the cruel machine
Overview of films
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Liar
Josh Pate, Jonas Pate | 105' | USA | -
Sly rich kids suspected of murder beats the lie detector in a cruel verbal duel. Phenomenal role by Tim Roth. -
Malpractice
Bill Bennett | 90' | Australia | -
Fake documentary about a birth that goes terribly wrong. Not suitable for pregnant women. -
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Men With Guns (Skogland)
Kari Skogland | 90' | Canada | -
Young Canadian film-maker teaches Tarantino a lesson. Hard and hysterical violence. On towards the last gangster film. -
Mondo cane
Gualtiero Jacopetti | 105' | Italy | -
The Italian Bert Haanstra looks at the world less benignly. The world is shameful and mad. Just look. -
Moving Pictures Two
Carina Ellemers, Carina Ellemers | 9' | Netherlands | World premiere
A girl is afraid of being raped in a wood. Or was she really raped? -
Mugged In a Movie Theater: Crime or Craft?
180' | -
The collector of extreme and bizarre films, Jack Stevenson, who operates from Copenhagen, offers a revealing glimpse into his secret safe. -
Murders and Words
180' | -
In a programme about violence and cruelty, it’s impossible to ignore Japan. The Japanese connoisseur Ken Okubo shows us and explains why. -
Office Killer
Cindy Sherman | 81' | USA | -
Artistic and humorous variation on splatter horror and office soap. In the Company of Woman. With Barbara Sukowa. -
On Kenneth Anger
180' | -
American critic and Cahiers writer shows why the visionary Anger makes Cruel Machines of the highest level. Hard as diamonds. -
Pain Is…
Stephen Dwoskin | 80' | France | International premiere
Personal essayist film about desired and undesired pain. From the sadomasochistic the dentist. -