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The Hit- two theories

Last post by skimpole « May 24th, 2023, 2:03 am
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by LostHorizons » May 16th, 2023, 3:48 am

There are two theories as to why Terrence Stamps changed his stoic tune so easily when confronted with his execution. Either

1. He wasn’t happy that...

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May 24th, 2023, 2:03 am
Monsieur Hire (1989)

Last post by wmcclain « May 23rd, 2023, 7:14 am

by wmcclain » May 23rd, 2023, 7:14 am

Monsieur Hire (1989) , written and directed by Patrice Leconte.

When a young woman is murdered in a robbery, an odd little tailor is suspected. Why?...

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May 23rd, 2023, 7:14 am
Woman of the Dunes (1964)

Last post by wmcclain « May 1st, 2023, 6:47 am

by wmcclain » May 1st, 2023, 6:47 am

Woman of the Dunes (1964) , directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara.

A teacher spends his vacation collecting insects at a remote sea-side province....

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May 1st, 2023, 6:47 am
Alice in the Cities (1974)

Last post by wmcclain « April 24th, 2023, 7:19 am

by wmcclain » April 24th, 2023, 7:19 am

Alice in the Cities (1974) , directed by Wim Wenders.

A German journalist has not gotten a story he wanted during a road trip across America: he...

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April 24th, 2023, 7:19 am
King of Hearts (1966)

Last post by Swithin « April 21st, 2023, 8:51 am
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by wmcclain » April 21st, 2023, 7:56 am

King of Hearts (1966) , produced and directed by Philippe de Broca.

WW1 soldier Alan Bates is sent into a French village to find and disarm a huge...

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Last post by Swithin
April 21st, 2023, 8:51 am
Drunken Angel (1948)

Last post by wmcclain « April 16th, 2023, 7:26 am

by wmcclain » April 16th, 2023, 7:26 am

Drunken Angel (1948) , directed by Akira Kurosawa.

The intertwined stories of an alcoholic doctor (Takashi Shimura) and a yakuza (Toshirô Mifune,...

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April 16th, 2023, 7:26 am
Luchino Visconti

Last post by Allhallowsday « April 5th, 2023, 1:09 pm
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by kingrat » May 22nd, 2012, 6:11 pm

Let's give the guy his own thread. He's certainly talented, although I have mixed feelings about some of his films.

I found much to enjoy, a fair...

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April 5th, 2023, 1:09 pm
Valerie & Week of Wonders

Last post by wmcclain « April 2nd, 2023, 1:34 pm
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by ziggy6708a » October 15th, 2014, 6:26 pm

Anybody catch..

Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)

A medieval girl struggles to grow up in a world of eccentrics, monsters and temptation....

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April 2nd, 2023, 1:34 pm
WHAT FOREIGN FILMS HAVE YOU WATCHED LATELY?

Last post by Feinberg « February 26th, 2023, 6:45 am
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by feaito » June 5th, 2011, 10:02 pm
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Well, I had to create this thread because I've just watched a French film that affected me on many levels: La Règle du Jeu (Rules of the Game)...
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February 26th, 2023, 6:45 am
Jean Rollin

Last post by LawrenceA « February 17th, 2023, 8:42 pm
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by EP Millstone » February 17th, 2023, 8:05 pm

Now Showing on Arrow-Player.com : Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin

Although I'd never declare myself as a Jean Rollin s...

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Last post by LawrenceA
February 17th, 2023, 8:42 pm
La femme bourreau (A Woman Kills)

Last post by EP Millstone « January 22nd, 2023, 3:21 pm

by EP Millstone » January 22nd, 2023, 3:21 pm

A seemingly major selling point of La femme bourreau ( A Woman Kills ) is scenes of Paris during the tumultuous month of May 1968 .

Movie Nation...

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January 22nd, 2023, 3:21 pm
The Spaghetti West

Last post by LostHorizons « December 31st, 2022, 12:44 pm
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by Mr. Arkadin » February 20th, 2014, 4:41 pm
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I thought it might be nice to have a thread dedicated exclusively to the Italian western. While the origins of the genre are well known--Sergio Leone...
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Last post by LostHorizons
December 31st, 2022, 12:44 pm
Giallo

Last post by EP Millstone « December 29th, 2022, 8:34 pm
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So what is Giallo?

Giallo is a classification much like Film Noir in that it details a very specific type of film. The actual word means yellow...
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December 29th, 2022, 8:34 pm
Italian Neo Realistic Films

Last post by LostHorizons « December 22nd, 2022, 10:34 am
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by charliechaplinfan » March 9th, 2011, 5:11 am
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Much like the French New Wave I'm never quite sure what fits into the category but unlike the French New Wave I've loved every 'realistic' film I've...
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Last post by LostHorizons
December 22nd, 2022, 10:34 am
Night Visitor (1971) ending

Last post by LostHorizons « December 12th, 2022, 6:46 pm

by LostHorizons » December 12th, 2022, 6:46 pm

Night Visitor would have been a much better film imo if it ended with Salem successfully getting away with planting blood on Jenks’ axe and Dr. Jenks...

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Last post by LostHorizons
December 12th, 2022, 6:46 pm
Mosfilm on YouTube

Last post by Masha « March 31st, 2015, 12:15 am
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by Masha » July 11th, 2013, 4:01 am
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I hope all are aware that Mosfilm has a channel on YouTube and they have a great many of their movies available.

