This parody of the detective-story genre merrily detours into spoofing French foibles as well Read More »
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Morning’s Tree-Lined Street (1936) Mikio Naruse
In 1936 Chiba Sachiko had her third starring role in a Naruse picture Read More »
Both You and I (1946) Mikio Naruse
A comedy about two salarymen who routinely degrade themselves for their boss. Read More »
The Lover (1992) Jean-Jacques Annaud, Jane March
It is French Colonial Vietnam in 1929. A young French girl from a family that is having Read More »
The Island Tales (2000) Stanley Kwan, Takao Osawa
The story of seven people stuck on a remote island, quarantined by the government due to a viral outbreak. Read More »
Mandala (1981) Im Kwon-taek, Ahn Sung-ki
A story that follows the lives and interactions of two Buddhist monks living in South Korea. Read More »
Frankenstein vs. the Mummy (2015) Damien Leone
The mummy of a cursed pharaoh and a reanimated corpse terrorize a medical university. Read More »
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Adam, the eldest of seven brothers, goes to town to get a wife. He convinces Milly to marry him that same day. Read More »
Lacombe Lucien (1974) Louis Malle, Pierre Blaise
A small town in the south-west of France, summer of 1944. Having failed to join the resistance Read More »
Ghosts (2005) Christian Petzold, Julia Hummer
Nina, an end-of-teenage orphan with mental problems, starts a new job as a garden Read More »