
More young cinephiles in part three of Skorecki’s three part film. Read More »
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Un meurtre est un meurtre (1972) Murder Is a Murder

Paul Kastner’s wife dies in tragic circumstances. Although Paul is, or seems, blameless, a stranger soon appears in town who maintains he has evidence to show Paul in fact murdered the woman. Read More »
The Cat Vanishes (2011) El gato desaparece

Luis, a recognized university professor, out of the psychiatric clinic, where he spent the last three years Read More »
Runway to Hell (1960) Masahiro Makino

When Kaneko Ichinosuke aims to avenge his father who was wrongly accused of embezzlement, the samurai Kochiyama Soshun agrees to assist. Read More »
La doublure (2006) The Valet – Francis Veber

A Parisian valet loves a woman who rejects him: she’s in debt to open a bookshop, and he’s not her ideal man. Read More »
The Last Island (1990) Marleen Gorris

After a large airliner crashes on a deserted island killing most of the passengers, two women Read More »
Summer Lights (2016) Lumières d’été

On the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Akihiro, a native Japanese filmmaker living in Paris Read More »
Die, Mommie, Die! (2003) Mark Rucker

Angela Arden is a washed up, has-been singing star who is trapped in a hateful marriage to film producer Sol Sussman. Read More »
It’s a Beautiful World (2014) Richard Beymer

Richard Beymer first met David Lynch when Lynch cast him as Ben Horne in the series Twin Peaks. Read More »
Les cinéphiles 2 – Eric a disparu (1989)

Continuation of the essay on the cinema of Louis Skorecki through the relations of some young cinephiles. Read More »