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The Magic Blade / Tien ya ming yue dao (1976) Yuen Chor, Lung Ti, Lieh Lo, Li Ching

Two rival swordsmen, the heroic Fu Hung Hsieh and the wealthy Yen Nan-Fei Read More »
The Virgin Spring / Jungfrukällan (1960) Ingmar Bergman, Max von Sydow, Birgitta Valberg, Gunnel Lindblom

Set in creepy 14th century Sweden, it is the sombre, powerful fable of wealthy Read More »
Nine to Five (1980) Colin Higgins, Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton

Meet Franklin Hart (Dabney Coleman). The biggest “sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot” boss on the planet. Read More »
Death and the Compass (1992) Alex Cox, Peter Boyle, Miguel Sandoval, Christopher Eccleston

Detective Lonnrot declares war on the notorious outlaw Red Scharlach Read More »
Carry on Nurse (1959) Gerald Thomas, Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Connor

Set in Haven Hospital where a certain men’s ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital put together. Read More »
The Unknown Terror (1957) Charles Marquis Warren, John Howard, Mala Powers, Paul Richards

The mysterious disappearance of Jim Wheatley (Charles Gray), while exploring a cave near a Mexican village Read More »
Schizopolis (1996) Steven Soderbergh, Miles Hardy, Scott Allen

Fletcher Munson is a lethargic, passive worker for a Scientology-like self-help corporation called Eventualism. Read More »
Amerikana (2001) James Merendino, Michael A. Goorjian, James Duval, Tara Agace

Peter and Chris, two young American friends in their late 20s, go from South Dakota to California on a scooter Read More »
A Midsummer’s Fantasia / Han yeo-reum-ui pan-ta-ji-a (2014) Kun-jae Jang, Sae-byeok Kim, Hyeong-gook Im, Ryo Iwase

Split into two parts, shot in black and white, the opening chapter First Love Read More »
The Wind and the Lion (1975) John Milius, Sean Connery, Candice Bergen, Brian Keith

At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers. Read More »
Irma Vep (1996) Olivier Assayas, Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Nathalie Richard

French filmmaker René Vidal was once a renowned director Read More »
A Smell of Honey, a Swallow of Brine (1966) Byron Mabe, Stacey Walker, Sam Melville, Bob Todd

Sharon is a young office worker who sexually teases, seduces Read More »
Wisconsin Death Trip (1999) James Marsh, Ian Holm, Jeffrey Golden, Jo Vukelich

Wisconsin Death Trip is an intimate, shocking and sometimes hilarious account Read More »
Alfie (1966) Lewis Gilbert, Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Millicent Martin

For Alfie, the only real life is sex life; only then can he kid himself he is living. Read More »