вторник, 27 июня 2023 г.

Ginger Meggs (1982)

 



Director: Jonathan Dawson
Stars: Garry McDonald, Coral Drouyn, Paul Daniel, Rowan Hillard, Rowan Hillard, Mark Spain, Adrian McLeod, Mark Kounnas, Kristian Harper

In an Australian country town in the 1940s, Ginger Meggs’ reputation precedes him – he is an unruly prankster who plays truant, gets involved in fights and tells tall tales. While searching for his stolen monkey, Ginger encounters a jewel thief and sets out to win the heart of childhood crush Minnie Peters.

Australia
In English
 

суббота, 24 июня 2023 г.

Meztelen vagy (1972)

 


Meztelen vagy / The Legend About the Death and Resurrection of Two Young Men

Director: Imre Gyöngyössy
Stars: Sándor Oszter, István Szeghõ, Irén Rácz, Józsefné Seres, Tiborné Fényes, Erzsi Cserhalmi, József Rácz

The director of Meztelen Vagy was imprisoned for many years during the latter part of the Stalin era and is known for his highly imagistic and symbolic storytelling techniques. This film tells its story in the same way, and at no point is the story made explicit. Images of love, death, suicide, violence and mutilation dominate.

Hungary
In Hungarian
 

четверг, 22 июня 2023 г.

Favolacce (2020)

 



Favolacce / Bad Tales

Directors & Writers: Damiano & Fabio D'Innocenzo
Stars: Elio Germano, Tommaso Di Cola, Giulietta Rebeggiani, Barbara Chichiarelli, Justin Korovkin, Gabriel Montesi, Lino Musella, Ileana D'Ambra, Max Malatesta

A few families living out on a limb in the suburbs of Rome. Tensions here can explode at any time; ultimately it's the children who bring about the collapse.

Italy
In Italian, with Romanian, Italian & English subs (embed)
 

понедельник, 19 июня 2023 г.

Flight From Heaven (2003)

 

No imdb

Flight From Heaven / Vlucht uit de Hemel

Director: Leonard Retel Helmrich

A shocking and controversial television documentary about a boarding school for boys in Central Java. Apparently, the boarders frequently play a role in Islamic terror attacks in the villages of Java. Leonard Retel Helmrich follows the fortunes of 13 year-old Johan, who has been sent to the boarding school by his parents. The young boy who is enrolled in an Islamic boarding school, which changes his personality. He enters a world in which Osama Bin Laden and Jamal Islamiah are not known as terrorists, but as fighters of the infidel, and therefore idols.

Documentary for VPRO television, Netherlands
In Indonesian, with English hardsubs
 

суббота, 17 июня 2023 г.

Un sac de billes (1975)

 



Un sac de billes / A bag of marbles

Director: Jacques Doillon
Stars: Richard Constantini, Paul-Eric Shulmann, Joseph Goldenberg, Reine Bartève, Hubert Drac, Gilles Laurent, Michel Robin, Dominique Ducros, Pierre Forget

Two young French Jewish boys and their family struggle to survive in WWII during the invasion of Germans; based on the autobiographical novel by the same name by Joseph Joffo.

France
In French, with Russian & English subs (embed)
 

среда, 14 июня 2023 г.

Explorers (1985)




Director: Joe Dante
Stars: Ethan Hawke, River Phoenix, Jason Presson, Bobby Fite, Bradley Gregg, Georg Olden, Chance Schwass, Amanda Peterson, Brooke Bundy

Three boys take off in a space ship they built and encounter alien race that intercepts American TV programs.

USA
In English, with English subs (embed)
 

пятница, 9 июня 2023 г.

Pathogen (2006)




Director & Writer: Emily Hagins
Stars: Rose Kent-McGlew, Alec Herskowitz, Tiger Darrow, Tony Vespe, Alex Schroeder, Amanda Haight, Harry Jay Knowles, Jay Giovanni Ramirez

Conceived when filmmaker Emily Hagins was 12 and released when she was 15, PATHOGEN is one of the most accomplished horror movies ever made by a person before they could legally drive a car. A mysterious technology has transformed the residents of Austin, TX into flesh-craving zombies. Armed with a knife, an axe, and many pairs of flip-flops, middleschooler Dannie and her pee-wee zombie squad take to the streets to battle undead parents, teens, and even a toddler. With an impressive devotion to editing and storytelling, PATHOGEN delivers eyeball gouging, decapitations, and knife fights, along with an endearing perspective that could only originate from a teenager.

USA
In English, with English subs (VobSub)
 

суббота, 3 июня 2023 г.

Pedar (1996)




Pedar / پدر / The Father

Director: Majid Majidi
Stars: Hassan Sadeghi, Hossein Abedini, Mohammad Kasebi, Parivash Nazarieh

Pedar (translated here as The Father, though the film's working title was The Stepfather) is about 14-year-old Mehrollah, whose father dies and who heads off to a southern port city to find work and support the family. When he returns home, however, he discovers that his mother has remarried to the local cop, no less and begins a campaign of silent protest against his stepfather, which gradually becomes more dangerous until a stroke of fate forces Mehrollah and his stepfather to come to terms with one another.

Iran
In Persian, with English subs (VobSub)