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Tora-san 19 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajirô to tonosama (1977) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Kyôko Maya
Tora-san befriends the descendant of a feudal lord. Read More »
The Phantom Light (1935) Michael Powell, Binnie Hale, Gordon Harker, Donald Calthrop
A lighthouse keeper has been murdered in mysterious circumstances and, during the ensuing Read More »
Pommerland (2005) Volker Koepp, Grzegorz Bartosiewicz, Jim Bartosiewicz, Malgorzata Bartosiewicz
Pomerania (Polish: Pomorze, which means ‘Land By the Sea’) stretches along the southern Read More »
Microhabitat / Sogongnyeo (2017) Jeon Go-Woon, Esom, Jae-hong Ahn, Jae-Hyun Choi
31 year old Miso is barely getting by in Seoul. Her joys in life are: cigarettes, one glass Read More »
The Heifer / La vaquilla (1985) Luis García Berlanga, Alfredo Landa, Guillermo Montesinos, Santiago Ramos
A platoon of mismatched soldiers crosses the front-line to steal the bull that the enemy Read More »
Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen (2022) Daniel Raim, Robert F. Boyle, Jeff Goldblum, Rosalind Harris
A documentary about the making of the musical film Fiddler on the Roof (1971). Read More »
Different from the Others / Anders als die Andern (1919) Richard Oswald, Conrad Veidt, Leo Connard, Ilse von Tasso-Lind
Two male musicians fall in love, but blackmail and scandal makes the affair take a tragic turn. Read More »
Blue (2002) Hiroshi Ando, Mikako Ichikawa, Manami Konishi, Asami Imajuku
An introverted schoolgirl falls in love and starts a relationship with one of her classmates. Read More »
The Devil’s Stairway / Maeui gyedan (1964) Lee Man-hee, Jeong-suk Moon, Jin Kyu Kim, Seong-ja Bang
A man wants to leave his mistress so he can marry the daughter Read More »