Drama

  • Rafi Pitts – ShekarChi AKA The Hunter (2010)

    Drama2001-2010IranRafi PittsThriller

    A man turns to violence after losing those he loves most in this taut drama from Iran. Ali (Rafi Pitts) is a reformed criminal who lives in a small flat in Tehran with his wife Sara (Mitra Hajjar) and their young daughter Saba (Saba Yaghoobi). While he’s grateful for the chance to support his family honestly, Ali doesn’t much care for his job as a night watchman or the noise and stress of city life; Ali heads off to the woods and clears his mind by hunting as often as he can. One day, Ali comes home from work to an empty apartment; he has no idea when his family has gone, and when they don’t return, he goes to the police. Read More »

  • Ken Annakin – The Planter’s Wife (1952)

    1951-1960AdventureDramaKen AnnakinUnited Kingdom

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    Sweet, docile little Claudette Colbert – firing a machine gun? Anything’s possible in the movies!

    Colbert and her husband live on their rubber plantation in Malaysia (back when it was Malaya) with their small son. Her husband is too absorbed in the plantation to notice her very much, and she decides that when it’s time to take their son to school in England, she will go with him and never return. But then she is unable to leave when bandits kill one of their neighbours, then tries to kill Colbert, and the whole plantation is set up in a murderous game of cat and mouse.Read More »

  • Babis Makridis – Pity (2018)

    2011-2020Babis MakridisDramaGreece

    The story of a man who feels happy only when he is unhappy: addicted to sadness, with such need for pity, that he’s willing to do everything to evoke it from others. This is the life of a man in a world not cruel enough for him.Read More »

  • Elmo Nüganen – 1944 (2015)

    2011-2020DramaElmo NüganenEstonia

    Wiki:
    1944 is a 2015 Estonian action war drama film directed by Elmo Nüganen. The film first premiered in February 2015 in Berlin, Germany before its release in Estonia [4] and other Northern European countries. It was selected as the Estonian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.Read More »

  • Clarence Brown – Emma (1932)

    1931-1940Clarence BrownComedyDramaUSA

    Plot: When their mother dies, Frederick Smith hires Emma Thatcher to be a nanny to his 3 children. The children grow up and Frederick becomes rich and successful. He and Emma marry right before his death, and his will becomes a source of trouble between the children and Emma. Written by Rebecca Fennig Read More »

  • Ruth Caudeli – ¿Cómo te llamas? AKA Eva and Candela (2018)

    2011-2020ColombiaDramaQueer Cinema(s)Ruth Caudeli

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    From their explosive first meeting, through the many ups and downs of their relationship, Eva and Candela tracks two young , beautiful women as they try and negotiate the trappings of success, the tyranny of distance and the pull of family. As they hurtle toward a seemingly inevitable breakup, reminders of their love, commitment, and sexual passion call into question what they have become and offer the chance to rekindle what once was.Read More »

  • Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite (2018)

    2011-2020ComedyDramaUnited KingdomYorgos Lanthimos

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    In early 18th century England, a frail Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend, Lady Sarah, governs the country in her stead. When a new servant, Abigail, arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah.Read More »

  • Gan Bi – Di qiu zui hou de ye wan AKA Long Day’s Journey Into Night (2018)

    Drama2011-2020ArthouseChinaGan Bi

    Synopsis:
    Luo Hongwu returns to Kaili, the hometown from which he fled many years ago.He begins a search for the woman he loved, and whom he has never been able to forget.Read More »

  • Raoul Ruiz – Shattered Image (1998)

    1991-2000CrimeDramaRaoul RuizUSA

    Quote:
    Written adroitly by Duane Pool, “Shattered Image” has one of those stories about which it is all but impossible to say anything with any degree of certainty. It does seem clear that Parillaud’s Jessie and Baldwin’s Brian are an exceptionally attractive Seattle couple honeymooning at a posh Jamaican resort and that Jessie is deeply disturbed. She apparently has endured a rape and its trauma has been compounded by the death of her wealthy father. She has vivid dreams in which she sees herself as an ultra-cool hired assassin–and her latest assignment is to knock off none other than Brian or a man who is his twin. As for Brian, is he the solicitous husband he seems to be? Or is it the cold-blooded assassin who is real, and Jessie but a figment of her dreams?Read More »

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