Caged Heat
Jonathan Demme’s debut feature belongs to the series of women-in-prison films produced by Roger Corman: female inmates battle against tyrannical... 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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Sisu: Road to Revenge
Director Jalmari Helander likes to twist solemn Finnish war dramas into spirited action genre pieces. First came Sisu (2023) which... 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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The Little Sister
We are large, we contain multitudes, as the poet Walt Whitman might say (in Arvo Turtiainen’s translation). In film characters,... 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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The End of Summer
The second-to-last film by Yasujirō Ozu demonstrates the master’s ability to renew himself without having to compromise too much on... View Article
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Journey into the Nuptial Bed
Wherever the merchant navy boatswain goes, trouble follows, with the rest of the crew usually tagging along. When he enters... View Article
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Stella
From the “birthplace of tragedy” we get a distinctive variation of Carmen, which the future Zorba the Greek director Michael... View Article
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The Killing
Stanley Kubrick’s first major masterpiece proved to be the revisionist film noir, The Killing. Ingeniously utilizing multiple perspectives, non-linear storytelling... View Article
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