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Jules Dassin – Brute Force [+Extras] (1947)
The meanest, heaviest, most unrelentingly grim hunk of American cinema you’re likely to see– at least prior to 1950– Brute Force is an explosive hybrid mixing aspects of the string of stark prison...
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Yimou Zhang – Yao a yao yao dao waipo qiao AKA Shanghai Triad (1995)
Summary: “Country boy Shuisheng (Wang Xiaoxiao) is brought to 1930s Shanghai by his uncle who wants the boy to become a member of the powerful gang ruled by manipulative Tang (Li Baotian). In fact,...
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Khavn – Desaparadiso (2015)
Plot Summary: One day, they just disappeared. Just like that. One didn’t go to work, one didn’t go to his appointment, didn’t meet his date. The dishes served were left to rot, and the bed remained...
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Howard Hawks – The Big Sleep (1946)
Summoned by the dying General Sternwood, Philip Marlowe is asked to deal with several problems that are troubling his family. Marlowe finds that each problem centers about the disappearance of...
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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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Lance Comfort – The Painted Smile (1962)
‘The Painted Smile’ (1962) sees young student Mark (Peter Reynolds) wrongly accused of murder. He is lured back to an apartment by con-artist Jo (Liz Fraser), only to find her boyfriend brutally...
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Massimo Dallamano – Quelli della calibro 38 aka Colt 38 Special Squad (1976)
IMDB: form A to B coolness!, 16 June 2007 8/10 Author: jvanmaare from Netherlands Colt 38 special squad is a rare breed in the poliziotteschi genre. Excellent shot and filled with great casting,...
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Henri Verneuil – Le corps de mon ennemi AKA Body of My Enemy (1976)
Synopsis: ‘Francois Leclerc returns to his home, an industrial town in northern France, after serving a seven year prison sentence for a murder he did not commit. He recalls the events which led up to...
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Jacques Audiard – Dheepan (2015)
Quote: Dheepan is a Tamil freedom fighter, a Tiger. In Sri Lanka, the Civil War is reaching its end, and defeat is near. Dheepan decides to flee, taking with him two strangers – a woman and a little...
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Yves Boisset – Un condé Aka Blood On My Hands AKA The Cop (1970)
Synopsis: ‘Dassa, a bar owner who refuses to sell drugs to his customers, is killed by men working for Tavernier, a gangster known as Le Mandarin. Dassas’s sister Hélène is also in danger, for the...
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Dino Risi – In nome del popolo italiano AKA In the Name of the Italian People...
Synopsis: Set in Rome and its surroundings, the film tells in a frighteningly realistic, ruthless and grotesque the evil of two powerful men of Italy in the seventies: a Director of illegal buildings...
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François Truffaut – Vivement dimanche! AKA AKA Confidentially Yours (1983)
Quote: French director Francois Truffaut’s newest film is a tribute to American film noir. It is based on a 1962 novel by Charles Williams that blends mystery and comedy genres. Jean-Louis Trintignant...
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Stefano Sollima – Suburra (2015)
About A gangster known as “Samurai” wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal. But peace is not to last long. In...
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François Truffaut – Une belle fille comme moi AKA A Gorgeous Bird Like Me (1972)
Quote: François Truffaut’s Une belle fille comme moi is a pitch-black comedy of sexual exploitation in which who’s doing the exploiting and who’s getting exploited is neatly reversed. Camille...
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Lukas Schrank – Nowhere Line: Voices from Manus Island (2015)
Quote: Nowhere Line: Voices from Manus Island is an animated short film, which tells the stories of two men, currently detained in Australia’s notorious Manus Island Offshore Processing Centre. In...
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Nicholas Ray – A Woman’s Secret (1949)
Synopsis: Susan is laying in the hospital with a bullet near her heart. Marian has told the police that she shot Susan in a rage as Susan was giving up her singing. Marian and Luke found Susan when...
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Michael Ritchie – Prime Cut (1972)
Quote: Michael Ritchie, better known for his gentle satires of American social institutions, enters Don Siegel territory in the unusual crime thriller Prime Cut. Lee Marvin is surly collection agent...
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Robin Pront – D’Ardennen AKA The Ardennes (2015)
SYNOPSIS A brutal home-jacking goes hopelessly wrong. Dave, one of the two robbers, manages to run off, leaving his brother Kenneth behind. Four years later, Kenneth is released from prison and much...
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Gaspar Noé – Irréversible (2002)
Quote: Events over the course of one traumatic night in Paris unfold in reverse-chronological order as the beautiful Alex is brutally raped and beaten by a stranger in the underpass....
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Fons Rademakers – Because of the Cats AKA The Rape (1973)
From IMDB: A gang of six wealthy, well-dressed and well-spoken hoodlums break into a married couple’s house and rape the wife while forcing the husband to watch. Thus begins a dogged investigation by...
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