City Lights – Charlie Chaplin (1931)
Short Plot Summary: The Tramp struggles to help a blind flower girl he has fallen in love with.
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The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) – Carl Theodor Dreyer
Short Plot Summary: A chronicle of the trial of “Jeanne d’Arc” on charges of heresy, and the efforts of her ecclesiastical jurists to force Joan to recant her claims of … Continue reading The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) – Carl Theodor Dreyer
The Shining (1980) – Stanley Kubrick
Short Plot Summary: A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific … Continue reading The Shining (1980) – Stanley Kubrick
The Hawks and the Sparrows (Short View) – Pier Paolo Pasolini
Short Plot Summary: On an empty road, an old man is walking with his son. They meet a crow that can speak. They are changed into monks and Saint Francois … Continue reading The Hawks and the Sparrows (Short View) – Pier Paolo Pasolini
HOLY MOTORS – Directed by Leos Carax
Directed by Leos Carax, Holy Motors tells the story of a mysterious man Monsieur Oscar (Denis Lavant) as he spends his day travelling around Paris in a stretched limo. The … Continue reading HOLY MOTORS – Directed by Leos Carax
Taxi Driver – Martin Scorsese (1976)
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans – F.W Murnau
Short Plot Summary: A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife. As someone who is … Continue reading Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans – F.W Murnau
Jean-Juc Godard – Breathless
It seems ironic, but if there was any film that did leave me breathless when viewing it for the first time, then it was Jean-Juc Godard’s 1960 film, Breathless.
Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón
Short Plot Summary: A medical engineer and an astronaut work together to survive after an accident leaves them adrift in space.
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