The Sobibor uprising in 1943 in Poland was investigated by Mr. Lanzmann many years ago when he was filming “Shoah” and his interviews with a participant named Lerner date from then. The director felt that the Sobibor uprising, which led to the closure of the extermination camp by the Nazis after many escaped, was too important to be a small part of his epic documentary. Now he has returned to this little known story.Read More »
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Claude Lanzmann – Sobibor, 14 octobre 1943, 16 heures (2001)
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Michael Apted – 63 Up (2019)
2011-2020DocumentaryMichael AptedUnited KingdomDirector Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.Read More »
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Takashi Miike – Bijitâ Q AKA Visitor Q (2001)
2001-2010AsianComedyJapanTakashi MiikeSynopsis;
A troubled and perverted family find their lives intruded by a mysterious stranger who seems to help find a balance in their disturbing natures.A father, who is a failed former television reporter tries to mount a documentary about violence and sex among youths. He proceeds to have sex with his daughter who is now a prostitute and films his son being humiliated and hit by classmates. “Q”, a perfect stranger somehow gets involved and enter the bizzare family who’s son beats his mom, who in turn is also a prostitute and a heroin addict…Read More »
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Hugo Prata – Elis (2016)
2011-2020BrazilDramaHugo PrataMusicalThe life of Elis Regina, undoubtedly the greatest Brazilian singer of all time, is told in this biopic film with energetic and pulsating rhythm.Read More »
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Jean Girault – La soupe aux choux AKA The Cabbage Soup (1981)
1981-1990ComedyFranceJean GiraultSci-FiSynopsis:
One evening, two old French farmers, Le Glaude (Louis de Funès) and Cicisse (Jean Carmet), start a farting contest which seems to provoke a lighting storm. What actually happens is that they send a signal to aliens and one (Jacques Villeret) arrives to change their lives.Read More » -
Daniel Gordon – The Game of Their Lives (2002)
2001-2010Daniel GordonDocumentaryUnited KingdomThis is a great documentary about the North Korean soccer team that staged a series of improbable upsets as they advanced through the 1966 World Cup. More than just a sports documentary, it’s a fascinating look at the hermetic nation of North Korea, as well as 1960’s England fascination with their little known or understood guests.Read More »
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Luis Ortega – El Ángel (2018) (HD)
2011-2020ArgentinaCrimeDramaLuis OrtegaQueer Cinema(s)Quote:
Carlitos is a seventeen-year-old youth with movie star swagger, blond curls and a baby face. As a young boy, he coveted other people’s things, but it wasn’t until his early adolescence that his true calling–to be a thief–manifested itself. When he meets Ramon at his new school, Carlitos is immediately drawn to him and starts showing off to get his attention. Together they will embark on a journey of discoveries, love and crime. Killing is just a random offshoot of the violence, which continues to escalate until Carlitos is finally apprehended. Because of his angelic appearance, the press dubs Carlitos “The Angel of Death.” Showered with attention because of his beauty, he becomes an overnight celebrity. Altogether, he is believed to have committed over forty thefts and eleven homicides. Today, after more than forty-six years in jail, Carlos Robledo Puch is the longest- serving prisoner in the history of Argentina.Read More » -
Roy Battersby – Gentry (1987)
Drama1981-1990Roy BattersbyTVUnited KingdomSynopsis:
‘Gentry stars Roger Daltrey in a blackly comic suspense drama in which a couple buy a shabby house in an up-and-coming area but find themselves drawn into the aftermath of an armed robbery.’
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Bertrand Bonello – Quelque chose d’organique AKA Something Organic (1998)
1991-2000Bertrand BonelloDramaFranceQuote:
Paul and Marguerite are a five years old couple. Their love is strong, deep, tragic… visceral. Paul wants to control things. Marguerite is more free…Read More »