A Place for Great Cinema
Set against the romantic desolation of Detroit and Tangier, an underground musician, deeply depressed by the direction of human activities, reunites with his resilient and enigmatic lover. Their love story … Continue reading Only Lovers Left Alive (2014) – Jim Jarmusch (Claire Sharp)
Synopsis: Allan Gray arrives at an inn to sleep only to be aroused by mysterious happenings at the inn that leads him to an eventful stay. Carl Theodor Dryer was … Continue reading Vampyr (1932) – Carl Theodor Dryer (Mardaweh Tompo)
Two young girls, Satsuki and her younger sister Mei, move into a house in the country with their father to be closer to their hospitalized mother. Satsuki and Mei discover … Continue reading My Neighbour Totoro (1988) Hayao Miyazaki (Darrell Ron Tuffs)
A stubborn police lieutenant is determined to break up a crime syndicate ruled by a vicious gangster.
Short Plot Summary: A documentary about fraud and fakery. F for Fake is the last major film completed by Orson Welles, who directed, co-wrote, and starred in the film.
A lone prospector ventures into Alaska looking for gold. He gets mixed up with some burly characters and falls in love with the beautiful Georgia. He tries to win her … Continue reading The Gold Rush (1925) Charles Chaplin (Darrell Ron Tuffs)
Synopsis: A Hamburg art restorer is drawn into the world of art forgery, and – convinced he is dying of a rare blood disease – is used by several crooks … Continue reading Der Amerikanische Freund (1977) – Wim Wenders (Niall McArdle)
Through a fluttering curtained window into the cinematically exquisite trampled fairy tale of a fleeing Nazi family, teenage Lore, the main protagonist in ‘Lore’, 2012.
Incessant wind… a dirge of clawing violins on repeat… ’Doom’ on his hands and knees, crawling ever closer with each sunset, along his impending trail of inevitable cataclysm, until finally he … Continue reading The Turin Horse (2011) – Béla Tarr (Jane McCracken)
A young social climber moves into town to work for his uncles company only to find his aspirations of ascending to the upper class to be in jeopardy by an … Continue reading A Place in the Sun (1951) – George Stevens (Mardaweh Tompo)
Hitman Jef Costello is a perfectionist who always carefully plans his murders and who never gets caught. One night however, after killing a night-club owner, he’s seen by witnesses. His … Continue reading Le Samourai (1967) – Jean Pierre Melville (Pete Johnson)
A depiction of life on a Navy supply vessel, based in the South Pacific during the latter half of World War 2.
A World of Film 