Director: Bruno Forzani and Hélène Cattet
Writer: Bruno Forzani and Hélène Cattet
Release year: 2009
An unworldly piece of cinematographic art
We all go through cycles in life. And we also grow and evolve outside these cycles. We leave paths laid out for us, we seek adventure. We also revisit places we came from. In the real world, and in our minds. In a way, this is what Amer is about. It is to me. But as a film, it’s something else.
Director: Cheol-Soo Jang
Writer: Kwang-Young Choi
Release year: 2010
South Korean title: Kim Bok-Nam Salinsageonui Jeonmal
Island of slow-brooding vengeance
Kim Bok-Nam lives on an island. Her life is worse than that of a slave. She’s being abused and humiliated by her husband and the rest of the island’s population. Eventually, her tragic life will leave her no other option than to revolt.
Director: Daniel Monzón
Writer: Jorge Guerricaechevarría and Daniel Monzón based on a novel by Francisco Pérez Gandul
Release year: 2009
English title: Cell 211
Everybody in the whole cell block was dancing to the jailhouse rock!
In order to make a good impression at his new job as a prison warden, Juan Oliver (Alberto Ammann) visits the facility on the day before he’s supposed to start, to get a tour and introduce himself to his new colleagues. Wrong time and place, as it turns out to be…
Director: Monte Hellman
Writer: Charles Willeford, based on his novel
Release year: 1974
One of the most absorbing cult movies of the 1970′s
Frank Mansfield (Warren Oates) is a natural born cock-fighter. Throughout all of his life, he trained cocks and was considered the best in business. An obsession that slowly costed him everything.
Director: Tinto Brass
Writer: Tinto Brass, Pierre Lévy and Francesca Longo, based on a novel by Sergio Donati
Release year: 1967
English title: Deadly Sweet
Everybody loves something sweet.
Deadly Sweet is truly a giallo filled with the traditional elements of mystery and crime, also incorporating so many elements of pop art and psychedelia, along with a very addictive rock soundtrack. This film had me in the first 10 minutes.
