Jim Sharman – Shock Treatment (1981)
Shock Treatment (1981) Quote:Following on from “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”, this musical is set several years later in Brad and Janet Majors’ hometown – which has become a giant TV station;...
View ArticleBabbar Subhash – Disco Dancer (1983)
Disco Dancer (1982) Quote:Disco Dancer is a 1982 Bollywood movie starring Mithun Chakraborty. It is notable for having been popular in both India and the Soviet Union during the 1980s. The film tells...
View ArticleSotoji Kimura – Ongaku kigeki horoyoi jinsei AKA Tipsy Life (1933)
Ongaku kigeki horoyoi jinsei (1933) A series of snapshots from the life of a fictional actress named Shirley serves to weave together thirteen paintings by Edward Hopper (e.g. “Office at Night”,...
View ArticlePeter Sellars – Don Giovanni (1990)
Don Giovanni (1990) Quote:This modern-dress studio production is “not your parents’ Don Giovanni” – the very opening shots, depicting a real New York slum full of rundown buildings, dead rats and...
View ArticlePeter Schamoni – Frühlingssinfonie AKA Spring Symphony (1983)
Frühlingssinfonie (1983) Fruhlingsinfonie “Spring Symphony” (1983): Starring Nastassia Kinski, Herbert Gronemeyer, Rolf Hoppe, Andre Heller, Marie Colbin, Margit Geissler, Gidon Kemer, Inge Marschall,...
View ArticleSaeed Ebrahimifar – Nar-o-nay AKA Pomegranate and Reed (1989)
Nar-o-nay (1989) Hunting for interesting elements for a play, a photographer meets an old man, who has just had a heart attack He tries to save the man’s life. In an effort to determine the old man’s...
View ArticleFrank Oz – Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Little Shop of Horrors (1986) Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik’s, a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr....
View ArticleKei Ishikawa – Mitsubachi to enrai (2019) (HD)
Mitsubachi to enrai (2019) Plot:4 young pianists Aya Eiden (Mayu Matsuoka), Akashi Takashima (Tori Matsuzaka), Masaru C Revy Anatoru (Win Morisaki) and Jin Kazama (Oji Suzuka) compete in the...
View ArticleS. Sylvan Simon – The Thrill of Brazil (1946)
The Thrill of Brazil (1946) Synopsis:In this musical, Broadway producer Steve Farraugh is in Rio to preview a show he plans to take to New York. The star of the production, Linda Lorens, pines for...
View ArticleJoann Sfar – Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque) (2010)
Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque) (2010) SynopsisA glimpse at the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris through his successful song-writing years in the 1960s to...
View ArticleVera Stroyeva – Boris Godunov (1954)
Boris Godunov (1954) quote from Amazon user: A complement I say, as this not being complete (well, I’d better say severely truncated) it cannot be your sole Boris in a collection; necessary I add,...
View ArticleKriv Stenders – The Go-Betweens: Right Here (2017)
The Go Betweens Right Here (2017) Legends of the indie Oz Rock scene, The Go-Betweens provided a soundtrack to a generation of music enthusiasts throughout the 80s, developing a unique and compelling...
View ArticleMichael Curtiz – Four Daughters (1938) (HD)
Four Daughters (1938) (HD) Adam Lemp, the Dean of the Briarwood Music Foundation, has passed on his love of music to his four early adult daughters – Thea, Emma, Kay and Ann – who live with him and...
View ArticleMichael Powell & Emeric Pressburger – The Tales of Hoffmann (1951) (HD)
The Tales of Hoffmann (1951) Quote:A magnificent spectacle. A truly filmic version of a classic opera. Often mentioned as a favourite movie and constant inspiration for young Martin Scorsese. With the...
View ArticleAsit Sen – Mamta (1966)
Mamta (1966) Monish Rai comes from a wealthy family, and is in love with Deviyani, who is poor. Monish has to travel abroad to further his education in law, but promises to stay in touch with...
View ArticleJim Sharman – The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Quote:The shining textbook example of a film so bad it’s good, writer/director Jim Sharman’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show owns an absolutely unique place in film history, loosely considered the...
View ArticleAlfonso Corona Blake – Cabaret trágico (1958)
Cabaret trágico (1958) One of the last and the best of those infamous Mexican nightclub melodramas (“Películas de Cabareteras”), it features a stunning noirish cinematography, over-the-top acting by...
View ArticleLewis Milestone – Hallelujah I’m a Bum (1933)
Hallelujah I’m a Bum (1933) A New York tramp (Jolson) falls in love with the mayor’s amnesiac girlfriend after rescuing her from a suicide attempt. Chicago Film Society writes:Also known as Happy Go...
View ArticleFranco Zeffirelli – I Pagliacci (1982)
The story is set in southern Italy and recounts the tragedy of Canio, the lead clown in a commedia dell’arte troupe, his wife Nedda, and her lover, Silvio. Pagliacci (1982).mkvGeneralContainer:...
View ArticleGeorge Sidney – Anchors Aweigh (1945)
Anchors Aweigh (1945) Quote:The movie was written by Natalie Marcin and Isobel Lennart and directed by George Sidney.It won the Academy Award for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture. In 2001,...
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