Four directors tell tales of Eros fit for a 1970s Decameron. Working-class lovers, Renzo and Luciana, marry but must hide Read More »
Fantasy
Nightmare Detective AKA Akumu tantei (2006) Shin’ya Tsukamoto, Ryûhei Matsuda, Hitomi, Masanobu Andô
Three people in Tokyo take a surreal voyage of self-discovery through memory and nightmares. Read More »
Maciste in Hell AKA Maciste all’inferno (1925) Guido Brignone, Bartolomeo Pagano, Umberto Guarracino, Mario Saio
The devil takes Maciste down to hell in an attempt to corrupt and ruin his morality. Read More »
Butter on the Latch (2013) Josephine Decker, Isolde Chae-Lawrence, Emily Decker, Stephan Goldbach
At a Balkan folk song and dance camp in the woods of Mendocino, California Read More »
Madame White Snake / Byaku fujin no yoren (1956) Shirô Toyoda, Ryô Ikebe, Shirley Yamaguchi, Kaoru Yachigusa
Lavish Japanese-Chinese coproduction based on an ancient Chinese legend about a man who falls in love with a snake goddess in human form. Read More »
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves AKA Ali Baba et les quarante voleurs (1954) Jacques Becker, Fernandel, Samia Gamal, Dieter Borsche
Rich oriental lord Cassim’s cheeky servant Ali Baba was sent to buy a meaty girl-slave Read More »
Warriors of Virtue (1997) Ronny Yu, Angus Macfadyen, Mario Yedidia, Marley Shelton
A young man, Ryan, suffering from a disability, wishes to join the other kids from his schools football team. Read More »
Ordet (1955) Carl Theodor Dreyer, Henrik Malberg, Emil Hass Christensen, Preben Lerdorff Rye
How do we understand faith and prayer, and what of miracles? August 1925 on a Danish farm. Read More »
Gemini AKA Sôseiji (1999) Shin’ya Tsukamoto, Masahiro Motoki, Ryô, Yasutaka Tsutsui
Yukio is living a charmed life: he is a respected young doctor with a successful practice and a beautiful wife. Read More »
Virtual Girl (1998) Richard Gabai, Charlie Curtis, Max Dixon, Miche Straube
John Lewis, a programming genius, has it all- a beautiful wife and a child, a lavish home Read More »