Santa sangre
Synopsis: Forget everything you have ever seen… In the 1970s, his legendary films El Topo and The Holy Mountain redefined movies as both art and entertainment while changing the face […]
Tag Archives: Foreign films
The Holy Mountain
Synopsis: The scandal of the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, writer/director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s flood of sacrilegious imagery and existential symbolism is a spiritual quest for enlightenment pitting illusion against truth. The […]
Sykt lykkelig
Synopsis: Any reason not to be? Family is the most important thing in the world to Kaja. She is an eternal optimist in spite of living with a man who […]
Arcadia: s/t
Synopsis: The Making of Arcadia (also known as Arcadia) is a Arcadia video, originally released in 1987. *********************************************************************** Arcadia: s/t 7.5 eyelights: the fantastic music. eyesores: Simon Le Bon and […]
El topo
Synopsis: It was the landmark cult film that began the whole Midnight Movie phenomena of the counterculture crazy 1970s. El Topo was the most talked about, most controversial quasi-Western head […]
Happy Few
Synopsis: In this sexy, French romantic drama, two couples decide to explore the boundaries of their relationships by swapping partners. What starts as a fun, free-spirited ménage-a-4 experimentation full of […]
Fando y Lis
Synopsis: Banned in Mexico, a permanent cause celebre, surrealist “fabulador” Alejandro Jodorowsky unique career began with this bizarre tale of corrupted innocence, sadomasochistic love and unattainable paradise. Created from hazy […]
Jodorowsky’s Dune
Synopsis: In 1974, Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky, whose films EL TOPO and THE HOLY MOUNTAIN launched and ultimately defined the midnight movie phenomenon, began work on his most ambitious project […]
Henry and June
Synopsis: Philip Kaufman’s brilliant film explores the erotic life of two individuals who became 20th Century literary giants. Upon meeting American author Henry Miller (Fred Ward) in Paris, 1931, a […]
Sirens
Synopsis: Be Seduced… Sexy and spirited, this endearingly funny comedy has captivated moviegoers everywhere! The charming Hugh Grant plays an idealistic young minister on a mission. He must tame the […]
Les Infidèles
Synopsis: Jean Dujardin and Gilles Lellouche lead a starry cast in a comedy exploring the triumphs and failures of male infidelity in all its desperate, absurd and wildly funny forms. […]
8½ Women
Synopsis: When sexual desire becomes an obsession, it’s every man for himself. Directed by Peter Greenaway (The Pillow Book; The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover), the dark […]
Otto e mezzo
Synopsis: Marcello Mastroianni plays Guido Anselmi, a director whose new project is collapsing around him, along with his life. One of the greatest films about film ever made, Federico Fellini’s […]
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