One night on a lonely highway, a speeding car tosses a satchel of money, meant for somebody else Read More »
Tampopo (1985) Jûzô Itami, Ken Watanabe
In this humorous paean to the joys of food, the main story is about trucker Goro, who rides into town like a modern Shane Read More »
Unagi / The Eel (1997) Shôhei Imamura
White-collar worker Yamashita finds out that his wife has a lover visiting her when he’s away, suddenly returns home and kills her. Read More »
The life of Jesus (1997) Bruno Dumont
A social movie about current life in the north of France. Freddy and his friends are all unemployed. Read More »
The Mad Dog Killer (1977) Sergio Grieco
Sadistic no-count killer Nanni Vitali and three other equally brutish hoodlums escape from prison. Read More »
The Morning After (1986) Sidney Lumet, Jane Fonda
Alex Sternberg wakes up with a hangover and no memory of how she ended up in bed with a dead man. Read More »
I Hate But Love (1962) Koreyoshi Kurahara
A celebrity impulsively leaves fast-paced Tokyo to deliver a much-needed jeep to a remote village. Read More »
The PianoTuner of EarthQuakes (2004) Stephen Quay
Felisberto Fernandez is a piano tuner of exceptional skill, hired by Dr. Emmanuel Droz to come to a remote Read More »
Street of Crocodiles (1986) Stephen Quay
Inside a box full of curio, a puppet who is recently freed from his strings explores a dusty and forlorn commercial area. Read More »
The House Is Black (1963) Forugh Farrokhzad
Set in a leper colony in the north of Iran, The House is Black juxtaposes “ugliness”, of which there is much in the world Read More »