In one of the pinnacles of silent cinema, Louise Brooks opens Pandora's Box and sex, lust, and charm comes oozing out.
Drama
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Sound of the Mountain and Mikio Naruse One of my big discoveries of 2017 is Japanese director Mikio Naruse. That […]
In Brink of Life, a less known Ingmar Bergman drama, three women in a maternity ward experience their own stories with their hardships and joys.
Where Do We Go Now? is a Lebanese comedy / drama about women of different religions in a small village try to keep the peace as national issues escalate.
A high school girl rock band is forced to find a new lead singer just a few days before the school festival.
Victoria Earlier this year I saw Russian Ark. It’s a beautiful film shot in one single take inside the Winter […]
Theeb is a thriller and the first ever Jordanian film to be Oscar nominated. It's about the coming-of-age of a young boy, Theeb, in the Jordanian desert during the first World War.
The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey can rightfully be labeled as a hidden treasure of film. In a crazy journey a boy guides a party to save his village from death.
In Dangerous Crossing a newlywed couple enter a steam liner for their honeymoon. But soon the husband disappears, and nobody can remember him at all. Where is he? Was he there in the first place? What is going on?!
Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo is a crazy Japanese comedy about the chase after a seemingly worthless pot that turns out to be worth a fortune.
Asphalt tells the story of how a nice young man falls into the clutches of a gorgeous female jewel thief. One of the earliest films noir out there.