sábado, 30 de agosto de 2025

Ba wang bie ji - Kaige Chen [1993]




 Farewell My Concubine [1993]

Two boys meet at an opera training school in Peking in 1924. Their resulting friendship will span nearly 70 years and endure some of the most troublesome times in China's history.

segunda-feira, 25 de agosto de 2025

Ju Dou - Fengliang Yang, Yimou Zhang [1990]



 Ju-Dou [1990]

In rural China, the young bride of a tyrannical owner of a silk-dyeing business finds temporary solace in the arms of her husband's nephew, but problems arise when she becomes pregnant.

terça-feira, 19 de agosto de 2025

Yang guang can lan de ri zi - Wen Jiang [1994]




 In the Heat of the Sun [1994]

Beijing, 1970s. Now that the CR has driven most adults to the provinces, 14-year-old Monkey and his pals have free reign over the city. They hang around, get up to no good, and discover that unsolvable mystery referred to as "girls."

sexta-feira, 8 de agosto de 2025

Guling jie shaonian sharen shijian - Edward Yang [1991]

 


A Brighter Summer Day [1991]

Based on a true story, primarily on a conflict between two youth gangs, a 14-year-old boy's girlfriend conflicts with the head of one gang for an unclear reason, until finally the conflict comes to a violent climax.


sexta-feira, 1 de agosto de 2025

Il gattopardo - Luchino Visconti [1963]

 



The Leopard [1963]

O príncipe de Salina, um nobre aristocrata de integridade impecável, tenta preservar sua família e classe em meio das tumultuosas convulsões sociais da Sicília em 1860.

sexta-feira, 25 de julho de 2025

Babettes gæstebud - Gabriel Axel [1987]

 



Babette's Feast [1987]

During the late 19th century, a strict religious community in a Danish village takes in a French refugee from the Franco-Prussian War as a servant to the late pastor's daughters.

quinta-feira, 17 de julho de 2025

Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu - Masaki Kobayashi [1967]



Samurai Rebellion [1967]

The mother of a feudal lord's only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord. The husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision, or risk death to get her back.


quinta-feira, 10 de julho de 2025

Akahige - Akira Kurosawa [1965]

 



Red Beard [1965] 

In 19th-century Japan, a rough-tempered yet charitable town doctor trains a young intern.

quinta-feira, 3 de julho de 2025

The Defiant Ones - Stanley Kramer [1958]

 



The Defiant Ones [1958]

Two chained-together escaped convicts, one white and one black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture.

quinta-feira, 26 de junho de 2025

To Kill a Mockingbird - Robert Mulligan [1962]

 




To Kill a Mockingbird [1962]

A widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama defends a black man against a false rape charge while teaching his young children about the sad reality of prejudice.

in IMDB

quinta-feira, 19 de junho de 2025

Court - Chaitanya Tamhane [2014]

 



Court [2014]

When an aging activist is arrested, the lives of the accused, the lawyers, and the judge intertwine to reveal bigotry that underscores the judicial system.

in IMDB

quinta-feira, 12 de junho de 2025

L'histoire de Souleymane - Boris Lojkine [2024]

 




Souleymane's Story [2024] 

A Paris food delivery cyclist and asylum seeker named Souleymane has two days to prepare his story for a make-or-break interview to secure legal residency.

in IMDB


sexta-feira, 6 de junho de 2025

Wendy & Lucy - Kelly Reichardt [2008]

 



Wendy & Lucy [2008]

Over the summer, a series of unfortunate happenings triggers a financial crisis for a young woman and she soon finds her life falling apart.

in IMDB


quinta-feira, 29 de maio de 2025

Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain - Jean-Pierre Jeunet [2001]



 

Amélie [2001]

Amélie is an innocent and naive girl in Paris with her own sense of justice. She decides to help those around her and, along the way, discovers love.

in IMDB

quinta-feira, 22 de maio de 2025

Umi ga kikoeru - Tomomi Mochizuki [1993]

 


Ocean Waves [1993]

As a young man returns home after his first year away at college he recalls his senior year of high school and the iron-willed, big city girl that turned his world upside down.

sexta-feira, 16 de maio de 2025

We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lynne Ramsay [2011]

 



We Need to Talk About Kevin [2011]

Kevin's mother struggles to love her strange child despite the increasingly dangerous things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined.

in IMDB

quinta-feira, 15 de maio de 2025

Cure - Kiyoshi Kurosawa [1997]

 


Cure [1997]

A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.

sexta-feira, 9 de maio de 2025

Subarashiki sekai - Miwa Nishikawa [2020]



 

Under the Open Sky [2020]

A lifelong Yakuza, released from prison after 13 years, journeys to find the mother who abandoned him as a child. He is hindered by his gangster past and struggles to adapt to his new life outside of prison.

sexta-feira, 2 de maio de 2025

Da xiang xidi erzuo - Bo Hu [2018]




 An Elephant Sitting Still [2018]

Four people in a Chinese city live through a complicated day as their lives intersect.


quinta-feira, 24 de abril de 2025

Revanche - Götz Spielmann [2008]

 


Revanche [2008]

Ex-con Alex plans to flee to the South with his girl after a robbery. But something terrible happens and revenge seems inevitable.