Easily one of the most important directors of 1970s Taiwan cinema, Tsun-Shou Sung daringly tells the story Read More »
Drama
Stupid Boy / Garçon stupide (2004) Lionel Baier, Pierre Chatagny, Natacha Koutchoumov, Rui Pedro Alves
This coming-of-age drama deals with a young man, realizing who he really is and which things he will never do. Read More »
Of Woman and Magic / La chambre des magiciennes (2000) Claude Miller, Anne Brochet, Mathilde Seigner, Annie Noël
Claire Weygand, a thirty-year-old young woman who is about to defend her anthropology thesis Read More »
The Tragedy of Bushido / Bushidô muzan (1960) Eitarô Morikawa, Miki Mori, Mutsuko Sakura, Hizuru Takachiho
Iori, a 16-year-old boy, is forced to commit “seppuku” (ritual suicide) to follow his late sovereign Read More »
Riel (1979) George Bloomfield, Raymond Cloutier, Roger Blay, Lloyd Bochner
A film about the actions of the Metis rebel leader who opposed the Canadian government in two seperate rebellions. Read More »
Guelwaar (1992) Ousmane Sembene, Abou Camara, Marie Augustine Diatta, Yama Diedhiou
Burial of a Christian political activist in a Muslim cemetary forces a conflict imbued with religious fervor. Read More »
Three Daughters / Teen Kanya (1961) Satyajit Ray, Anil Chatterjee, Chandana Banerjee, Aparna Sen
Based on popular Indian stories of the great writer Rabindranath Tagore Read More »
The Unknown Man (1951) Richard Thorpe, Walter Pidgeon, Ann Harding, Barry Sullivan
Prominent attorney Brad Mason takes on the defense of Rudi Walchek, a young hit-man hoodlum accused of murder. Read More »
Ginza keshô / Ginza cosmetics (1951) Mikio Naruse, Kinuyo Tanaka, Ranko Hanai, Yûji Hori
A few days in the life of a quiet geisha, single mother of a young, smart boy, in the lively Tokyo quarter of Ginza. Read More »
Stolen Pleasure / Tadare (1962) Yasuzô Masumura, Ayako Wakao, Jirô Tamiya, Yaeko Mizutani
Based on the original novel by Tokuda Shusei, adaptation by Kaneto Shindo, Masumura Yasuzo directs. Read More »