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- DirectorCarol ReedStarsOrson WellesJoseph CottenAlida ValliPulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, Harry Lime.Seen at Secret Cinema - quite an amazing experience. Very interesting portrait of post-war Vienna; classic and classy thriller with lots of twists and details, and great minor characters.
- DirectorYuriy ChulyukinStarsNadezhda RumyantsevaNikolay RybnikovLyusena OvchinnikovaSeveral romance stories - part funny, part sadly - set in a remote logging camp.Streamed at home. Comic portrayal of live in a Soviet logger camp in Northern Russia.
- DirectorRolan BykovStarsOleg EfremovRolan BykovLidiya KnyazevaA fantasy story based on Kornei Chukovsky classics about a brave doctor Aybolit and his adventures on the land and on the sea.Streamed at home. Funny, weird theatrical musical with talking monkeys and an amazingly comic evil Barmoley.
- DirectorSung Hyung ChoStarsUwe TredeLore TredeKlaus H. PlähnThe documentary examines the lives of the residents of a small German village in the Schleswig-Holstein region, Wacken, through a series of interviews and visual tableaux as it prepares for the annual Wacken Open Air Festival.Watched at home. Nice documentary, but nothing special.
- DirectorJean VigoStarsDita ParloJean DastéGilles MargaritisNewly married couple Juliette and a ship captain Jean struggle through marriage as they travel on the L'atalante along with the captain's first mate Le père Jules and a cabin boy.Watched at BFI. Compelling movie, stunning performance by Michel Simon (first time I've seen him - absolutely amazing actor).
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsCelia JohnsonTrevor HowardStanley HollowayMeeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.Watched at a Future Cinema event at Troxy in London. Classic and classy "illegitimate love" romance and a hymn to a horned husband's tolerance. :)
- DirectorFritz LangStarsBrigitte HelmAlfred AbelGustav FröhlichIn a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners, the son of the city's mastermind falls in love with a working-class prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.Watched restored version at BFI. Monumental.
- DirectorOlivier NakacheÉric ToledanoStarsFrançois CluzetOmar SyAnne Le NyAfter he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caregiver.Watched at home. Nice.
- DirectorArthur LubinStarsBud AbbottLou CostelloRichard CarlsonAfter inheriting a fortune from a gangster, two dim-witted service station attendants find themselves stranded in a haunted house.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsJack NicholsonFaye DunawayJohn HustonA private detective hired to expose an adulterer in 1930s Los Angeles finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.Watched at home. Very intense thriller with a "couldn't get any worse" type of ending.
- DirectorMarcel CarnéStarsJean GabinMichel SimonMichèle MorganA military deserter finds love and trouble (and a small dog) in a foggy, French port city.
- DirectorAndrew NiccolStarsEthan HawkeUma ThurmanJude LawVincent, an "In-Valid", assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation. However, a week before his mission, a murder marks Vincent as a suspect.Watched at home (thinking it would be the movie to be shown at the next Secret Cinema event). A great dystopian Sci-Fi thriller, which is quite rare.
- DirectorJulio MedemStarsPaz VegaTristán UlloaNajwa NimriVarious lives converge on an isolated island, all connected by an author whose novel has become inextricably entwined with his own life.Watched at home. Intimate portrayal, some beautiful images.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsNoomi RapaceLogan Marshall-GreenMichael FassbenderFollowing clues to the origin of mankind, a team finds a structure on a distant moon, but they soon realize they are not alone.Watched at Secret Cinema event in summer. Pointless *beep* which could be seen as a type of Aliens-remake. Astonishingly boring characters, all of them.
- DirectorTomas AlfredsonStarsGary OldmanColin FirthTom HardyIn the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet Agent within MI6.Watched at home. Classy political thriller, very enjoyable.
- DirectorJean RenoirStarsMichel SimonJanie MarèseGeorges FlamantMaurice Legrand, a meek cashier married to a nagging wife, has a secret passion: he's a Sunday painter. He falls in love with Lulu, a young woman dominated by Dédé, the pimp who she works for. Dédé pushes Lulu into a relationship with him.Watched at Sands Films Film Club.
- DirectorOla SimonssonJohannes Stjärne NilssonStarsBengt BraskeredSanna Persson HalapiMagnus BörjesonA tone-deaf cop works to track down a group of guerilla percussionists whose anarchic public performances are terrorizing the city.Streamed at home. Crazy postmodernist experimental movie. Very disturbing and very enjoyable at the same time.
- DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsJeff BridgesJohn GoodmanJulianne MooreJeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.Watched at home. It's obvious why this is a cult film. :)
- DirectorAlexander KordaStarsRaimuPierre FresnayFernand CharpinMarius is faced with a choice whether to fulfill his passion by sailing the seas or stay and marry the woman he loves.Watched at BFI.
- DirectorGeorg Wilhelm PabstStarsAlexander GranachFritz KampersErnst BuschPlea against war and for friendship between peoples, through the story of French miners rescued by German colleagues after a firedamp explosion.Watched at Sand Films Film Club. A hymn to comradeship, piece and tolerance, filmed at a time when relationships between French and Germans were more than tense. Absolutely astonishing imagery and special effects (explosions in the shafts etc), hard to imagine how this could be done without digital post-processing.
- DirectorJacques FeyderStarsGreta GarboTheo ShallHans JunkermannA young woman reunites with her estranged father and falls in love with a sailor, but struggles to tell them about her dark past.
- DirectorGuy HamiltonStarsSean ConneryJill St. JohnCharles GrayA diamond smuggling investigation leads James Bond to Las Vegas where he uncovers an evil plot involving a rich business tycoon.
- DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsKrystyna JandaPawel SzajdaJan EnglertIn small-town Poland in the late 1950s, an aging woman married to a workaholic doctor meets a young man who makes her feel young again. Framed around this story, lead actress Krystyna Janda discusses the death of her husband from cancer.Watched at home (wanted to see it during the Munich Film Fest in 2010, but didn't make it). Very intense and intimate portrait of a traumatised woman and her tragic attempt to regain a purpose in life.
- DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsJeanne MoreauOskar WernerHenri SerreDecades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman.Wathced at Sands Films Film Club. Nouvelle Vague classic.
- DirectorJacques RivetteStarsJuliet BertoDominique LabourierBulle OgierA mysteriously linked pair of young women find their daily lives preempted by a strange boudoir melodrama that plays itself out in a hallucinatory parallel reality.Watched at home. Highly enjoyable lunatic film about lunatic characters, operating at many levels.