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The Elusive Avengers
Enormously successful Soviet response to the classic American Western The Magnificient Seven (1960), a film that was such a box office hit in Russia tPublished on: -
O salão azul
The beauty of simplicity. A look inside a hair salon in Maputo, Mozambique. Beautifully observed with delicate colour and light. That’s it. Well cut.Published on: -
Curious Light
A manuscript illuminated: illustrations retreat into the fibre of the page; a fleeting light dissolves into the emulsion of the film.Published on: -
Il se peut que la beauté ait renforcé notre résolution – Masao Adachi
This tribute to the radical Japanese writer-director Masao Adachi is the first in a series of documentaries that Philippe Grandrieux wants to dedicatePublished on: -
Incendies
Oppressive thriller and drama of fate all in one. The twins Jeanne and Simon go looking for their roots in a war-torn Middle East. There…Published on: -
O convite ao prazer
One of the sexiest films in the history of Brazilian cinema. Filmmaker Khoury, known for his Antonioni-esque urban alienation dramas from the 1960s, cPublished on: -
De tijd
A flat, monochrome image slowly evolves into a dramatic spectacle; colour allows lines and conical forms to subtly dissolve and solidify. In the end,Published on: -
Nainsukh
A compelling tale on a 18th century Indian painter from a small hill state, created as a stunning poetic meditation on universal notions of devotion,Published on: -
War Is Over
The Great War still isn’t over. Last part of a trilogy on memories of the First World War (1914-1918).Published on: -
Vereda tropical
Testing the contours of censorship (it was immediately banned), Andrade’s small erotic milestone centres on a man whose objects of desire are fresh frPublished on: