Willy, a student, quits his vacationjob to go to Istanbul with the sinister yet facinating Klamski. Read More »
Tag Archives: Belgium
Whos Crazy (1966) Thomas White, Allan Zion, Wimme Andre, Melvin Clay, Tom Edmonston, Drama
Insane asylum inmates escape their confinement and hole up in a deserted Belgian farmhouse, where they cook large quantities of eggs and condemn one of their own in an impromptu court. Read More »
From the other side (2002) Chantal Akerman, Documentary
A documentary look at the fate of Mexicans who cross the border into the United States. Read More »
The Passage (2011) Roberto Minervini, Josefina Barrios, Christin Carlson, Emma Carlson, Drama
A woman in her 60s with terminal cancer, a man in his 40s recently out of jail, and a British artist in his 50s come together by chance and take a road trip to Marfa, TX. Read More »
Copie conforme / Certified Copy (2010) Abbas Kiarostami, Juliette Binoche, William Shimell, Jean-Claude Carrière, Drama
James Miller has just written a book on the value of a copy versus the original work of art. Read More »
Mobile Home (2012) François Pirot, Arthur Dupont, Guillaume Gouix, Jean-Paul Bonnaire, Comedy, Drama
After having broken up with his girlfriend and left his job, Simon has come back to his small hometown in the countryside, where he meets up again with his old friend Julien. Read More »
The Embrace / L’etreinte (1969) Paul Collet, Pierre Drouot, Daniel Vigo, Nathalie Vernier, Laetitia Sorel, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Erotic
The girl is very fascinating and unaware. The great tentacled city will give her unpredictable surprises and she won’t be afraid to taste them day by day.
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Meeuwen sterven in de haven / Seagulls Die in the Harbour (1955) Rik Kuypers, Ivo Michiels, Tine Balder, Tone Brulin, Alice De Graef, Drama, Film Noir
A pessimistic urban drama, with a musical score by Jack Sels and Max Damasse, charts in strongly expressionistically lit black-and-white images Read More »
De Vlaschaard / The Flax Field (1983) Jan Gruyaert, Vic Moeremans, Rene Van Sambeek, Marc Peeters, Drama
In a part of Flanders where flax is the main crop, farmer Vermeulen rules his estate like an ‘old school’ patriarch, stern and authoritarian Read More »
Hors la vie / Out of Life (1991) Maroun Bagdadi, Hippolyte Girardot, Rafik Ali Ahmad, Hussein Sbeity, Drama
Patrick Perrault, a photo-journalist covering the war in Beirut in the late 1980s, is himself caught up in the hostilities when one day he is picked up and bundled into a car at gun-point. Read More »