Georges Lautner – Le monocle noir AKA The Black Monocle (1961)
Synopsis:The Marquis de Villemaur reunite stranges visitors in his Castle, to meet a survivor of the 3rd Reich. There is an Italian fascist ; Heinrich, a German ; Matthias, a russian ; and Dromard, a...
View ArticleSidney J. Furie – The Boys (1962)
Quote:Four teenage teddy boys are tried in the Old Bailey, charged with the “murder in the course of theft” of a garage night watchman, a conviction for which carries an automatic death penalty....
View ArticleSusan Sontag – Duett för kannibaler AKA Duet for Cannibals (1969)
The directorial debut of famed American writer, philosopher, and political activist Susan Sontag is an intriguing tale of two couples involved in academia and politics. Artur is a professor living in...
View ArticleKazuo Ikehiro – Hitori okami AKA Lone Wolf Isazo (1968)
Synopsis:Isazo (Ichikawa Raizo), often called ‘The Ripper’, is a living legend in the world of the Yakuza. Known for his swordsmanship and bravery, but also for his polite manners, and a gifted talent...
View ArticlePaul Morrissey – Trash AKA Andy Warhol’s Trash (1970)
Andy Warhol’s ‘Trash’ Arrives: Heroin Addict’s Life Is Theme of Film Techniques of 30’s on View at Cinema IIThe opening credits (“Andy Warhol Presents Trash…” ) appear as words spelled out in little...
View ArticleGillo Pontecorvo – Queimada (1969)
Plot:The professional mercenary Sir William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British sugar trade. Years later he is sent again to deal...
View ArticleWalter Heynowski – O.K. (1964)
Quote:This fascinating and unique film is unfortunately almost entirely unknown in the West. The girl Doris S. leaves East Germany in 1961 to join her father in West Germany. Three years later, she...
View ArticleMárta Mészáros – Eltávozott nap AKA The girl aka The day has gone (1968)
A young woman leaves a state orphanage to find her mother in this interesting examination ofhow the overt repression of women in the older pattern of village life has been replaced bythe more subtle...
View ArticleAndré Cayatte – Les chemins de Katmandou AKA The Pleasure Pit (1969)
Quote:Sven is Norwegian and his future is Kathmandu, the city of the gods.Their paths meet and it is side by side they choose to take the path that leads up to the holiest city in Asia.Olivier is...
View ArticleRobert Asher – Press for Time (1966)
England’s prime minister (Norman Wisdom) pulls some strings to get his hapless grandson Norman (also played by Wisdom), a newspaper vendor in London, a job as a reporter in the sleepy seaside town of...
View ArticleJosef Mach – Die Söhne der großen Bärin AKA The Sons of Great Bear (1966)
Although the Indians were assured their lands adjacent to the Black Hills by contract, the Whites want to expel them. Meanwhile, gold has been discovered there and the unscrupulous settler, Red Fox,...
View ArticleAndré Hunebelle – Fantômas contre Scotland Yard AKA Fantomas vs. Scotland...
In the third installment of the parodic Fantomas series, the eponymous arch criminal imposes the “right-to-live” tax on the rich, threatening to kill those who dare not to pay. Journalist Fandor (Jean...
View ArticleAndré Hunebelle & Haroun Tazieff – Fantômas se déchaîne AKA Fantomas Strikes...
In the second installment of the parodic Fantomas series, the title arch criminal and master of disguise kidnaps prominent scientist Prof. Marchand in order to develop a new powerful weapon to...
View ArticlePaul Vecchiali – Les roses de la vie (1962)
Short film by Paul Vecchiali; starring Germaine de France. The chauffeur is played by the legendary director Jean Eustache. 360MB | 20mn 9s | 771×514 | mkv...
View ArticleLuigi Comencini – Incompreso (Vita col figlio) AKA Misunderstood (1967)
Duncombe is the UK Consul General in Florence, Italy. He becomes a widower when his two sons, Andrew and Miles, are still young kids. Andrew, the eldest, apparently reacts with adult maturity to the...
View ArticleAndré Hunebelle – Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117 AKA OSS 117: Mission for a...
Synopsis:O.S.S 117 (Frederick Stafford) is an American CIA operative who is sent to South America to thwart the attempt of a group of underground subversives who want to take over the world. Although...
View ArticleFatin Abdulwahhab – Ah min hawaa AKA Beware of Eve (1962)
In a modern adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew, the handsome vet (Rushdy Abaza) finds himself obliged to tame the beautiful but wild (Lobna Abdel Aziz) with the suport of her...
View ArticleAndré Hunebelle – Fantomas (1964)
A 1964 film starring Jean Marais as the arch villain with the same name opposite Louis de Funès as the earnest but outclassed commissaire Paul Juve. In the film Juve teams up with journalist Fandor,...
View ArticleUbaldo Ragona & Sidney Salkow – The Last Man on Earth (1964) USA
Synopsis:When a plague devastated life on Earth, the population died or became a sort of zombie living in the dark. Dr. Robert Morgan is the unique healthy survivor on the planet, having a routine...
View ArticleGeorges Lautner – Les tontons flingueurs AKA Monsieur Gangster AKA Crooks In...
In this action-packed slapstick comedy – a dying mob boss nicknamed “The Mexican” asks his old friend and ex-gangster, Fernand Naudin (Lino Ventura), to come out of retirement to take over the family...
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