When a handful of settlers survive an Apache attack on their wagon train they must put their lives into the hands of Comanche Todd, a white man who has lived with the Comanches most of his life and is wanted for the murder of three men..Read More »
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Delmer Daves – The Last Wagon (1956)
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Lewis Gilbert – The Good Die Young [Export cut] (1954)
1951-1960CrimeDramaLewis GilbertUnited KingdomQuote:
Three good men – a broken boxer, an American veteran trying to win back his mother-dominated wife, and an Air Force Sergeant married to a faithless actress – are corrupted by Miles “Rave” Ravenscourt (Laurence Harvey), an amoral “gentleman”. Because they need money, they let Miles lure them into his scheme to rob a postal van with a large cash cargo.Read More » -
Mike Leigh – All or Nothing (2002)
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Phil (Timothy Spall) is an overweight taxi driver who gets up late in the day and works intermittently, barely communicating with his family except for a few grunts. His philosophy of life is expressed as “We’re all born alone. We die alone. There’s nothing we can do about it”. Mike Leigh has given us powerful portrayals of the underclass in his previous films Naked, Secrets and Lies, and Life is Sweet but none more powerful and moving than his latest, All or Nothing.Read More » -
Rosa von Praunheim – Dein Herz in meinem Hirn AKA Your Heart in My Brain (2005)
2001-2010CampGermanyHorrorQueer Cinema(s)Rosa von PraunheimQuote:
For whatever reason, this low-budget shot-on-DV film seems to have never been released in any format and is very rare. This is a web rip and the best (and only) print of the film currently available. Inspired by the gay German cannibalism case involving Armin Meiwes (whose story inspired no less than three other films, including Martin Weisz’s Grimm Love (2006) and Marian Dora’s Cannibal (2006) and Ulli Lommel’s Diary of a Cannibal), von Praunheim’s film caused much controversy, mainly because it was partially funded by German tax money.Read More » -
Rita Azevedo Gomes – A Portuguesa AKA The Portuguese Woman (2018) (HD)
2011-2020ArthouseDramaPortugalRita Azevedo GomesSynopsis
North of Italy, the von Ketten dispute the forces of the Episcopate of Trent. Herr Ketten seeks marriage in a distant country, Portugal. After their honeymoon journey back home, Ketten leaves again for the war. Eleven years elapsed… Rumours are running about the presence of that ‘foreign’ in the castle. Some say she’s a heretic. Until one day, the Bishop of Trento ends up dying and, with the signature of peace, falls the background of von Ketten’s life. Will the Portuguese win, where death seems to be moving in?Read More » -
Robert Clampett – Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943)
1941-1950AnimationRobert ClampettShort FilmUSAFrom Steve Schneider’s book, That’s Not All Folks! The Art of Warner Bros. Animation (1988):
The one cartoon that best sums up the Clampett sensibility – and, for that matter, the new braziness of the entire [Leon Schlesinger] studio – is Warner’s first release of 1943, Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs. Notorious now, the cartoon is virtually a scene-by-scene, character-by-character send-up of the fabled Disney feature, as enacted by an all-black cast. (The film’s regrettable ethnic element, it must be added, is indicative of some of the conventions of the time.Read More »
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David Bradbury – Public Enemy Number One (1980)
1971-1980AustraliaDavid BradburyDocumentaryHiroshima at 75PoliticsAustralian journalist Wilfred Burchett reported the Vietnam War from the perspective of the North Vietnamese. For this he was reviled as a traitor and a communist in the Australian media. He had been the first journalist into Hiroshima after the atom bomb, and he covered wars in Vietnam, Laos and Kampuchea.Read More »
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Juraj Jakubisko – Perinbaba aka The Feather Fairy (1985)
1981-1990FantasyJuraj JakubiskoSlovakiaA 1985 adaptation of the Brothers Grimm’s Mother Hulda short story directed by Slovak director Juraj Jakubisko. A fairy tale about a grandma who cares for snow and a boy who isn’t afraid of death.Read More »
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Margarethe von Trotta – Tatort: Unter uns (2007)
2001-2010CrimeGermanyMargarethe von TrottaQuote:
The former owner of a craftsman’s business, Wolfgang Kunert, who has been unemployed for a long time, is waiting at the job agency. When it is his turn after four hours of waiting time, which Heidi Ganz, the agency responsible for him, cannot offer him any work and points out his misconduct in general, he loses his nerves. He pulls out a gun and takes Mrs. Ganz hostageRead More »