A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness Read More »
Fantasy
Parade of the Planets AKA Parad planet (1984) Vadim Abdrashitov, Oleg Borisov, Sergey Shakurov, Sergey Nikonenko
In a surreal puzzler, this story of a fantasy lived by a disparate group of four men captures Read More »
The Inner Scar AKA La cicatrice intérieure (1972) Philippe Garrel, Nico, Christian Päffgen
A composition of symbolic, surreal and almost mystic images. Read More »
FantastiCozzi (2016) Felipe M. Guerra, Luigi Cozzi, Caroline Munro, Sybil Danning
A feature-length documentary about the life and career of Italian director Luigi Cozzi Read More »
Brand Upon the Brain! A Remembrance in 12 Chapters (2006) Guy Maddin, Gretchen Krich, Sullivan Brown, Maya Lawson
Guy Maddin reluctantly returns to his childhood home, an abandoned Canadian island 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 »
They Came to a City (1944) Basil Dearden, John Clements, Googie Withers, Raymond Huntley
Nine personalities from various walks of life are hauled into some post-war Utopia, but just how many are prepared to live inside? Read More »
Hercules and the Captive Women AKA Ercole alla conquista di Atlantide (1961) Vittorio Cottafavi, Reg Park, Fay Spain, Ettore Manni
The ever intrepid world-trotting hunk of a man Herc (Hercules to those who are not his friends) Read More »
The Miracle of P. Tinto AKA El milagro de P. Tinto (1998) Javier Fesser, Luis Ciges, Janusz Ziemniak, Pablo Pinedo
Wafer factory-owner P. Tinto and his wife Olivia want a their own child more than anything Read More »
Truly Madly Deeply (1990) Anthony Minghella, Juliet Stevenson, Alan Rickman, Jenny Howe
Once upon a time there were two people in love, their names were Nina and Jamie. Read More »
La Paloma (1974) Daniel Schmid, Ingrid Caven, Peter Kern, Peter Chatel
A love story between a “demi-mondaine” kept by various lovers, suffering from tuberculosis Read More »
Lonelyheart AKA Sabishinbô (1985) Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, Yasuko Tomita, Toshinori Omi, Yumiko Fujita
Lonely and love-struck, high-school student Hiroki pursues one girl but another one mysteriously appears in his life. Read More »
The Catman of Paris (1946) Lesley Selander, Carl Esmond, Lenore Aubert, Adele Mara
Author Charles Regnier returns to 1896 Paris after exotic travels, having written a bestseller Read More »
Sylvie and the Phantom AKA Sylvie et le fantôme (1946) Claude Autant-Lara, Odette Joyeux, François Périer, Pierre Larquey
On the eve of her 16th birthday, Sylvie’s father needs cash to stay in his castle so he sells Sylvie’s favorite thing Read More »