Hyppolit the Butler (1931)
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LostHorizons »
April 8th, 2024, 3:42 pm
This is such a cute romantic comedy- musical. Always puts me in a happy mood.
It is a comedy about social class in 30s Hungary. I highly...
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April 8th, 2024, 3:42 pm
Bollywood - in US theaters
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Nellie LaRoy »
January 22nd, 2024, 7:15 pm
I am not Indian or of Indian ancestry, but in the last few years, I've been feeling more and more drawn to Indian cinema whenever their big movies...
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Last post by TikiSoo
February 29th, 2024, 6:17 am
WHAT FOREIGN FILMS HAVE YOU WATCHED LATELY?
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by feaito » June 5th, 2011, 10:02 pm
Well, I had to create this thread because I've just watched a French film that affected me on many levels: La Règle du Jeu (Rules of the Game)...
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Last post by Cinemaspeak59
February 18th, 2024, 1:26 pm
Bunuel in Mexico at MOMA
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Swithin »
January 26th, 2024, 10:50 pm
The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) is presenting a comprehensive series of the Mexican films of Luis Bunuel, from February 1-20. The series will feature...
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Last post by Swithin
February 9th, 2024, 9:26 pm
The films of Seijun Suzuki
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by
Nellie LaRoy »
February 5th, 2024, 5:28 pm
I have long felt that Seijun Suzuki, lagging in name recognition behind Kurasawa and Ozu, may be the most underrated major Japanese film director...
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Last post by Nellie LaRoy
February 7th, 2024, 8:55 pm
I Am Cuba (1964)
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by
Nellie LaRoy »
January 16th, 2024, 1:58 pm
Hey, great news, everyone! This legendary movie, which had long been unavailable except for OOP DVDs, is coming out in the spring through the...
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Last post by kingrat
January 16th, 2024, 6:15 pm
Il ritorno, nostos (1989)
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LostHorizons »
January 5th, 2024, 2:59 pm
An Italian film available on YouTube. It is an adaptation of books 5 and 6 of the Odyssey of Homer. The ones with Calypso and Nausicaa. This explores...
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Last post by LostHorizons
January 5th, 2024, 2:59 pm
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Last post by Nellie LaRoy
December 17th, 2023, 6:25 pm
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Last post by Allhallowsday
November 29th, 2023, 1:30 am
King of Hearts (1966)
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wmcclain »
April 21st, 2023, 7:56 am
King of Hearts (1966) , produced and directed by Philippe de Broca.
WW1 soldier Alan Bates is sent into a French village to find and disarm a huge...
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Last post by kingrat
June 30th, 2023, 4:25 pm
Bay of Angels ending
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by
LostHorizons »
June 22nd, 2023, 9:48 pm
We can easily infer Jeanne Moreau left him immediately after using him for all of his money to gamble and then driving him to debt. I don’t even know...
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Last post by LostHorizons
June 24th, 2023, 10:33 am
Woman of the Dunes (1964)
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wmcclain »
May 1st, 2023, 6:47 am
Woman of the Dunes (1964) , directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara.
A teacher spends his vacation collecting insects at a remote sea-side province....
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Last post by skimpole
June 14th, 2023, 2:43 am
Your Favorite Foreign Film?
Replies: 31
by
moira finnie »
March 8th, 2011, 11:17 am
Welcome to our newest forum, devoted to non-American or films made in languages other than English, (you decide). I hope that in the future you'll...
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Last post by Intrepid37
June 11th, 2023, 2:14 pm
The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967)
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Swithin »
June 9th, 2023, 10:28 pm
The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967) Based on a book by Marguerite Duras.
I was intrigued by the poster as a teenager and wanted to see this film, also...