Mosfilm is one of the largest movie...
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March 31st, 2015, 12:15 am
Fellini's Roma (1972)

Last post by Lomm « September 20th, 2014, 7:21 am
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by moira finnie » September 15th, 2014, 10:55 am

I was up all night watching TCM, enchanted by Fellini's Roma (1972) the late, poetic entry in this cinema giant's work. Seeing this was a wonderful...

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Last post by Lomm
September 20th, 2014, 7:21 am
Festival of Italian Poliziotteschi in NYC

Last post by Mr. Arkadin « July 5th, 2014, 11:20 am
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by Mr. Arkadin » June 19th, 2014, 11:25 am

Starts today. If you're in the Big Apple & want to discover more about Italian police thrillers, this would be a good series to attend. Some great...

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Last post by Mr. Arkadin
July 5th, 2014, 11:20 am
Francois Truffaut

Last post by kingrat « September 13th, 2013, 7:00 pm
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by kingrat » August 13th, 2013, 6:57 pm

Although we have had separate threads on THE BRIDE WORE BLACK and DAY FOR NIGHT , and much good discussion on both, we have not had a separate thread...

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September 13th, 2013, 7:00 pm
Catherine Deneuve

Last post by Mr. Arkadin « August 11th, 2013, 10:21 pm

by Mr. Arkadin » August 11th, 2013, 10:21 pm

All day August 12.

Petit Poucet, Le (2001)
Repulsion (1965)
Mississippi Mermaid (1970)
Un Flic (1972)
Le Sauvage (1975)
The Last Metro (1980)...

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Last post by Mr. Arkadin
August 11th, 2013, 10:21 pm
Andrzej Wajda

Last post by MikeBSG « March 27th, 2013, 7:59 pm
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by kingrat » May 25th, 2011, 12:52 pm

TCM has shown Andrzej Wajda's A Generation and Kanal the last two Sundays, and will complete the trilogy with Ashes and Diamonds this Sunday, so it...

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Last post by MikeBSG
March 27th, 2013, 7:59 pm
Henri-Georges Clouzot

Last post by CineMaven « November 29th, 2012, 9:50 am
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by kingrat » November 11th, 2011, 7:29 pm
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With Maven's enthusiasm for QUAI DES ORFEVRES , perhaps we should have a separate thread for Henri-Georges Clouzot . A search for past references to...
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Last post by CineMaven
November 29th, 2012, 9:50 am
Robert Bresson

Last post by charliechaplinfan « May 8th, 2012, 5:08 am
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by charliechaplinfan » November 4th, 2011, 8:39 am

Yesterday I watched A Man Escapes directed by Robert Bresson and it struck me how much I've enjoyed his style of movie making. Other movies I've seen...

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May 8th, 2012, 5:08 am
Eustache's The Mother and the Whore (1973)

Last post by kingrat « September 27th, 2011, 7:33 pm

by kingrat » September 27th, 2011, 7:33 pm

Naming our favorite directors made me think of Jean Eustache and his one-of-a-kind film THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE (1973). Until a few years ago, I was...

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Last post by kingrat
September 27th, 2011, 7:33 pm
LE JOUR SE LEVE/THE LONG NIGHT

Last post by Ann Harding « August 24th, 2011, 8:11 am
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by kingrat » August 22nd, 2011, 7:39 pm

I thought it might be interesting to compare LE JOUR SE LEVE (1939, Marcel Carne) with its American remake, THE LONG NIGHT (1947, Anatole Litvak),...

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Last post by Ann Harding
August 24th, 2011, 8:11 am
Umberto D

Last post by charliechaplinfan « July 16th, 2011, 2:51 pm
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by charliechaplinfan » July 15th, 2011, 2:07 pm

I watched this this afternoon, I enjoyed it but for me De Sica had wrung my emotions a bit too much. Neorealistic film is trying to highlight social...

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Last post by charliechaplinfan
July 16th, 2011, 2:51 pm
Italian Comedies

Last post by charliechaplinfan « July 13th, 2011, 3:01 pm
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by Ann Harding » May 10th, 2011, 10:27 am
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I think it's time to create a topic for Italian comedies, that's what the Italians made better than anybody from the 30s until the 70s. They knew how...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
July 13th, 2011, 3:01 pm
Your Favorite Foreign Film?

Last post by JackFavell « June 13th, 2011, 7:59 am
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by moira finnie » March 8th, 2011, 11:17 am
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Welcome to our newest forum, devoted to non-American or films made in languages other than English, (you decide). I hope that in the future you'll...
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Last post by JackFavell
June 13th, 2011, 7:59 am
Open City (1945)

Last post by charliechaplinfan « June 1st, 2011, 1:06 pm
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by Mr. Arkadin » March 27th, 2011, 4:33 pm

Without Roberto Rosselini’s Rome, Open City (1945), the landscape of film might be surprisingly different. Often described as the movie that opened...

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Last post by charliechaplinfan
June 1st, 2011, 1:06 pm
Louis Malle

Last post by MichiganJ « May 16th, 2011, 3:58 pm
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by MichiganJ » March 23rd, 2011, 4:37 pm

While I'd seen some Louis Malle's films, I've been watching a lot that are new to me and in order or production.
I'm not quite sure if Malle was, or...

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Last post by MichiganJ
May 16th, 2011, 3:58 pm
Fanny and The Fanny Trilogy

Last post by charliechaplinfan « March 19th, 2011, 3:35 pm
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by charliechaplinfan » March 9th, 2011, 5:05 am

When thinking about the foreign language films that have meant the most to me, the Fanny Trilogy came out at the top of all films French. I've only...

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March 19th, 2011, 3:35 pm

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