Rachel is a girl, adopted by an upper middle class family, who rebelled at 17 and left her family and studies at a traditional college in Sao Paulo to become a call girl. Shortly after starting work, she decided to write a blog about her experiences. Since some clients thought she looked like a surfer she adopted the name “Surfistinha” which means little surfer girl. This blog became a sensation, and quickly became one of the most popular blogs in Brazil. Becoming famous, her life changed significantly. She went on to be interviewed on Brazilian talk shows similar to Oprah and David Letterman, all the while continuing her blog about her racy exploits. She wrote a book about these experiences “O Doce Veneno” (Sweet sting of the scorpion).Read More »
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Marcus Baldini – Bruna Surfistinha (2011)
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Benedek Fliegauf – Tejút AKA Milky Way (2007)
2001-2010ArthouseBenedek FliegaufHungaryQuote:
Though Milky Way is perhaps Fliegauf’s most experimental film yet, it’s always accessible and mesmerisingly beautiful. It consists of ten lengthy landscape shots filmed with a static Scope camera, most of them featuring subtly modulated sound and human figures engaged in what initially appear to be strange, arcane rituals. There’s no overall plot – though the painterly scenes proceed from night through various exquisitely captured daylight hues and back to night again – but each vignette suggests some sort of small, mysterious narrative, be it suspenseful, sad or (as if often the case) drily funny.Read More » -
Alexander Mackendrick – The Man in the White Suit (1951)
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An altruistic chemist invents a fabric which resists wear and stain as a boon to humanity, but both big business and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons.Read More » -
Eva Husson – Les filles du soleil (2018)
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Jean Renoir – Tire-au-flanc AKA The Sad Sack (1928)
1921-1930ComedyFranceJean RenoirSilentA pretty rare early (and silent) Renoir, a kinda romantic-army-comedy about a fragile burgeoisie son who has (together with his his butler) to attend a full army drill. Several romantic interests soon kick in…Read More »
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Carl Theodor Dreyer – Storstrømsbroen AKA The Storstrom Bridge (1950)
1941-1950Carl Theodor DreyerDenmarkDocumentaryShort FilmQuote:
Carl Th. Dreyer’s beautiful documentary uses no words to show different aspects of this beautiful bridge in Denmark. It is one of over a dozen state-commissioned documentary shorts made by the famous director.
The Storstrom Bridge was built between 1933-37 to the designs of Anker Engelund with construction under the direction of civil engineer Guy Anson Maunsell.
Storstrom Bridge connects the island of Sjaelland (Zealand) at Vordingborg to the smaller island of Falster to the south. Some two miles long (3199 metres or 3520 yards), at the time it was built it was the longest bridge in Europe.Read More »
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Nathan Silver – Uncertain Terms (2014)
2011-2020ArthouseDramaNathan SilverUSAA rural group home for pregnant teen-agers is the setting for this intimately detailed, sharply observed modernist melodrama, directed by Nathan Silver. The director’s mother, Cindy Silver, plays Carla Gottlieb, the residence’s founder and leader. Carla—herself a onetime unwed mother—hosts five girls at a time; in quiet but intense confessional scenes of formal sharing or offhand chat, they discuss their difficult situations. The troubles ramp up with the arrival of Carla’s grown nephew, Robbie (David Dahlbom), newly separated from his wife, who volunteers for a two-week stint as a handyman. Read More »
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So-yeon Kim – Moon-young (2015)
2011-2020DramaShort FilmSo-yeon KimSouth KoreaMoon-young is a mute girl, and always has a small camcorder in her hands to secretly film people’s faces. One day, she could not stand her father’s drunken rant and ran out of the house. There she meets Hee-soo breaking up with her boyfriend with tears. They gradually get related to each other.Read More »
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Roberto Minervini – What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire? (2018)
2011-2020ArthouseDocumentaryRoberto MinerviniUSAWhat You Gonna Do When The World’s On Fire is the story of a community of black people in the American South during the summer 2017, when a string of brutal killings of black men sent shockwaves throughout the country. A meditation on the state of race in America, this film is an intimate portrait into the lives of those who struggle for justice, dignity, and survival. Written by X (IMDB)Read More »