The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
Based on a story by Heinrich Böll and his own experiences, this political drama tells the nightmare of an innocent young woman in the clutches of the police and the media.
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The Peacock’s Paradise
Italian director Laura Bispuri’s (b. 1977) third feature film takes place on the outskirts of Rome in the cold of... View Article
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Sebastian
A writer must live the content of their work, not just write it. This is the protagonist’s view in the... View Article
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Sodankylä Forever: Drama of Light
Although there are hundreds if not thousands of film festivals in the world, Peter von Bagh’s documentary about the first... View Article
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The Conformist
Dominique Sanda played key roles in two of Bernardo Bertolucci's films in his 1970s peak period.
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The Filth and the Fury
The new millennium begins with this rowdy rockumentary, taking over from where the earlier Sex Pistols mockumentary The Great Rock... View Article
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The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Based on Giorgio Bassani's autobiographical 1962 novel of the same name, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis tells the story of an affluent Jewish family living in Ferrara at the time of the rise of fascism.
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Stranger by the Lake
Guiraudie’s Stranger by the Lake is one of the best films of 2013, even though its distribution has mostly been... View Article
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That Old Dream That Moves
At the Cannes Film Festival in 2001 Jean-Luc Godard praised three directors: Samira Makhmalbaf, Aki Kaurismäki, and Alain Guiraudie, whose... View Article
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The Cardinal and the Corpse & Asylum
The 1980s saw a massive resurgence in London literature.
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