Fox and his Friends (1975) – Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Mardaweh Tompo)
A young carnival worker wins the lottery and gets taken in by an upper class socialite who may or may not have his best intentions at heart.
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Stranger than Fiction (2006) – Marc Forster (Samantha Schäfer)
Harold Crick (Will Ferrell) is an IRS auditor who leads a punctual but uneventful life – until one day he is interrupted by a disembodied omniscient narrator who makes him … Continue reading Stranger than Fiction (2006) – Marc Forster (Samantha Schäfer)
Whip It (2009) – Drew Barrymore (Sarah Myles)
The 2009 directorial debut of Drew Barrymore – Whip It – is arguably the ultimate feminist movie. While that may seem to be a fairly bold statement, it is absolutely … Continue reading Whip It (2009) – Drew Barrymore (Sarah Myles)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) Powell & Pressburger (Darrell Ron Tuffs) (Sight & Sound Critic Poll Series)
Top 100 position – Joint 93rd From the Boer War through World War II, a soldier rises through the ranks in the British military.
The Legend of the Scarecrow (2005) – Marco Besas (Isabelle Birch)
The Legend of the Scarecrow (La leyenda del espantapájaros) is a 10 minute short Spanish film about a lonely scarecrow who befriends birds and heals a bird that thinks that … Continue reading The Legend of the Scarecrow (2005) – Marco Besas (Isabelle Birch)
Barry Lyndon (1975) – Stanley Kubrick (Eric Norcross)
An 18th Century Irish con-man ventures the world in search of wealth and status.
Boudu Saved From Drowning (1932) – Jean Renoir (Mardaweh Tompo)
Synopsis: A Tramp tries to commit suicide by drowning himself in the Seine River only to be saved by a Bourgeoisie man who takes the Tramp into his home and … Continue reading Boudu Saved From Drowning (1932) – Jean Renoir (Mardaweh Tompo)
Trois Couleurs: Rouge (1994) – Krzysztof Kieslowski (Niall McArdle)
Synopsis: A model in Geneva encounters a mysterious retired judge who eavesdrops on his neighbours, while her neighbour, a young lawyer, has romantic problems.
Trois Couleurs: Blanc (1994) – Krzysztof Kieslowski (Niall McArdle)
Synopsis: After his divorce from a Parisian woman, a Polish man returns to Warsaw, becomes a successful businessman, and sets about taking revenge on her.
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) – The Coen Brothers (Darrell Ron Tuffs)
A week in the life of a young singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961.
Trois Couleurs: Bleu (1993) – Krzysztof Kieslowski (Niall McArdle)
“I am not a poet. I am an engineer.” Krzysztof Kieslowski Synposis: After her husband and daughter are killed in a car crash, a grief-stricken young woman attempts to live … Continue reading Trois Couleurs: Bleu (1993) – Krzysztof Kieslowski (Niall McArdle)
Call Northside 777 (1948) – Henry Hathaway (Eric Norcross)
In an attempt to prove that an inmate is innocent, a Chicago reporter re-opens a decade old case into the murder of a police officer.
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