понедельник, 29 апреля 2013 г.

воскресенье, 28 апреля 2013 г.

Seven Green Bottles (1975)


Director & Writer: Eric Marquis
Stars: Mark Gregory, Geoffrey Coleman, George Harkins

Seven wayward juveniles (the "Green Bottles" of the title) spend their days truanting and thieving. One by one they are caught and made to face the consequences of the choices they have made. An educational film apparently made in association with the Metropolitan Police and intended to be shown in schools as a warning to those who might be tempted to stray from the straight and narrow.

English

суббота, 27 апреля 2013 г.

Archangel (1991)


Director: Guy Maddin
Stars: Michael Gottli, David Falkenburg, Michael O'Sullivan

Lt. John Boles, a one-legged soldier, is assisting the White Russians in the Russian Arctic during World War I. He finds himself in Archangel, a crystalline city of spires and domes, inhabited by some very confused people. Boles loves Iris, who is dead, and meets Veronkha, whom he mistakes for Iris. But Veronkha is already married to Philbin, who forgets he is married to Veronkha. Veronkha thinks Boles is Philbin... 
A surrealistic film in which a strangely assorted group of people come together in the Russian Arctic at the height of the revolution and World War One.

Canada
In English (second audio)

среда, 24 апреля 2013 г.

Nukie (1988)


Directors: Sias Odendal, Michael Pakleppa
Stars: Glynis Johns, Steve Railsback, Ronald France

Two aliens, Nukie and Miko, crash-land on different parts of the Earth. Miko is quickly captured by an American space agency, while Nukie, who has landed in the middle of the African savannah, wanders about until he befriends two young children. Will Miko survive the scientists' experiements? Will Nukie ever be reunited with his space-travelling companion?

Country: South Africa | UK | USA
Language: English

понедельник, 22 апреля 2013 г.

Tri karte za Holivud (1993)


Tri karte za Holivud / Three Tickets to Hollywood

Director: Bozidar 'Bota' Nikolic
Stars: Branislav Lecic, Bogdan Diklic, Ljubisa Samardzic, Danilo Nikolic, Vesna Stanojevic, Dragan Nikolic

The story of three boys who, fascinated with seventh art magic, decide to escape from their remote village straight to Hollywood. In the same time, a local policeman frantically organizes a reception for the president of the state. His "strictly controlled" citizens, under the influence of events in Cuba, in 1962. start dividing in two parties, resolved to succeed where Hruscov and J.F.K. have failed.

Yugoslavia
Language: Serbian, with Russian and English subs

суббота, 20 апреля 2013 г.

Go Figure (2005)


Director: Francine McDougall
Stars: Jordan Hinson, Whitney Sloan, Cristine Rose, Ryan Malgarini

Katelin Kingsford, an Olympic hopeful figure skater wants to train with a Russian figure skating coach. In order to go to go to the school that Natasha is at, Katelin gets a scholarship playing on the girls hockey team.

USA
In English (second audio)

пятница, 19 апреля 2013 г.

The Bullet Collector (2011)


Собиратель пуль / The Bullet Collector

Director: Aleksandr Vartanov
Stars: Ruslan Nazarenko, Aleksandr Userdin, Yuliya Aug

A 14 year old boy hates his life, and he often finds himself getting in trouble. Whether it's at home or elsewhere. In his mind he is creating a world he actually hopes would be reality - one where he is deeply involved in gangs, has killed people and is a generally tough guy you don't mess with. Reality is far from this, but one day he gets into another problem, combined with an accident, and is soon sent away to a youth institution.

Russia
In Russian, with English hardsubs

четверг, 18 апреля 2013 г.

Almost Angels (1962)


Director: Steve Previn
Stars: Vincent Winter, Sean Scully, Peter Weck

Supported avidly by his mother and more reluctantly at first by his father, a working-class Austrian boy joins the Vienna Choirboys, where he proves to be unusually talented. The standard initiation ordeals which new boys must endure at the hands of their seniors are intensified in his case because he has aroused the jealousy of Peter, the head chorister, by singing a solo which Peter had long sung himself. The fact is that Peter's voice is breaking, and with a broken voice often comes a broken heart. But, encouraged by the director and all the boys, Peter begins to develop in a new role as composer and conductor.

USA
In English

вторник, 16 апреля 2013 г.

Laro sa baga (2000)


Laro sa baga / Playing with Fire

Director: Chito S. Roño
Stars: Carlos Morales, Ara Mina, Angel Aquino

Two young people falling in love while exploring the politics of sexual awakening and social relations leading to a complex web of deceit and understanding.

Country: Philippines
Language: Filipino | Tagalog + English hardsubs
 

суббота, 13 апреля 2013 г.

The Carpenter's Miracle (2013)


Director: Kristoffer Tabori
Stars: Cameron Mathison, Michelle Harrison, Ryan Grantham

Josh Carey, a small town carpenter rescued a 12-year old boy named Luke Quinn (played by Ryan Grantham), who had initially shown no signs of life as a result of a drowning accident. The boy’s mother visits the boy in the emergency room, where Josh tries to console the grieving mom. He prays for the boy and he touches him. Luke is subsequently brought back to life, which is viewed upon as a miracle by the hospital staff and the people in the town.

In English
 

Addio zio Tom (1971)


Addio zio Tom / Goodbye Uncle Tom

Directors & Writers: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi

Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.

Italy
In Italian + English subs

четверг, 11 апреля 2013 г.

Blunderkind (2011)


Director & Writer: Zak Mechanic
Stars: Wes Robertson, Bridger Zadina, Drake Johnston

In 1988, 12 year old boy genius Henry Jameson sends his best friend, George, into the future to discover the resolution of a cliffhanger episode of the hit detective show 'Columbo.' But he loses him somewhere in time. 20 years later, Henry has become a degenerate alcoholic when 12 yr old George appears on his doorstep. Henry is forced to overcome the loser he has become to find a way to send George back to the 80s. Hilarity ensues!

Short
In English + Swedish hardsubs
 

пятница, 5 апреля 2013 г.

Loukoumades me meli (2005)


Loukoumades me meli / Honey and the Pig

Director: Olga Malea
Stars: Christos Loulis, Faye Xila, Vladimiros Kiriakidis

Manos who seems to have problems with his love life, is leaving the capital and his pressing girlfriend to be with his relatives out in the province. There except his uncle, who is searching frantically for donuts with honey and his beloved overweight aunt, he will meet an old sexy friend called Xenia, who now works as an undertaker's assistant at the local funeral house. With her help and the ally of the clever and cute pink pig of his uncle Marikaki, he will try to reveal a terrible secret from his past, which concerns the whole village, by bringing out a redemptive truth.

In Greek + English subs (.srt)
 

четверг, 4 апреля 2013 г.

Boy Wonder (2010)


Director & Writer: Michael Morrissey
Stars: Caleb Steinmeyer, Zulay Henao, Bill Sage

A young Brooklyn boy witnesses the brutal murder of his mother and grows up obsessed with finding her killer. Thus begins his life as a quiet, straight-A student by day and a self-appointed hero at night. But what is a real hero? And who decides what is right or wrong? As the boundaries blur, Sean's dual life wears on his psyche and his two worlds careen dangerously close to colliding. Like a graphic novel you can't put down, Boy Wonder challenges morality, distorting perceptions of what is right and what is justified, as it races to its shocking conclusion.

USA
In English (second audio)