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  • John Lundberg & Roland Denning & Kypros Kyprianou – Mirage Men (2013)

    2011-2020DocumentaryJohn LundbergKypros KyprianouRoland DenningUnited Kingdom
    Mirage Men (2013)
    Mirage Men (2013)

    Quote:
    How the US government created a myth that took over the world. ET visitors… crashed UFOs… back-engineered alien technology… the government cover-up of a secret that would change the world as we know it… These are the core elements of the modern UFO mythology, a story that has captivated farmers, princes and generals for generations, and shows no sign of loosening its grip on the popular imagination. But what if, instead of covering up the UFO story, elements in the US military had actively encouraged it as part of their Cold War counterintelligence arsenal – manufacturing the myth of the UFO as a powerful weapon of mass deception and the perfect cover for all manner of clandestine technologies and operations. Now, for the first time, some of those whose actions have directly shaped the UFO mythology, and some of their victims, tell their stories, revealing a surreal disturbing and sometimes tragic sequence of events that is part Manchurian Candidate and part Close Encounters …Read More »

  • Kei Ishikawa – Mitsubachi to enrai (2019) (HD)

    Kei Ishikawa2011-2020DramaJapanMusical
    Mitsubachi to enrai (2019)
    Mitsubachi to enrai (2019)

    Plot:
    4 young pianists Aya Eiden (Mayu Matsuoka), Akashi Takashima (Tori Matsuzaka), Masaru C Revy Anatoru (Win Morisaki) and Jin Kazama (Oji Suzuka) compete in the preliminary round of an international piano competition.

    Aya Eiden was known as a child prodigy for playing the piano, but her mother, who understood her the most, passed away. Aya Eiden then stopped playing the piano at the age of 13. Now, at the age of 20, Aya Eiden decides to take part in the international piano competition.Read More »

  • KEFF – Taipei Suicide Story (2020)

    2011-2020DramaKEFFShort FilmTaiwan
    Taipei Suicide Story (2020)
    Taipei Suicide Story (2020)

    PLOT:
    A receptionist at a suicide hotel in Taipei, Taiwan forms a fleeting friendship over the course of one night with a guest who can’t decide if she wants to live or die.Read More »

  • Jac Avila – Maleficarum (2011)

    2011-2020BoliviaEroticaExploitationJac Avila
    Maleficarum (2011)
    Maleficarum (2011)

    Maleficarum (2011) directed by Jac Avila is a good screen play by an independent Bolivian film company. It is good historical fiction loosely based on María Francisca Ana de Castro, a Spanish immigrant to Alta Peru, who was renowned for her beauty and wealth. She was arrested and accused of “judaizing”. After many days of torture she confessed and was burned at the stake in 1726. This event was a major spectacle in Lima, but it raised questions about possible irregular procedures and about the corruption within the Inquisition, this lead to the end of The Holy Office (The Inquisition) in Peru. The director and actors do an admirable recreating the actual realistic suffering in great detail of what the victims of the Spanish Inquisition had to endure. The best was the director’s use of the actors’ facial and body language, it was very cerebral and visual at the same time. This viewer marveled at the simplicity of that movie and how it got its complex message across, the script and the story plot was very well thought out. The dialogue of the accusers and witnesses did well in showing the bias and superstitions of that time.Read More »

  • Lav Diaz – Ang alitaptap AKA The Firefly (2013)

    2011-2020ExperimentalLav DiazPhilippinesShort Film
    Ang alitaptap (2013)
    Ang alitaptap (2013)

    A short film made for “Venezia 70 – Future Reloaded.”

    The day will come

    We shall set sail from the mysteries of mythologies
    And i shall be singing hymns to set you free
    All of the effort I put into 70 Hours Of Diaz and I somehow forgot that he had a short in Venice 70: Future Reloaded…

    Outside of experimental affair like Let Your Light Shine or Brakhage’s hand painted affair where the film is 100% dedicated to an aesthetic and that’s what the film must be judged on alone it’s hard to muster the same enthusiasm on a narrative level you would for a 77 second short that you would for say, a 9 hour film for example.
    GrimsChild (letterboxd)Read More »

  • Adam Miklos – Daughters of Dolma (2013)

    2011-2020Adam MiklosDocumentaryUnited Kingdom
    Daughters of Dolma (2013)
    Daughters of Dolma (2013)

    Daughters of Dolma takes you on a journey revealing a distinctively female experience of Tibetan Buddhism in the Kathmandu Valley. This feature-length documentary will bring to the screen not just Buddhist spirituality and qualities like compassion and kindness, but Tibetan Buddhist nuns as full individuals beyond their monastic vows and religious practices. Daughters of Dolma aims to reveal how gender and modernity are moulding contemporary spiritual practices in Nepal…Read More »

  • Shinji Aoyama – Tôkyô kôen AKA Tokyo Park (2011)

    Uncategorized2011-2020DramaJapanShinji Aoyama
    Tôkyô kôen (2011)
    Tôkyô kôen (2011)

    Koji Shida (Haruma Miura) is a college student who hopes to become a photographer. He spends an afternoon in the park snapping photos of passersby. Koji is then interrupted by Takashi Hatsushima (Yo Takahashi) who offers a large sum of cash to follow his wife Yurika (Haruka Igawa) and baby daughter as they walk through the park. The man suspects his wife may be using the walks as a pretense while having an extra-marital affair. Koji’s assignment is set to change his relationships with the women around him. Miyu Tominaga (Nana Eikura) is a childhood friend whom Koji often confides in. Misaki Shida (Manami Konishi) is a step-sister he gained when his parents remarried. There is also the woman on the other side of the camera lens Yurika Hatsushima (Haruka Igawa), who reminds Koji of someone from the distant past.Read More »

  • Mariano Llinás & Alejo Moguillansky – Tres fábulas de Villa Ocampo (2011)

    Mariano Llinás2011-2020Alejo MoguillanskyArgentinaDocumentaryDrama
    Tres fábulas de Villa Ocampo (2011)
    Tres fábulas de Villa Ocampo (2011)

    Quote:
    A fugitive, a fetishist and a detective walk through a mansion built in the 19th century on the banks of the River Plate. Within its walls, there are resonances, portraits of illustrious or unknown people, books, souvenirs, furniture from different periods and styles. At the heart of this secret order is a woman who has been portrayed throughout her life by painters of the Belle Epoque, by neoclassical sculptors, by avant-garde photographers. To reconstruct the history of these women, each of the visitors will create a fable, in which the essential names of the 20th century culture are intertwined. Among the visitor to Victoria Ocampo’s mansion we can mention the architect Le Coubusier, the composer Igor Stravinsky, the writers Graham Greene, Aldous Huxley, Waldo Frank, Albert Camus… You will also hear the whisper of two young writers cementing what will be a bond that will last for decades: Adolfo Bioy Casares and Jorge Luis Borges…Read More »

  • Kadir Sözen – Von glücklichen Schafen (2015)

    2011-2020DramaGermanyKadir Sözen
    Von glücklichen Schafen (2015)
    Von glücklichen Schafen (2015)

    Synopsis:
    Elmas is in her mid-30s and lives with her two teenage children, Can and Sevgi in Cologne. For a single mother, her children are more important than anything else, she is ready to do anything for them. She has a tense relationship with her father, the old man has been living alone since retirement and the death of his wife, drinks a lot of raki and rarely sees his grandchildren. Can finds out why the relationship is so tense when his best friend Stefan gives him a special gift for his 16th birthday: a visit to a small brothel run by pimp Klaus. But instead of his defloration, he experiences a shock: Suddenly his mother, who works as a prostitute, faces him. Read More »

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