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Raoul Ruiz – Généalogies d’un crime AKA Genealogies of a Crime (1997)
Drawing from an actual incident, artistically audacious director Raoul Ruiz and writer Pascal Bonitzer turn a story of psychoanalysis gone awry into a labyrinthine psychological mystery in Genealogies...
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Jonas Akerlund – Spun (2002)
Quote: This roller coaster ride depicting four days in the life of a group of speed freaks has a real gay feel to it. Blondie diva Deborah Harry plays a nosy man-hating, butch-dyke neighbor who steals...
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Sally El Hosaini – My Brother the Devil (2012)
Two teenage brothers must face their prejudices head on if they are to survive the perils of being young, British Arabs on the streets of gangland London....
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George Waggner – The Climax (1944)
In old Vienna, Count Seebruck (Thomas Gomez) is the impresario for the Royal Theatre. His biggest headache is his soprano diva, Jarmila (Jane Farrar). That’s why he’s more than willing to listen his...
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Henry Hathaway – Seven Thieves (1960)
Quote: Discredited professor Edward G. Robinson organizes a seven-person criminal gang. Robinson plans to steal a fortune from the underground vaults of the Monte Carlo casino. Despite a few tense...
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W.S. Van Dyke – Night Court (1932)
Quote: Judge Moffett is as crooked as they come and the Board of Judicial Corruption is after him. So he hides out in the poor part of town. While there, she drops the bankbook that Moffett has...
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Ramin Bahrani – Chop Shop (2007)
Synopsis: Set in Willet’s Point, an industrial sprawl of auto repair shops and junkyards in outer New York City, CHOP SHOP tells the story of 12-year-old Alejandro (Alejandro Polanco), an orphan...
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Roy Del Ruth – The Maltese Falcon (1931)
Synopsis: Sam Spade is quite the womanizer. When his secretary tells him the new customer waiting outside his office is a knockout, he wastes no time before seeing her. It turns out she’s a knockout...
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Henri-Georges Clouzot – La Vérité AKA The Truth (1960)
Plot summary from IMDB: Dominique Marceau is on trial for the murder of Gilbert Tellier. The counsels duel relentlessly, elaborating explanations for why the pretty, idle and fickle girl killed the...
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Yi’nan Diao – Bai ri yan huo AKA Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014)
Northern China, 1999. The grisly discovery of several corpses is made in a small town. A bloody incident during the attempt to capture the alleged murderer leaves two police officers dead and another...
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Alfredo De Antoni – Il processo Clémenceau (1917)
Quote: It is ironic that the very few references to this excellent film that I was able to find online all referred simply to the fact that this was Vittorio De Sica’s first film!? And, it is true of...
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Bo Widerberg – Mannen på taket AKA Man on the Roof (1976)
Quote: Police lieutenant Nyman is murdered in his hospital bed and Martin Beck and his colleagues have another murder to solve. They discover that Nyman was a very brutal and tough policeman who...
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Abel Ferrara –‘R Xmas (2001)
In New York, in a morning close to Christmas, an upper class father and mother go in their BMW to a private school to see the play of their daughter. Then they go shopping and later they return to...
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Abel Ferrara – The Funeral (1996)
Quote: Abel Ferrara must be one “happy camper.” Really, I have to wonder when there’s been a happy ending in one of his movies; for him it might come close to being unconventional to have one. A lot...
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William Keighley – The Street with No Name [+extra] (1948)
Quote: In Center City, a housewife is murdered in a night-club by a gang of thieves. When a security guard of a bank is killed by the same gun during a heist, the crime becomes a federal offense under...
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Jacques Becker – Touchez pas au grisbi [+Extras] (1954)
Synopsis Jean Gabin is at his most wearily romantic as aging gangster Max le Menteur in the Jacques Becker gem Touchez pas au grisbi (Hands Off the Loot!). Having pulled off the heist of a lifetime,...
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Roland Klick – Bübchen AKA Little Boy [+Extras] (1968)
“Buebchen” is the german word for “Little Boy”. The film was also released under the title “Little Vampire” which doesn’t make any sense at all. Synopsis In a german suburb a babysitter is too busy...
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Wallace Wolodarsky – Coldblooded (1995)
Plot: A quiet young fellow becomes a reluctant, but effective hit man in this comedy. Cosmo, a robot-like bookie, is promoted to hit man by his crime boss, Gordon. Cosmo’s teacher is to be the...
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Ki-duk Kim – Shilje sanghwang AKA Real Fiction (2000)
Quote: An unstable artist (Ju Jin-mo) is sent over the edge during a walk in the park when a woman with a video camera (Kim Jin-ah) begins following him. Flying into a murderous rage, the artist...
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Alan Parker – Angel Heart (1987)
Quote: Alan Parker paints a picture that is rich, dark and dank. While his flashy visual style may seem like sloppy editing, it poetically leaves a viewer with an odd, disorienting series of partial...
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