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Children of Fate
In 1961 two young American film-makers, Robert Young and Michael Roemer, Cortile Cascino, visited a slum in Palermo on Sicily. They wanted to record the…Published on: -
Driller Killer
With this feature debut, Ferrara immediately set the tone for his future work.The troubled painter Reno (played by Ferrara) lives in New York City with…Published on: -
Put Your Lips Around Yes
Matias Viegener, Decontrolled Boundaries, The Body as Artifact: ‘Put Your Lips Around Yes is a sleek and straightforward barrage of words cut on a house…Published on: -
It Wasn’t Love
In her most recent video Sadie Benning illustrates her encounter with a ‘bad girl’ through the gender posturing and genre interplay of Hollywood stereotypes: the…Published on: -
Simple Men
Last year, the Rotterdam Film Festival presented a complete retrospective of the promising young director Hal Hartley. With Simple Men, Hartley has proven his promise.It…Published on: -
Twister
A comic portrait of an unusual, unconventional but very American family which doesn’t know what to do with its huge wealth. Father Cleveland (Harry Dean…Published on: -
Bell Diamond
Cathy Dolan wants to leave her husband Jeff. She asks advice the of her girlfriend Haley, packs her bags and tells Jeff she’s leaving him…Published on: -
Red rock west
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White Homeland Commando
An unusually-designed political variation on the police film, with biting dialogues and virtuoso acting. Using the so-called stop-motion technique, all the movements are slowed and…Published on: -
China Girl
Very violent, dramatic love story against the background of two famous neighbourhoods in New York City: Chinatown and Little Italy. On ‘Italian’ territory, a Chinese…Published on: