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Sansho the Bailiff: A mother is separated from her children before being forced into prostitution. The children are sold as slaves. Can they ever reunite?

Film

Sansho the Bailiff – Kenji Mizoguchi – 1954

  • 1954
  • Drama
  • Film
  • Japanese
  • Kenji Mizoguchi
  • Review
  • Sansho the Bailiff
by Bas van Stratum
Published November 17, 2014
Golden Age

This is what happens when you have too much time on your hands. Ever wondered which of the Golden Age actors and actresses were still going strong? I did, so after some searching this is what I came up with.

Film

Golden Agers Still Going Strong

  • Film
  • Golden Age
  • Jean Simmons
  • Kirk Douglas
  • Lauren Bacall
  • Lizabeth Scott
  • Maureen O'Hara
  • Olivia de Havilland
by Bas van Stratum
Published November 13, 2014
Angel's Egg

Angel's Egg is the strangest film I have seen to date. It comes with a beautiful soundtrack and eerie scenery. A masterpiece in the category of conceptual art films.

Film

Angel’s Egg – Mamoru Oshii – 1985

  • 1985
  • Angel's Egg
  • Animation
  • Anime
  • Fantasy
  • Film
  • Japanese
  • Mamoru Oshii
  • Review
  • Silent Film
by Bas van Stratum
Published November 5, 2014
Millennium Actress

Millennium Actress tells the life story of an old film star through the story of a key to the most important thing there is. Beautiful romantic drama.

Film

Millennium Actress – Satoshi Kon – 2001

  • 2001
  • Animation
  • Anime
  • Drama
  • Film
  • Japanese
  • Millennium Actress
  • Review
  • Satoshi Kon
by Bas van Stratum
Published November 3, 2014
Die Nibelungen

Die Nibelungen is a 1924 German epic by Fritz Lang. It tells the legend of Siegfried, Kriemhild's Revenge and the Nibelungen.

Film

Die Nibelungen – Fritz Lang – 1924

  • 1924
  • Die Nibelungen
  • Drama
  • Fantasy
  • Film
  • Fritz Lang
  • German
  • Kriemhild
  • Review
  • Siegfried
  • Silent Film
by Bas van Stratum
Published October 27, 2014
Patema Inverted

So what would happen when gravity works the other way around, but not for everyone? Patema Inverted covers all angles to the topic with great success.

Film

Patema Inverted – Yasuhiro Yoshiura – 2013

  • 2013
  • Adventure
  • Animation
  • Anime
  • Film
  • Gravity
  • Japanese
  • Patema Inverted
  • Review
  • Sci-Fi
  • Yasuhiro Yoshiura
by Bas van Stratum
Published October 17, 2014

David and Lisa is an unusual story of two mentally ill people trying to make sense of the world, themselves and each other.

Film

David and Lisa – Frank Perry – 1962

  • 1962
  • David and Lisa
  • Drama
  • English
  • Film
  • Frank Perry
  • Review
by Bas van Stratum
Published October 14, 2014
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is about a female protagonist trying to save the world from destroying itself. Beautiful animation.

Film

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind – Hayao Miyazaki …

  • 1984
  • Adventure
  • Animation
  • Anime
  • Film
  • Hayao Miyazaki
  • Japanese
  • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
  • Review
  • Sci-Fi
by Bas van Stratum
Published October 4, 2014
La Antena

La Antena is a surreal 21st century Argentinian Sci-Fi silent film by Esteban Sapir, with stunning visuals and beautiful music.

Film

La Antena – Esteban Sapir – 2007

  • 2007
  • Argentina
  • Esteban Sapir
  • Film
  • La Antena
  • Review
  • Sci-Fi
  • Silent Film
  • Spanish
by Bas van Stratum
Published October 1, 2014
Woman in the Dunes

Woman in the Dunes. Existentialism at its best. Do you live to move sand, or do you move sand to live? Sensual B&W thriller.

Film

Woman in the Dunes – Hiroshi Teshigahara – 1964

  • 1964
  • Existentialism
  • Film
  • Hiroshi Teshigahara
  • Japanese
  • Review
  • Thriller
  • Woman in the Dunes
by Bas van Stratum
Published September 23, 2014
Les Diaboliques

Les Diaboliques is without doubt the most suspenseful film ever created. It is creepy, exciting and after almost 60 years does not feel one bit dated.

Film

Les Diaboliques – H.G. Clouzot – 1955

  • 1955
  • Film
  • French
  • Henri-Georges Clouzot
  • Horror
  • Les Diaboliques
  • Mystery
  • Psycho
  • Review
  • Thriller
by Bas van Stratum
Published September 16, 2014

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance stands for great acting by James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles and more, and a wonderful story from the Wild West.

Film

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance – John Ford – …

  • 1962
  • English
  • Film
  • James Stewart
  • John Ford
  • John Wayne
  • Review
  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
  • Vera Miles
  • Western
by Bas van Stratum
Published September 5, 2014

Say what?

Yes, I killed him. I killed him for money and for a woman. I didn’t get the money and I didn’t get the woman. Pretty, isn’t it?

— Walter Neff, Double Indemnity (1944)

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