Pandora’s Box
Pandora’s Box was not a sensation upon its initial release. The film, based on two plays by Frank Wedekind, was... View Article
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He Who Gets Slapped
Russian author Leonid Andrejev’s 1915 play quickly gained a wide audience in both Moscow and on Broadway, and in Russia... View Article
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The Kid
Charlie Chaplin’s first directorial feature is essentially a series of tragicomic events. In the beginning, an unwed mother (Edna Purviance)... View Article
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The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Masculinity and femininity take extreme, even parodic and violent forms in this riotous Aussie classic. The main players make up... View Article
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Epic: Elvis Presley in Concert
The hips of Elvis are still well worth talking about. Blending concert footage with documentary, Epic sees the virtuoso performer... View Article
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Mr. Puntila and His Servant Matti
Primarily known for his theatrical achievements, the Finnish-Swedish Ralf Långbacka dove deep into Finnish and especially regional Tavastian essentialities in... View Article
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Destinies of Women
There have traditionally been many melodramatists in Finnish cinema, but even amongst them Toivo Särkkä, the producer mogul at Suomen... View Article
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A Short Film About Love
Tomek (Olaf Lubaszenko), a young introverted man working at a Warsaw post office, spends his evenings watching his beautiful neighbour... View Article
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Everybody Digs Bill Evans
Jazz seems perfectly at home when paired with film, especially in black-and-white imagery. Particularly in stories set in the 1950s... View Article
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First Name: Carmen
The year 1983 belonged to Carmen: Carlos Saura was making the flamenco film Carmen, and Francesco Rosi was preparing his... View Article
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