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The Pornographers (Shohei Imamura, 1966)

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:39:14 +0000

Subu makes pornographic films. He sees nothing wrong with it. They are an aid to a repressed society, and he uses the money to support his landlady, Haru, and her family. From time to time, Haru shares her bed with Subu, though she believes her dead husband, reincarnated as a carp, disapproves. Director Shohei Imamura has always delighted in the kinky exploits of lowlifes, and in this 1966 classic, he finds subversive humor in the bizarre dynamics of Haru, her Oedipal son, and her daughter, the true object of her pornographer-boyfriend’s obsession.

Tags: Japón

Waterboys (Shinobu Yaguchi, 2001)

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:04:40 +0000

When all but one member of the boys' high school swim team quits, senior Suzuki is left to pick up the pieces. Pretty new coach Sakuma attracts a host of young recruits, but many leave soon after joining. Left with only five members, Sakuma begins training the boys in synchronized swimming. As the team prepares for their performance at the school carnival, they're faced with a number of unforseen obstacles. But in the end, the spirit of synchronized teamwork prevails.

Tags: Japón

Alice (Jan Svankmajer, 1988)

Sat, 30 Jul 2011 12:21:23 +0000

A memorably bizarre screen version of Lewis Carroll's novel 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', mixing one live actor (Alice) with a large variety of stop-motion animated creatures, ranging from the complex (the White Rabbit) to the incredibly simple (the Caterpillar, consisting of a sock, a couple of glass eyes and a pair of false teeth). The original story is followed reasonably faithfully, though those familiar with this director's other films won't be the least bit surprised by the numerous digressions into Svankmajer territory, living slabs of meat and all. As the opening narration says, it's a film made for children... perhaps?

Tags: Checoslovaquia

Come Drink With Me (King Hu, 1966)

Sun, 03 Jul 2011 04:52:51 +0000

A group of bandits make a daring attack on a convoy and kidnap the son of the local governor. In return for giving the governor's son his life, they demand the return of their leader who has been held prisoner. Their plan is going well until the arrival of Golden Swallow, the governor's highly skilled daughter who aims to extract her brother by sheer force. Teaming up with the local vagrant Drunken Cat, the form their plans of attack as they begin the fight for her brother's life!

Tags: HongKong ShawBros

Sanshiro Sugata Part Two (Akira Kurosawa, 1945)

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 05:02:06 +0000

Kurosawa's first film was such a success that the studio leaned on the director to make a sequel. The result is a hugely entertaining adventure, reuniting most of the major players from the original and featuring a two-part narrative in which Sanshiro first fights a pair of Americans and then finds himself the target of a revenge mission undertaken by the brothers of the original film's villain.

Tags: Japón Kurosawa

The Scent of Green Papaya (Tran Anh Hung, 1993)

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:59:40 +0000

The interior life of a Vietnamese household in the 1950s, as seen through the eyes of a young servant girl, is explored in Tran Anh Hung's placid, but visually intoxicating tone poem, L'Odeur de la Papaye Verte.

Tags: Vietnam

Yuki & Nina (Nobuhiro Suwa & Hippolyte Girardot, 2009)

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:08:40 +0000

Two little girls, one French and one Eurasian, respond to crises of separation by escaping in nature and fantasy in "Yuki & Nina", a low-key children's drama made for adults, with the faintest touch of magic-realism.

Tags: Japón

Eight Diagram Pole Fighter (Lau Kar-leung, 1984)

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:23:28 +0000

After his father and brothers are brutally killed, one of the few surviving members of the Yang family takes refuge in a Buddhist monastery, honing his kung fu skills to one day get revenge. Despite a troubled production that endured the tragic loss of a major star, this Lau Kar-Leung directed picture emerged as yet another kung fu classic in the Shaw Brothers library.

Tags: ShawBros HongKong

Failan (Song Hae-sung, 2001)

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 04:35:46 +0000

After losing both her parents, Failan (Cecilia Cheung) emmigrates to Korea to seek her only remaining relatives...

Tags: Corea

Replicant (Ringo Lam, 2001) [USA]

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:30:36 +0000

Scientists create a genetic clone of a serial killer in order to help catch the killer, teaming up with two cops.

Tags: USA

True Legend (Yuen Woo-Ping, 2010)

Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:01:01 +0000

Su Qi-Er retired from his life as a renowned Qing dynasty general in order to pursue his dream of a family and his own martial arts school. However...

Tags: China YuenWooPing

Double Team (Tsui Hark, 1997) [USA]

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:43:22 +0000

Counter-terrorist Jack Quinn misses his target, Stavros, on the eve of his final mission. From there, he is sent to "The Colony", a rebirth for presumed-dead assassins. He breaks free from there, and seeks the aid of Yaz, a weapons dealer, for his final b

Tags: USA

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Nagisa Oshima, 1983)

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:32:23 +0000

In 1942 British soldier Jack Celliers comes to a japanese prison camp. The camp is run by Yonoi, who has a firm belief in discipline...

Tags: Japón

Annie Hall (Woody Allen, 1977)

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 07:48:59 +0000

Romantic adventures of neurotic New York comedian Alvy Singer and his equally neurotic girlfriend Annie Hall. The film traces the course of their relationship from their first meeting, and serves as an interesting historical document about love in the 197

Tags: USA WoodyAllen

Sans soleil (Chris Marker, 1983)

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:19:15 +0000

A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words and images from places as far-flung as Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, and San Francisco.

Tags: Francia

The Expedition (Satyajit Ray, 1962)

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:44:51 +0000

A taxi driver attempts to introduce his cab service in rural Bengal against many odds.

Tags: India

JSA, Joint Security Area (Park Chan-wook, 2000)

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 03:13:07 +0000

When two North Korean soldiers are found dead in the Joint Security Area -- a border region guarded by both North and South Korea -- the incident sparks a political firestorm that threatens to turn into an all-out war. Based on the Sang-yeon Park novel DM

Tags: Corea ParkChanWook

Beast cops (Gordon Chan, Dante Lam, 1998)

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 02:18:10 +0000

Anthony Wong is Brother Tung, a cop/triad hybrid who keeps the streets clean, but does it while hanging with the triads. His new boss, Mike Cheung (Michael Wong) is an uptight former SDU member who was transferred when he offed his corrupt superior office

Tags: HongKong

Big brother Cheng (Gwai Chi-Hung, 1975)

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:46:27 +0000

Shaw Brothers' number one action hit of 1975. A Robin Hood-like restaurant manager socks it to some thugs in order to make the mean streets of Hong Kong a little less mean.

Tags: ShawBros HongKong

Happy Together (Wong Kar-Wai, 1997)

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:59:38 +0000

HAPPY TOGETHER chronicles the stormy affair of a gay couple (Hong Kong superstars Tony Leung and Leslie Cheung) living as expatriates in Buenos Aires.

Tags: WongKarWai HongKong