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Last post by Swithin
June 9th, 2023, 10:28 pm
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Last post by Belle
June 3rd, 2023, 4:31 am
The Hit- two theories
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by
LostHorizons »
May 16th, 2023, 3:48 am
There are two theories as to why Terrence Stamps changed his stoic tune so easily when confronted with his execution. Either
1. He wasn’t happy that...
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Last post by skimpole
May 24th, 2023, 2:03 am
Monsieur Hire (1989)
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wmcclain »
May 23rd, 2023, 7:14 am
Monsieur Hire (1989) , written and directed by Patrice Leconte.
When a young woman is murdered in a robbery, an odd little tailor is suspected. Why?...
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Last post by wmcclain
May 23rd, 2023, 7:14 am
Alice in the Cities (1974)
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wmcclain »
April 24th, 2023, 7:19 am
Alice in the Cities (1974) , directed by Wim Wenders.
A German journalist has not gotten a story he wanted during a road trip across America: he...
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Last post by wmcclain
April 24th, 2023, 7:19 am
Drunken Angel (1948)
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wmcclain »
April 16th, 2023, 7:26 am
Drunken Angel (1948) , directed by Akira Kurosawa.
The intertwined stories of an alcoholic doctor (Takashi Shimura) and a yakuza (Toshirô Mifune,...
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Last post by wmcclain
April 16th, 2023, 7:26 am
Luchino Visconti
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by
kingrat »
May 22nd, 2012, 6:11 pm
Let's give the guy his own thread. He's certainly talented, although I have mixed feelings about some of his films.
I found much to enjoy, a fair...
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Last post by Allhallowsday
April 5th, 2023, 1:09 pm
Valerie & Week of Wonders
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by
ziggy6708a »
October 15th, 2014, 6:26 pm
Anybody catch..
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
A medieval girl struggles to grow up in a world of eccentrics, monsters and temptation....
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Last post by wmcclain
April 2nd, 2023, 1:34 pm
Jean Rollin
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by
EP Millstone »
February 17th, 2023, 8:05 pm
Now Showing on Arrow-Player.com : Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin
Although I'd never declare myself as a Jean Rollin s...
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Last post by LawrenceA
February 17th, 2023, 8:42 pm
La femme bourreau (A Woman Kills)
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EP Millstone »
January 22nd, 2023, 3:21 pm
A seemingly major selling point of La femme bourreau ( A Woman Kills ) is scenes of Paris during the tumultuous month of May 1968 .
Movie Nation...
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Last post by EP Millstone
January 22nd, 2023, 3:21 pm
The Spaghetti West
Replies: 29
by
Mr. Arkadin »
February 20th, 2014, 4:41 pm
I thought it might be nice to have a thread dedicated exclusively to the Italian western. While the origins of the genre are well known--Sergio Leone...
29 Replies
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Last post by LostHorizons
December 31st, 2022, 12:44 pm
Giallo
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by
Mr. Arkadin »
February 7th, 2012, 2:10 am
So what is Giallo?
Giallo is a classification much like Film Noir in that it details a very specific type of film. The actual word means yellow...
170 Replies
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Last post by EP Millstone
December 29th, 2022, 8:34 pm
Italian Neo Realistic Films
Replies: 60
by
charliechaplinfan »
March 9th, 2011, 5:11 am
Much like the French New Wave I'm never quite sure what fits into the category but unlike the French New Wave I've loved every 'realistic' film I've...
60 Replies
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Last post by LostHorizons
December 22nd, 2022, 10:34 am
Night Visitor (1971) ending
by
LostHorizons »
December 12th, 2022, 6:46 pm
Night Visitor would have been a much better film imo if it ended with Salem successfully getting away with planting blood on Jenks’ axe and Dr. Jenks...
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Last post by LostHorizons
December 12th, 2022, 6:46 pm
Mosfilm on YouTube
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by
Masha »
July 11th, 2013, 4:01 am
I hope all are aware that Mosfilm has a channel on YouTube and they have a great many of their movies available.
Mosfilm is one of the largest movie...
