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Little Red Flo
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Little Red Flowers
(dir. Yuan Zhang - 2006)
Starring: Dong Bowen, Ning Yuanyuan, Chen Manyuan, Zhao Rui, Li Xiaofeng
Based on the novel by Shuo Wang entitled 'Could Be Beautiful', 'Little Red Flowers' is a very beautiful and innocent story of childhood and this childhood is taking place in post-revolutionary China.
Qiang is taken to a state bording school when his parents state appointed jobs result in them being unable to take care of them properly; and his grandmother is unable to cope alone.
Initially this is a frightening experience for Qiang and he cries constantly to prove it. Subsequently, he discovers that the teachers in the school hand out little red flowers to those children who have behaved well and studied hard. He then makes it his mission to obtain at least one of these flowers for himself.
As it turns out despite the fact that the teachers and principal are fond of him, his rebellious nature creates a constant barrier between him and the paper flower.
In an attempt to make him behave as they wish, the school staff decree that no other child should speak to him; and they naturally obey this order causing confusion to the young boy.
Who will prevail, the establishment and Qiang's great desire to be rewarded with a little red flower, or his individuality?
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The Black Cat
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The Black Cat (dir.Edgar G Ulmer 1934)
Starring Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Julie Bishops
Dr Werdegast (Lugosi) is on his way back to his home town, a place that he has not seen since the end of the war. He is particularly interested in meeting an old adversary once more, for the purposes of bringing about his death.
This is all for the purposes of retribution for the betrayal that this antagonist by the name of Hjalmar Poelzig (Karloff) set in motion resulting in his imprisionment in a prisoner of war camp. However, his plans are distrupted by new information on the whereabouts of his wife and daughter. After which a dangerous satanic game is played out between the two men which leaves the audience questioning the sanity of them both. This is also the question of on the mind of the woman (Bishops) who is to be the prize awarded to the winner. Her husband (Manners) is also none to pleased at the situation.
Genre: Horror
B&W -- 63mins
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The Raven (dir. Lew Landers 1935)
Starring Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Irene Ware, Samuel S. Hinds, Lester Matthews
Dr. Richard Vollin (Lugosi) a brilliant yet insane surgeon is begged by Judge Thatcher (Hinds), the father of a promising dancer to practice once again after his daughter in involved in a terrible accident. After having his extremely large ego massaged, he agrees.
The young women spends a great deal of time with the doctor during and after her recovery, as she feel indebted to him. He on the other hand is mesmerised by her beauty. Unfortunately the feeling is not mutual; not only that but she has a fiance (Matthews).
Her father quickly realises that the doctor is quite mad. Simultainiously the doctor has a moment of epiphany and realises that he will never have the woman for himself. He then sets about bringing a macabre vision of vengeance in to reality, by manipulating an escaped convict (Karloff) who has come to him in the middle of the night for help.
Genre: Horror
B&W -- 59mins
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Les Maitres Du Temps - The Time Masters
(dir. Renė Laloux 1982)
Starring Jean Valmont, Michel Elias
Piel is a young boy who is in need of rescue from the planet Perdide. His father Claude manages to contact his friend Jaffar who speeds across space to rescue the boy before he falls victim to the planets giant hornets.
3
(dir. Steve Piper 2005)
Starring David House, Mat Betteridge and Sarah Harvey-Smart
This three minute short film which can currently be streamed online is the story of a morning after. The morning after two lovers break up; the morning after he discovers that she has been cheating on him.
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Home Made
(dir. Jason Impey)
Starring Ken Dirke, Jason Impey
Home Made tells the story of Jack a horror film maker who focuses on making his films look as real as possible and what better way to do this than to actually kill people for the camera. He is on a mission to make the ultimate snuff movie. In this he is successful up until the point where he is caught in the act by one of his victims' boyfriend.
Meanwhile he is holding captive to young adults in a shed where he is filming their every move.
Will they escape before he returns?
Sick Bastard
(dir. Jason Impey 2007)
Starring Ken Dirke, Lewis Gardner, Colette Green, Jason Impey
Whilst being transferred from the institution where he was placed after killing his parents as revenge for years of abuse (as you do...), the sick bastard in question escapes in to the neighbourhood. Whilst hiding in the wood he runs in to and murders several teenagers in an attempt to deal with his inner demons.
Hot on his tail is the man in charge of his case hell bent on correcting his mistake.
