This is an intriguing avant-garde look at what motivates the leisurely classes in Portugal, for better or worse, by director Manoel de Oliveira. Read More »
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Cameo Kirby (1923) John Ford, John Gilbert, Gertrude Olmstead, Alan Hale, Drama
Wrongfully blamed for the death of Col. John Randall, Cameo Kirby (Gilbert) must find the true villain and clear his name before he can declare his love for Adele (Olmstead), the dead man’s daughter. Read More »
É o Amor / That’s Love (2013) João Canijo, Anabela Moreira, Sónia Nunes, Cassilda Pontes, Drama
In Caxinas, a fishing neighborhood in Vila do Conde, a city on the north of Portugal Read More »
Durval Discos / Durval Records (2002) Anna Muylaert, Ary França, Etty Fraser, Isabela Guasco, Comedy, Drama, Music, Thriller
Durval and his mother Carmita live at the back of “Durval Discos”, a record store they own in São Paulo, specializing in vinyl records. Read More »
Juliana do Amor Perdido / Lost Love Juliana (1970) Sérgio Ricardo, Maria Do Rosario, Francisco Di Franco, Macedo Neto, Drama
A beautiful young woman living in an isolated fishing community on an island falls in love with an outsider, a train machinist. But her father, a violent religious fanatic interferes. Read More »
Estrada de Palha / Hay Road (2012) Rodrigo Areias, Vítor Correia, Nuno Melo, Inês Mariana Moitas, Adventure, Drama, Western
This is the story of a man who after living over ten years isolated away from his country, returns to avenge His brother’s death. Read More »
The Strange World of Mojica Marins (2001) André Barcinski, Ivan Finotti, José Mojica Marins, Conceição Marins, Isaac Flor, Documentary
The first documentary on José Mojica Marins’s (the legendary Zé do Caixão or Coffin Joe) life and work. Read More »
Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind (1978) José Mojica Marins, Jorge Peres, Magna Miller, Horror
A psychiatric doctor is driven insane plagued by nightmarish visions of Zé do Caixão’s (Coffin Joe) subterranean world of bizarre horror. Read More »
O Fantasma / Phantom (2000) João Pedro Rodrigues, Ricardo Meneses, Beatriz Torcato, Andre Barbosa, Drama
Young and handsome Sergio works the night shift as a trash collector in Lisbon, Portugal. Read More »
Odete / Two Drifters (2005) João Pedro Rodrigues, Ana Cristina de Oliveira, Nuno Gil, João Carreira, Drama
Pedro and Rui kiss after a first-anniversary dinner; Pedro drives home, dying en route in a crash. Read More »