• Gary Walkow – Notes from Underground (1995)

    1991-2000DramaGary WalkowUSA

    Adapted from Dostoevsky’s novella, Henry Czerny plays the narrator, Underground Man. Filled with self-hatred, he keeps a video diary where he discusses his own shortcomings and what he thinks is wrong in contemporary society. His bitterness spills over at a dinner party attended by his old college friends, an occasion which sends him running to a nearby brothel, where he meets Liza (Lee), a young prostitute.Read More »

  • Gary Walkow – Radio Mary (2017)

    2011-2020Gary WalkowMysterySci-FiUSA

    Synopsis
    Mary lives alone and is waiting for something to happen in her life. Riding the elevator to work, a strange man grabs her shoulder and speaks to her telepathically: “Do you believe in magic?”. Mary can now hear people’s thoughts, and she starts hearing music that seems to be broadcast from her mind.Read More »

  • Salomé Lamas – Extraction: The Raft Of The Medusa (2019)

    2011-2020ExperimentalPortugalSalomé LamasShort Film

    Extraction: The Raft of the Medusa portrays a brief moment of euphoria as the occupants on the raft spot a glimpsic illusion for their drift, hoping and praying to be rescued. We can almost hear the hoarse cries in an attempt to draw attention to their desperate plight, mustering their last ounce of strength to the void. This is their last chance of survival.Read More »

  • Pietro Marcello – La bocca del lupo AKA The Mouth of the Wolf (2009)

    Documentary2001-2010ItalyPietro MarcelloQueer Cinema(s)

    Quote:
    There’s magic and mastery aplenty in “The Wolf’s Mouth,” a docu-fiction hybrid that represents a breathtakingly impressive debut from Pietro Marcello. Though running a bare-minimum feature length of 70 minutes (six shorter than the press notes and Berlinale catalog claim), it packs multiple layers and subjects into its densely intricate but enticingly accessible structure. A highly unusual love story between a macho ex-con and a transsexual former drug-addict, it’s also an exploration and celebration of their home city of Genoa, delicately examining the past’s interactions with the present.Read More »

  • Igor Sterk – Ljubljana (2002)

    2001-2010DramaIgor SterkSlovenia

    Quote:
    Mare’s youth is almost over and he, just like his peers, has no idea what to do with his life. The med school is an unclear guideline at best, the women are coming and going, and there is no sense of stability in this young man in his mid-twenties, whose immaturity is manifested in his interest in the rave scene and the daily dosage of cheap ecstasy. He is searching for passing moments of happiness in this extension of his youth. His colleagues and friends are more or less forced to grow up (getting jobs, having kids) and there is a growing divide between them. They are becoming unpleasant acquaintances, whose chance meetings are getting more and more uneasy.Read More »

  • Maurice Pialat – À nos amours AKA To Our Loves [+Extras] (1983)

    1981-1990ArthouseDramaFranceMaurice Pialat

    Synopsis:
    With his raw style of filmmaking, Maurice Pialat has been called the John Cassavetes of French cinema, and the scorching À nos amours is one of his greatest achievements. In a revelatory film debut, the dynamic, fresh-faced Sandrine Bonnaire plays Suzanne, a fifteen-year-old Parisian who embarks on a sexual rampage in an effort to separate herself from her overbearing, beloved father (played with astonishing magnetism by Pialat himself), ineffectual mother, and brutish brother. A tender character study that can erupt in startling violence, À nos amours is one of the high-water marks of eighties French cinema.Read More »

  • Vincent Sherman – Old Acquaintance [+Extras] (1943)

    1941-1950ClassicsDramaQueer Cinema(s)USAVincent Sherman

    Robert Horton, Amazon.com wrote:
    Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins–a pair of actresses who hated each other–re-mix their chemistry from The Old Maid in Old Acquaintance, an entertaining adaptation of John Van Druten’s play. The action begins with Davis, a semi-famous author, returning to her small town and the home of old friend Hopkins. The later has opted for the settled life of husband and pregnancy, and she doesn’t much hide her envy of Davis’s success. Then the tables turn, as Hopkins pens a series of potboilers that sell much better than her friend-rival’s. The movie keeps checking up on these two as the years pass, each wanting what the other has. Read More »

  • Aminatou Echard – Djamilia (2018) (HD)

    2011-2020Aminatou EchardArthouseDocumentaryFrance

    Synopsis
    The film, set in Kirghizstan, is a search for Jamila, the title character in the novella by Chingiz Aitmatov about a young woman who rebels against the rules of Kirghiz society. We will meet women who, in talking about Jamila, reveal their own private lives and desires, the rules they chafe under and their ideas of freedom.Read More »

  • Jonathan Demme – Cousin Bobby (1992)

    1991-2000DocumentaryJonathan DemmeUSA

    A fascinating and highly moving documentary by Jonathan Demme about his cousin Robert Castle, whom he hadn’t seen for 30 years when he started making this film. A 60-year-old white Episcopal minister working in Harlem with a multiracial and multidenominational congregation, Castle is a passionately committed community organizer who started out in Jersey City and forged strong links with the Black Panthers and other radical organizations of the 60s and 70s.Read More »

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