Dec 5, 2017
Dir.: Abraham Polonsky; Cast: John Garfield, Thomas Gomez, Beatrice Pearson, Marie Windsor, Roy Roberts, Howland Chamberlain; USA 1948, 78’
Director/co-writer Abraham Polonsky’s stylish noir thriller is a critique of capitalism and...
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Dec 5, 2017
Dir: Joshua Z Weinstein |Documentary | USA / Israel | Yiddish, English | 81 min · Colour
There's a faint but unintentional whiff of Woody Allen to Joshua Weinstein's sorrowful cinema verite portrait of a...
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Dec 3, 2017
THE GREEN RAY | Dir.: Eric Rohmer | Cast: Marie Riviere, Beatrice Romand, Carita, Lisa Heredia, Vincent Gauthier | France 1986, 98'
Eric Rohmer's didactic approach he always brings to filmmaking is present...
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Dec 2, 2017
Dir: Takashi Miike | Writers: Hiroaki Samura, Tetsuya Oishi | Action Thriller | Japan | 140'
Seasoned manga director Takashi Miike seems to be live forever like his hero Manji played...
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Nov 29, 2017
Dir.: Jessica Gorter; Documentary; Netherlands 2017, 90 min.
Nearly 65 years after the death of Joseph Stalin, director/co-writer Jessica Gorter (900 Days) asks citizen of the Russian Federation the question if...
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Nov 28, 2017
Dir.: Harvard Bustnes; Documentary; Norway/Finland 2017, 91'
Harvard Bustnes’ portrait of three women whose men are leading politicians in the neo-fascist Greek Golden Dawn Party, is illuminating, but also very frightening. The...
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Nov 27, 2017
Dir: Simon Lereng Wilmont | Denmark| Doc | 90'
The Distant Barking of Dogs is set in Eastern Ukraine on the frontline of the war where in the spring of...
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Nov 27, 2017
To celebrate the centenary of Finnish independence, the Barbican is hosting a season of films curated by the Midnight Sun Film Festival, an edgy film get-together founded by Mika and...
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Nov 27, 2017
Dir.: Masaaki Yuasa | Fantasy | Anime with the voices of: Shota Shimoda, Kanon Tani, Minako Kotobuki, Soma Saito; Japan 2017, 112 min.
Director Masaki Yuasa follows his brilliant The Night...
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