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Daily Archives: January 6, 2021
Lady of the Stable AKA Umagoya no reijô (1991) Hisayasu Satô, Yukinojô, Mineo Sugiura, Rie Asai

Yuu is living with her Ryusei horse on the edge of the sea. Read More »
Epicentro (2020) Hubert Sauper, Oona Chaplin

Waves crashing over a breakwater at the edge of the sea—this dramatic opening image conveys the vital spirit Read More »
Mad Emperor: Ludwig II AKA Ludwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs (1955) Helmut Käutner, O.W. Fischer, Marianne Koch, Paul Bildt

King Ludwig II of Bavaria is frustrated, having to accept parliament’s will to join Bismarck, rather he his cultured Habsburg friends, in wars. Read More »
Impromptu (1991) James Lapine, Judy Davis, Hugh Grant, Mandy Patinkin

1830s Paris. Novelist George Sand, who is known to be writing her memoirs, is causing a sensation in the literary scene Read More »
Temple of the Golden Pavilion AKA Kinkakuji (1976) Yoichi Takabayashi, Saburô Shinoda, Toshio Shiba, Katsuhiko Yokomitsu

The story takes place during the end of the Pacific War and the aftermath period and it focuses on Mizoguchi, who is the son of a Buddhist Priest. Read More »
Albert (1985) Frantisek Vlácil, Jaroslav Filip, Jan Kacer, Peter Debnar

Story of an extraordinary musician, violinist, who was famous, but his alcoholism led him to poverty. Read More »
La León (2007) Santiago Otheguy, Jorge Román, Daniel Valenzuela, José Muñoz

This visually stunning directorial debut is set in a place lost in time in northern Argentina. Read More »