Las Hurdes: Tierra Sin Pan (1933)
Spain 27m, B&W Director: Luis Buñuel; Cast: Abel Jacquin, Alexandre O’Neill Inspired by Maurice Legendre’s ethnographic study, Las Jurdes: étude de géographie humaine (1927), Land Without Bread is a subversive … Continue reading
Chimes at Midnight (1965)
Spain/Switzerland 119m, B&W Director: Orson Welles; Cast: Orson Welles, Keith Baxter, John Gielgud, Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Rutherford, Marina Vlady, Fernando Rey A brilliant adaptation and interweaving of a number of Shakespeare’s … Continue reading
The Asthenic Syndrome (1989)
Soviet Union 153m, Colour/B&W Director: Kira Muratova; Cast: Olga Antonova, Sergei Popov, Galina Zakhurdayeva,Natalya Buzko, Aleksandra Svenskaya A film within a film, The Asthenic Syndrome is a chaotic and often … Continue reading
Red Sorghum (1987)
China 95m, Colour Director: Zhang Yimou; Cast: Gong Li, Jiang Wen, Teng Rujun, Ji Chunhua Presented as a rural folk tale about collective labour, Red Sorghum is a story told … Continue reading
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