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Last post by Masha
March 31st, 2015, 12:15 am
Fellini's Roma (1972)
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by
moira finnie »
September 15th, 2014, 10:55 am
I was up all night watching TCM, enchanted by Fellini's Roma (1972) the late, poetic entry in this cinema giant's work. Seeing this was a wonderful...
11 Replies
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Last post by Lomm
September 20th, 2014, 7:21 am
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Last post by Mr. Arkadin
July 5th, 2014, 11:20 am
Francois Truffaut
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by
kingrat »
August 13th, 2013, 6:57 pm
Although we have had separate threads on THE BRIDE WORE BLACK and DAY FOR NIGHT , and much good discussion on both, we have not had a separate thread...
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Last post by kingrat
September 13th, 2013, 7:00 pm
Catherine Deneuve
by
Mr. Arkadin »
August 11th, 2013, 10:21 pm
All day August 12.
Petit Poucet, Le (2001)
Repulsion (1965)
Mississippi Mermaid (1970)
Un Flic (1972)
Le Sauvage (1975)
The Last Metro (1980)...
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Last post by Mr. Arkadin
August 11th, 2013, 10:21 pm
Andrzej Wajda
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by
kingrat »
May 25th, 2011, 12:52 pm
TCM has shown Andrzej Wajda's A Generation and Kanal the last two Sundays, and will complete the trilogy with Ashes and Diamonds this Sunday, so it...
11 Replies
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Last post by MikeBSG
March 27th, 2013, 7:59 pm
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Replies: 23
by
kingrat »
November 11th, 2011, 7:29 pm
With Maven's enthusiasm for QUAI DES ORFEVRES , perhaps we should have a separate thread for Henri-Georges Clouzot . A search for past references to...
23 Replies
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Last post by CineMaven
November 29th, 2012, 9:50 am
Robert Bresson
Replies: 6
by
charliechaplinfan »
November 4th, 2011, 8:39 am
Yesterday I watched A Man Escapes directed by Robert Bresson and it struck me how much I've enjoyed his style of movie making. Other movies I've seen...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
May 8th, 2012, 5:08 am
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Last post by kingrat
September 27th, 2011, 7:33 pm
LE JOUR SE LEVE/THE LONG NIGHT
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by
kingrat »
August 22nd, 2011, 7:39 pm
I thought it might be interesting to compare LE JOUR SE LEVE (1939, Marcel Carne) with its American remake, THE LONG NIGHT (1947, Anatole Litvak),...
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Last post by Ann Harding
August 24th, 2011, 8:11 am
Umberto D
Replies: 5
by
charliechaplinfan »
July 15th, 2011, 2:07 pm
I watched this this afternoon, I enjoyed it but for me De Sica had wrung my emotions a bit too much. Neorealistic film is trying to highlight social...
5 Replies
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
July 16th, 2011, 2:51 pm
Italian Comedies
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by
Ann Harding »
May 10th, 2011, 10:27 am
I think it's time to create a topic for Italian comedies, that's what the Italians made better than anybody from the 30s until the 70s. They knew how...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
July 13th, 2011, 3:01 pm
Open City (1945)
Replies: 10
by
Mr. Arkadin »
March 27th, 2011, 4:33 pm
Without Roberto Rosselini’s Rome, Open City (1945), the landscape of film might be surprisingly different. Often described as the movie that opened...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
June 1st, 2011, 1:06 pm
Louis Malle
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by
MichiganJ »
March 23rd, 2011, 4:37 pm
While I'd seen some Louis Malle's films, I've been watching a lot that are new to me and in order or production.
I'm not quite sure if Malle was, or...
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Last post by MichiganJ
May 16th, 2011, 3:58 pm
Fanny and The Fanny Trilogy
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charliechaplinfan »
March 9th, 2011, 5:05 am
When thinking about the foreign language films that have meant the most to me, the Fanny Trilogy came out at the top of all films French. I've only...
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Last post by charliechaplinfan
March 19th, 2011, 3:35 pm
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