Daddy’s War 1977

Daddy's War 1977

Daddy’s War 1977

Daddy’s War 1977
La guerra de papá (original title)
1h 31m | Comedy | 19 September 1977 (Spain)

Storyline:

Spain, March 1964: Quico is a very naughty child of three belonging to a wealthy middle-class family. Since Cristina’s birth, he feels he has lost the privileged position of “prince” of the house for his eight months old sister. So, with his brother Juan, who is eight years old and is quite disobedient, spend their time committing prank after prank, causing the resulting anger of his mother, the nanny and the old housemaid. The rest of the family members are two much older brothers, his resigned mother and a retrograde father of authoritarian ideas. But many years have passed, and the civil war that won the despot Don Pablo is simply for their children “Dad’s war”.

Continue reading

The Believers 1987

The Believers 1987

The Believers 1987

The Believers 1987
1h 54m | Crime, Drama, Horror | 10 June 1987 (USA)

Storyline:

After the death of his wife, police psychiatrist Cal Jamison moves to New York. There he has to help in the investigation of the murder of two youths, who seem to have been immolated during a cult ritual. Jamison believes it’s been Voodoo and, ignoring the warnings of his housekeeper, enters the scenery and soon gets under their influence. They try to get him to sacrifice his own son.

Continue reading

Shanghai Panic 2002

Shanghai Panic 2002

Shanghai Panic 2002

Shanghai Panic 2002
Wo men hai pa (original title)
1h 27m | Drama, Romance | 14 February 2002 (Germany)

Storyline:

Growing up in the shadows of Shanghai, Bei (Li Zhinan), a disillusioned dancer, spends most of his time in a drug-induced haze. But when he begins developing AIDS-like symptoms and fears he could be seriously ill, he turns to his three best friends to help him forget. Complications ensue when Bei and another friend, Jie (Zhou Zijie), begin to feel more than mutual camaraderie, which throws their sexuality into serious question.

Continue reading

The Uninhibited 1965

The Uninhibited 1965

The Uninhibited 1965

The Uninhibited 1965
Los pianos mecánicos (original title)
1h 34m | Drama | 21 April 1965 (France)

Storyline:

Vincent, a young man from Paris, arrives at the small Spanish village of Caldeya. where his has been loaned a home by his friend, Reginald. He meets Pascal Regnier, a novelist engaged in pursuits of drinking and love affairs, who spends his summers in Caldeya with his son, Daniel. Regnier introduces Vincent to Jenny, local nightclub owner, who has already received a wire from Reginald asking her to look after his friend. Vincent and Jenny fall in love and plan a trip to Barcelona together, a trip they take in spite of Reginald’s arrival. However, the shadow of Reginald comes between them and they accept the fact that their love is doomed to failure.

Continue reading

Guns of Diablo 1964

Guns of Diablo 1964

Guns of Diablo 1964

Guns of Diablo 1964
1h 31m | Romance, Western | 4 October 1964 (UK)

Storyline:

14-year-old Kurt Russell plays Jamie, an orphaned boy heading westward with a wagon train. Charles Bronson is a wagon scout Linc Murdock, who runs into difficulties when he meets old flame Maria (Susan Oliver), who is now married to corrupt lawman Rance Macklin (Jan Merlin). The jealous Macklin has Murdock arrested, but Maria frees him, permitting Murdock and Jamie to embark on a new adventure involving a “lost” gold mine.

Continue reading

Spící mesto 2021

Spící mesto 2021

Spící mesto 2021

Spící mesto 2021
1h 35m | Family, Fantasy, Mystery | 19 August 2021 (Czech Republic)

Storyline:

All the parents suddenly fall asleep, and children have to survive in the world. A thrilling adventure showing what can happen when chaos reigns and children are forced to face the pitfalls of the world on their own.

Continue reading

Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang 1999

Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang 1999

Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang 1999

Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang 1999
1h 36m | Family, Fantasy | 8 October 1999 (Canada)

Storyline:

One day, a boy named Jacob Two-Two (aptly named because every phrase that he utters is repeated) decides to set out to prove himself to his parents that he can do things, so his father, who is tired of hearing his wife order him to do the shopping, sets Jacob out to buy two tomatoes. As Jacob makes his way to buy them, the greengrocer in the shop keeps telling an officer that Jacob was threatening him, so Jacob escapes, but only just, hitting his head rather hard and awaking in court where he is sentenced to two years, two months, two weeks, two days, two hours, two minutes, and five seconds to a children’s prison run by not only a mad wrestler presumed lost, but also two (also aptly named) bird-like and fish-like cohorts as well as slimy humanoids that spray resisters with slime to stop them in their tracks. Helping Jacob in his mission are two young agents that aim to free all of the children kept prisoner in the swampy penitentiary. It is up to Jacob Two-Two to escape this heinous prison and free all of the other imprisoned children.

Continue reading

Lord of the Flies 1990

Lord of the Flies 1990

Lord of the Flies 1990

Lord of the Flies 1990
1h 30m | Adventure, Drama, Thriller | 16 March 1990 (USA)

Storyline:

After a plane crash in the ocean, a group of military students reach an island. Ralph organizes the boys, assigning responsibilities for each one. When the rebel Jack Merridew neglects the fire camp and they lose the chance to be seen by a helicopter, the group split under the leadership of Jack. While Ralph rationalizes the procedures, Jack returns to the primitivism, using the fear for the unknown (in a metaphor to the religion) to control the other boys, and hunting and chasing pigs, stealing the possession of Ralph’s group and even killing people.

Continue reading

Steppe 1978

Steppe 1978

Steppe 1978

Steppe 1978
Step (original title)
2h 14m | Drama, History | April 1978 (Soviet Union)

Storyline:

Based on a story by Anton Chekhov, this film by renowned director Sergei Bonderchuk basks in the vast and visually magnificent qualities of life on the steppes of southern Russia in the era before the Russian Revolution. The story revolves around the journey of a wagon train bearing materials from the countryside to the marketplace. Riding along with the wagon train in carriages are an Orthodox priest and a trader carrying his nephew Yegorushka into town to receive some schooling.

Continue reading