Arthouse

  • Miklós Jancsó – Nekem lámpást adott kezembe az Úr Pesten AKA Lord’s Lantern in Budapest (1999)

    1991-2000ArthouseComedyHungaryMiklós Jancsó
    Nekem lámpást adott kezembe az Úr Pesten (1999)
    Nekem lámpást adott kezembe az Úr Pesten (1999)

    Five different stories are connected by two recurring characters: gravediggers Kapa and Pepe. In one story, the director and screenwriter are characters. Killed by assassins, their ashes are then mixed up by the antic gravediggers. In another, a rich man persuades a poor one not to kill himself, and ends up committing suicide himself, while in a third, characters in a country mansion meditate on Hungarian history, revolution and violence.Read More »

  • Various – Gure oroitzapenak (2018)

    Various2011-2020ArthouseDramaSpain
    Gure oroitzapenak (2018)
    Gure oroitzapenak (2018)

    The countenance of the basque writer Joseba Sarrionandia is multi-faceted, not only for having dabbled in all literary forms of expression, but for having been capable of creating his own imagery, composed of endless worlds. Thus, several of the elements appearing in the literary world will undoubtedly appear here: the sea, the port, childhood, trains, uprooting, war, destruction, love, drifting, pain, fantasy, mystery, initiation, torture.Read More »

  • Mark Moskowitz – Stone Reader (2002)

    2001-2010ArthouseDocumentaryMark MoskowitzUSA
    Stone Reader (2002)
    Stone Reader (2002)

    In this labor-of-love documentary, director-writer-producer Mark Moskowitz tackles a project he had been wanting to pursue since he was 18 years old. In 1972 he read a New York Times book review of THE STONES OF SUMMER by Dow Mossman, a title which would later became an object of obsession for Moskowitz. Though he shelved the book for 25 years, Moskowitz finally did read it and was amazed at its ingenuity. He was shocked that its onetime author never penned another book. Determined to solve this mystery, Moskowitz made THE STONE READER, documenting his research project in finding the forgotten author and getting to the bottom of the publishing mystery of how so many great works of literature, and great authors, just disappear.Read More »

  • Apichatpong Weerasethakul – Mekong Hotel (2012) (HD)

    Apichatpong Weerasethakul2011-2020ArthouseDramaThailand
    Mekong Hotel (2012)
    Mekong Hotel (2012)

    Quote:
    When it comes to impenetrable arthouse fare, Thai indie auteur Apichatpong Weerasethakul is widely regarded as something of a master. Two years ago, he arrived in London triumphantly with his Palme d’Or for the majestic Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) and has returned this year with the not-quite-feature-length oddity, Mekong Hotel (2012), which rightly features in the LFF’s ‘Experimenta’ stream. Weerasethakul’s latest lingers instead on a series of moments all taking place around the titular hostelry sat on the bank of the enormous river which separates Thailand from Laos.Read More »

  • Anne Claire Poirier – Mourir à tue-tête AKA A Scream from Silence (1979)

    1971-1980Anne Claire PoirierArthouseCanadaDrama
    Mourir à tue tête (1979)
    Mourir à tue tête (1979)

    Quote:
    A therapist’s client, a young auditioning actress, a guru’s disciple, a secretary, a wife: five short rape stories before the start of the main story. Suzanne, a nurse, returns home at midnight after her work. She is attacked by a man who forces her into his truck, beats her, insults her, rapes her. The following medical examination and statements at the police station are felt as an extension of the rape. Library documents broaden the subject to all those women who, during the Vietnam War among others, serve as distractions to the warriors, to this barbaric practice still current in Africa, clitoridectomy, “the most absolute rape, that of the woman within the woman.”Read More »

  • Kô Nakahira – Suna no ue no shokubutsu-gun AKA Flora on the Sand (1964)

    1961-1970ArthouseCultJapanKô Nakahira
    Suna no ue no shokubutsu gun (1964)
    Suna no ue no shokubutsu gun (1964)

    One evening, at the Marine Tower observatory, cosmetics salesman Ichiro Iki is drawn into conversation with an unfamiliar young lady Akiko. She invites Ichiro back to a hotel where they make love but part without even exchanging names. A week later, they have a second chance encounter at the observatory. This time, Ichiro is the one who pursues her. Back at the hotel, Akiko begs Ichiro to give her sister – Kyoko, a bar hostess – absolute hell. Akiko resents her sister for lecturing on chastity, while wantonly indulging in promiscuous activity. Ichiro takes an interest in Kyoko and sets out towards her bar…Read More »

  • Aleksei Balabanov – Reka AKA River (2002)

    Aleksei Balabanov2001-2010ArthouseDramaRussia
    Reka AKA River (2002)
    Reka AKA River (2002)

    A story of jealous love and betrayal that end up decimating a small group of outcaste lepers who have been banished from participation in Yakut community life.Read More »

  • Andrei Tarkovsky – Offret AKA The Sacrifice (1986) (HD)

    Andrei Tarkovsky1981-1990ArthouseDramaSweden
    Offret (1986) (HD)
    Offret (1986) (HD)

    News of nuclear war breaks during the festivities of drama critic Alexander’s birthday celebration. With the end of the world nigh, he turns to God and vows to renounce everything near and dear to him, if the war is averted. For Alexander, a philosopher troubled by man’s lack of spirituality, the prospect of certain extinction compels the ultimate sacrifice, and he enters into a Faustian bargain with God to save his loved ones from the fear which grips them.Read More »

  • Claude Chabrol – La rupture AKA The Breach (1970)

    Claude Chabrol1961-1970ArthouseFranceThriller
    La rupture (1970)
    La rupture (1970)

    Helene Regnier’s husband Charles, who is mentally ill, injures their son Michel in a rage. Charles moves back in with his wealthy and manipulative parents, who blame Helene for their son’s condition and vow to win custody of Michel. While the boy is in hospital, Helene rents a room in a boarding house nearby. The Regniers hire Paul Thomas, a family acquaintance who needs money, to find dirt on Helene before the court hearing on custody. Paul moves into the boarding house and, with the help of his girlfriend Sonia, who rarely wears clothes, plots to ruin Helene’s reputation and then her very life.Read More »

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