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Monthly Archives: October 2021
The Death of Empedocles AKA Der Tod des Empedokles oder: Wenn dann der Erde Grün von neuem Euch erglänzt (1987) Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub, Andreas von Rauch, Vladimir Baratta, Martina Baratta
The tragedy of the death of Empedocles, legislator in Acient Greece. Read More »
Winds of Change AKA Metamorphoses (1978) Takashi, Peter Ustinov
Several animated stories from “Metamorphoses”, Roman poet Ovid’s narrative of legends, are presented. Read More »
Tales of the Unusual AKA Yonimo kimyô na monogatari – Eiga no tokubetsu hen (2000) Mamoru Hoshi, Masayuki Ochiai, Hisao Ogura, Kazuyuki Aijima, Izumi Inamori, Renji Ishibashi
A four-part anthology in the spirit of The Twilight Zone, this film starts Read More »
Sayônara (2015) Kôji Fukada, Mari Yamamoto, Irène Jacob, Nijirô Murakami
In the not distant future Japan has again experienced a nuclear incident and is gradually becoming uninhabitable. Read More »
Punishment Island AKA Shokei no shima (1966) Masahiro Shinoda, Akira Nitta, Kei Satô, Kinzô Shin
Seeking revenge against the guard who tormented him, a young man returns to the island Read More »
Pearls of the Deep AKA Perlicky na dne (1965) Vera Chytilová, Jaromil Jires, Jirí Menzel, Pavla Marsálková, Ferdinand Kruta, Alois Vachek
Set against the backdrop of a repressed Czechoslovakia, five non-related vignettes are presented Read More »
Brocéliande (2002) Doug Headline, Elsa Kikoïne, Cylia Malki, Alice Taglioni
At a university specializing in Celtic history, a string of murders has struck the campus. Read More »
Satan’s Bed AKA Batas Impian Ranjang Setan (1986) H. Tjut Djalil, Didier A. Hamel, Chintami Atmanegara, Linda Lolita Hoesin
An entire family gets slaughtered at the beginning, except for one young woman who wanders through the house in a daze. Read More »
A Report on the Party and Guests AKA O slavnosti a hostech (1966) Jan Nemec, Ivan Vyskocil, Jan Klusák, Jiri Nemec
A small group of adult bourgeois friends are on a day outing in the country, that outing which includes having a picnic. Read More »