Described by David Bordwell as ‘probably the greatest revelation’ of the retrospective of Shochiku’s Read More »
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Eclipse AKA Kinkanshoku (1934) Hiroshi Shimizu, Mitsugu Fujii, Hiroko Kawasaki, Michiko Kuwano
The story is centered around the devastating experiences of two villagers, Osaki Shuichi Read More »
Hero of Swallow AKA San tau jin zi lei saam (1996) Sang Siu, Biao Yuen, Athena Chu, You Ge
Yuen Biao plays the Hero Swallow, a sort of Robin Hood, in this wonderful tale about poverty Read More »
Tarot (1986) Rudolf Thome, Vera Tschechowa, Rüdiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler
A film director, his fiancée, a scriptwriter and a student interact and discuss their emotions, at length. Read More »
System Without Shadow AKA System ohne Schatten (1983) Rudolf Thome, Bruno Ganz, Dominique Laffin, Hanns Zischler
Computer operator Faber works on securing computers for big companies and banks. Read More »
Slow Dancing in the Big City (1978) John G. Avildsen, Paul Sorvino, Anne Ditchburn, Nicolas Coster
An aging out of shape reporter falls for a pretty but seriously ill ballerina. Read More »
Bellman and True (1987) Richard Loncraine, Bernard Hill, Derek Newark, Richard Hope
Hiller, a computer expert, was bribed by group of bank robbers to obtain details Read More »
The Killer Elite (1975) Sam Peckinpah, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Arthur Hill
Mike Locken is one of the principal members of a group of freelance spies. Read More »
Jarhead (2005) Sam Mendes, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Lucas Black
Anthony “Swoff” Swofford, a Camus-reading kid from Sacramento, enlists in the Marines in the late 1980s. Read More »
The Cat AKA Lo mau (1992) Ngai Choi Lam, Gloria Yip, Waise Lee, Christine Ng
An adaptation of the novel Old Cat, by Ni Kuang. A cat from outer space teams Read More »