EL DIA DE LA BESTIA 1995 (Day of the Beast) Directed by Alex de la Iglesia 103 minutes In Spanish with English subtitles This is an early feature film from visionary Spanish director Alex de la Iglesia, and its certainly one that packs a wallop. No wonder it has become a cult classic in its home…..
FRIGHT NIGHT 1985 Directed by Tom Holland 106 minutes In English This is a movie with a monstrous cult following (by both public and critics), and it sparked a new genre of semi-campy horror films (The Lost Boys, Vamp) which embraced older horror movies and fused them into modern situations. Not only is this a dedicated…..
OLD JOY (2006) Directed by Kelly Reichardt 76 minutes In English The films of Kelly Reichardt (Wendy and Lucy) have been called “anti-slumdog millionaire” because unlike that expensive hit about poverty, Reichardt’s films are unglossy, indie and are really made on practically no budget. And hey, this one stars the singer songwriter Will Oldham, better known…..
Presentatie van Onder Stervenden van Leo van Bergen U wordt van harte uitgenodigd voor het bijwonen van de aanbieding van het boek Onder Stervenden van Leo van Bergen, uitgegeven door WWI-uitgever Dulce et Decorum. Leo van Bergen is tevens auteur van Zacht en Eervol. Lijden en sterven in de Grote Oorlog dat in 2014 opnieuw bij…..
SPOORLOOS 1988 (THE VANISHING ) Directed by George Sluizer 107 minutes In French/Dutch with English subtitles When a young Dutchman discovers that his girlfriend has gone missing during their return to Holland from a bicycling trip in France, he begins a three-year search for her that forms the basis of this unsettling psychological thriller from 1988……
M*A*S*H (1970) Directed by Robert Altman 115 minutes In English with English subtitles Although this film was set in a medical unit on the front line in the Korean War in the 50s, no one seeing M*A*S*H in 1970 confused the film for anything but a slanderous comment on the Vietnam War…..this is one of the…..
STROSZEK (1977) Directed by Werner Herzog 115 minutes In German and English, with English subtitles This is one of my very favorite films by Werner Herzog, and one of the few films that I screen every 3 years or so. This film tells the tale of Stroszek (played by the brilliant and bittersweet Bruno S.), who,…..
EUROPA (1991) Directed by Lars von Trier 112 minutes Several languages with English subtitles Europa was Lars von Trier’s third feature film. In the period when Lars made this movie he thought he was Jewish, and this was his final film in a loose trilogy about WWII and the identity of Europe. Soon afterwards his mother…..
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