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Grey Gardens
(dir. The Maysles Brothers 1975)
Starring Edith Bouvier Beale & her daughter Edie
This feature length documentary is a gem of a movie and not to be missed. It features the aunt and cousin of Jackie Onassis in their East Hampton home, months after they had been raided by the local busy bodies.
The two brothers and film-makers The Maysles Brothers document the everyday lives of these two charismatic women, however if you look closely with your life experience as a reference, you will find this documentary slightly disturbing.
Here is an aristocratic mother who has held on to her daughter in out of fear of being alone.
You will enjoy this film; it's a classic that should be in every DVD collection. This one of my favourite quotes from the film:
Edie: I missed out on everything. I missed out on the reunion of my graduating class in Farmington because that was the fall that Jack Kennedy campaigned to get in and I was stuck here with mother, the cats, the house and Tealogue and I couldn't go.
Edith: No, you said you didn't want them to know how old you were, you said.
Edie: No I wanted...
Edith: Why I don't want them to know my age says Edie.
Edie: No I would have enjoyed that mother because Jack Kennedy campaigned to get in and won.
Edith: Get in the Farmington school, that'd be a good place for him....... (To the Maysles Brothers) What time is it chickens?
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Children of Hannibal (Figli di Annibale)
(dir. Davide Ferrario 2003) - 93mins
Unemployed Domenico decides to rob a bank and in the process takes Tommaso as his hostage. This was not a part of the plan and as he desperately tries to get out of the situation, he discovers why Tommaso is such a willing hostage.
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The Bathers (La Baigneuses)
(dir. Viviane Candas 2002)- 83min
'The Bathers' is a candid look at the goings on in a seedy Parisian peep show, following six of the women who work there.
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Shoah
(dir. Claude Lanzmann 1985)
Featuring Simon Srebnik, Michael Podchlebnik, Motke Zaidl, Pan Falborski, Rudolf Vrba, Abraham Bomba.
This six hour cut of the original nine hours of film is a labour of love for its director. He travelled the world in search of Holocaust survivors and persuaded them to tell their story for the camera. The result is something astonishing; a subtle account of how easily genocide can be committed whilst others stand around and watch.
Lanzmann is a member of the faculty at the European Graduate School where he teaches documentary film.
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Strange Circus (Kimyô na sâkasu) 2005
(dir. Sion Sono)
running time - 83mins
Starring - Masumi Miyazaki Issei Ishida Rie Kuwana Mai Takahashi Hiroshi Ohguchi
This is the story set around the strange circus of a girl's life as she tries to make sense of the abuse that she receives at the hands of both her mother and father.
As time passes the lines between reality and fantasy become blurred, and it becomes increasingly difficult to determine who the little girl grew up to be. Throw in a drag queen Master of Ceremonies, an author who pretends to be a cripple and a transsexual and it is easy to understand why I am so confused; but loving it!
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Next Door (Naboer) 2005
(dir. Pål Sletaune)
running time - 76mins
Starring - Kristoffer Joner Cecilie A. Mosli Julia Schacht Anna Bache-Wiig Michael Nyqvist
This is the story of John (Joner), an ordinary Norwegian man with a standard office job who finds himself drawn in to the violent, paranoid world of the two sisters who live next door.
Being an agreeable man John tries to help the both of them, despite being tormented by them both about the fact that his girlfriend Ingrid (Wiig) has recently left him. This is a fact that he has difficulty coming to terms with, which is not helped by a recent visit by her to collect the last of her belongings. An incident he has continual flashbacks of, each differing slightly from the last.
This psychological thriller is a shinning example of what Norway has to offer cinema and features actor whom I hope are at the beginning of very lengthy careers.
It was the first film in seventeen years to get an 18 rating in Norway.
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In this episode we are bringing you an animated short and a feature length documentary.
'One'
dir. Philip E. Day
(6.29mins - 2006)
'One' a backwards journey through time and space is a warning of things to come if we do not realise that we are all links in a ecological and spiritual chain.
A Language of Passion
dir. Patricia Cunliffe
(91mins - 2004)
A Documentary presenting the numerous Latino artist thriving in LA, USA.
Featuring the artists:
Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin / Rudy Caldron /
Arturo Mallmann / Cecilia Miguez / Eloy Torrez / Sergio Arau / Imelda Hinojosa / Audreyann Martinez / George Robles / John Valadez / Serigo Zenteno
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