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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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.
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)
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)
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 (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)
An 18th Century Irish con-man ventures the world in search of wealth and status.
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)
Synopsis: A model in Geneva encounters a mysterious retired judge who eavesdrops on his neighbours, while her neighbour, a young lawyer, has romantic problems.
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.
A week in the life of a young singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961.
“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)
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.