Apr 25, 2020
Dir: Sascha Schöberl | Germany, Doc 84'
The cult of beauty and celebrity coalesce in this deeply unsettling documentary that looks at Beijing-based plastic surgeon Dr Han and his permanent quest for perfection, not only...
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Apr 25, 2020
Dir: Jose Permar | DoP Ernest Trujillo | Mexico Doc 76'
Mexican filmmaker Jose Permar takes a shoestring budget and makes a ingenious and cinematic western style documentary set in the...
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Apr 25, 2020
Dir.: Serdar Kökceoglu; Documentary with Ilhan Mimaroglu, Güngör Batum, Rüstem Batum; Turkey/USA 20219, 76 min.
Serdar Kökceoglu is a composer and filmmaker whose first feature is a vivid portrait of fellow...
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Apr 24, 2020
PRZYPADEK (BLIND CHANCE) 1987 | was Krzysztof Kieslowski’s most direct attack on the authorities, produced in 1981, it was shown only “underground” for six years. A sort of Sliding Doors...
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Apr 23, 2020
Dir: Julian Richards | Cast: Barbara Crampton, Kayleigh Gilbert, Michael Pare | Horror US, 77'
This convincing horror movie is actually a tragedy in disguise: one that pays tribute to all...
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Apr 23, 2020
Dir.: Petra Costa; Doc with Li An, Elena Andrade, Petra Costa; Brazil/USA 2012, 80 min.
Brazilian director/co-writer Petra Costa's debut documentary is a melancholic portrait of bereavement for her much younger...
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Apr 23, 2020
Dir: Jackie Raynal | Doc, France 64’
A member of the Zanzibar group, formed in 1968 around Sylvina Boissonas, Olivier Mosset, Philippe Garrel, and Serge Bard, Jackie Raynal (1940-) made her...
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Apr 22, 2020
Dir: Peter Mettler | Doc, Canada, 87'
Narrated in his smooth Canadian drawl Peter Mettler's meditative melancholic essay film often serves as a maudlin stream of consciousness reflecting on and questioning...
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Apr 22, 2020
Dir.: Ken Russell; Cast: Boris Ranevsky, Pauline Boty, Sandor Eles, Peter Brett, Rosalind Watkins, Huw Wheldon (narrator); UK 1964, 50 min. (For BBC 'Monitor')
Ken Russell's first feature film French Dressing...
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