More »
Sinner Take All (1936) Errol Taggart, Bruce Cabot, Margaret Lindsay, Joseph Calleia

Members of a wealthy family start getting threatening letters, and it’s not long before the threats turn Read More »