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SetinthecountrysideofCuba,adomineeringfatherexertsastronginfluenceoverhisfamily.However,whenhesuddenlydisappears,his13yearolddaughterLiliisdistraught.Attemptingtobringhimback,sheusesaspiritualritualanduncoversanuncomfortabletruth.

AtfictitiousTaitUniversityintheRoaring20’s,co-edandschoollibrarianConnieLane(JuneAllyson)fallsforfootballheroTommyMarlowe(PeterLawford).Unfortunately,hehashiseyeongold-diggingvampPatMcClellan.Tommy’sgradesstarttoslip,whichkeepshimfromplayinginthebiggame.ConnieeventuallyfindsoutTommyreallylovesheranddevisesaplantowinhimbackandtogethimbackonthefield.

Thewinterof1917,theNorth-Eastfront,thefinalclashesoftheGreatWar.AnItalianstrongholdsituatedat1800metresabovesealevel,ontheAsiagoplateau,describedinthenovelsofMarioRigoniStern.It’ssnowingeverywhere;theAustriantrenchesaresoclosethatyoucanheartheenemysoldiersbreathing.AhundredyearssincetheoutbreakofWorldWarI,maestroEr...

Paris,1981.ThewindsofchangeareblowingonelectionnightandtheFrenchstormthestreets,elated.ButÉlisabeth(CharlotteGainsbourg)strugglestosharethegeneralmoodofoptimism.Hermarriageiscomingtoanendandshewillnowhavetosupportherfamily.Sheisdistraught,andherfatherandteenagechildrenareworriedthathertearssimplywillnotdry.Butwhatiflisteningtoheremotionscouldhelphertostartfillingtheblankpageofherfuture?Whatifsheweretowritealetteronawhimtothehostofherfavouriteradioprogramme?Orinviteahomelessgirlintoherhouse?Whatwouldhappenifsheweretomakethekindofgesturesthatactuallychangelives?Inthisfollow-uptothebeautifulAmanda,MikhaëlHersdirectshishypersensitivegazeatthe1980sandtheseeminglymundanemomentsinonefamily’slifethatshapeindeliblememories.Alargenumberofcharacterspopulatesthisnostalgicsagaofself-invention.Thedirectorhonourstheirvulnerabilityandkindnessinawaythatstandsoutinacinematiclandscapemoreoftenfascinatedbydisillusionedantiheroes.Thisisfilmatitsmostprofoundlyintimateandmesmerising,thekindthat,whenwereflectonhowwefunctionasasociety,givesusanideaofwhylovematters.

After achieving success in her younger years, the brilliant septuagenarian Madeline Matlock, played by Academy & Emmy Award Winner Kathy Bates, rejoins the workforce at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases and expose corruption from within. Inspired by the classic television series of the same name.

AfteraparticularlyharshwinterBriangoesintoadeepdepression;completelyisolatedandwithnoonetotalkto,Briandoeswhatanysanepersonwoulddowhenfacedwithsuchamelancholicsituation.Hebuildsarobot.

Night Falls in India tells the story of Ricardo (Juan Diego) and Dana (Clara Voda). Ricardo decides to travel overland to India, as he used to do in the old days, when he brought hippies to the East with his van, crossing Europe, Turkey, Iran and Pakistan. But the situation is very different now. Ricardo has been in a wheelchair for the last ten years, suffering from a degenerative disease now in its final stage. He wants to die on the banks of the Ganges River and meet Gadhali again. In this journey, he is accompanied by Dana, his Rumanian housekeeper. Life owes something to these two lonely beings. The journey will become the alibi for paying it off. Night Falls in India is a shining road-movie full of life that uses journey as an excuse to tell a story about love and the passing of time, about the importance of the present and the need to recover lost time; a story in which the journey itself is as important as the arrival.

Setinanundergrounddungeoninhabitedbybundled,raggedhumanbeings,afterthenuclearholocaust.Thestoryfollowsthewanderingsofaherothroughthesituationsofsurvival.PeoplewaitfortheArktoarriveandrescuethemwhiletheirhabitatfallsapart.Delvingdeepintothedustyandlongabandondedvaultsofb-cinemainsearchoflostgemsalwaysleavesmewithabittersweettaste.Ononehandthediscoveryofunexpectedgemswherenoonewouldthinkthempossibleisarewardingexperience.Ontheotherhandthoughitmakesonewonderhowmanyoftheseremarkablelow-budgetoddities,personalloveaffairsofdirectorsneverquitefamousandnowallbutforgotten,havealmostforeverslippedfrommemory?nanycasewhatwehavehereisalittlepost-apocalypticgemfromPolandthatisreallybetterthanithasanyrightto.ThedystopiannearfutureofO-BI,O-BAfindsagroupofsurvivorsofthenuclearwarthatravagedtheEarthinhabitinganunderworldconcretebunkerandbidingtheirtimeastheywaitforthemysteriousArk,anairshipofsomekindthatwillcomeandsavethem.TheArkprovestobeanelaboratehoax,carefullydesignedtogivehopetothemalnourishedanddesperatedenizensofthebunker,whileinthemeantimethedomethatseparatestheirmiserableexistencefromthenuclearwinteroutsideisslowlycavingin.Whatfirststrikedmeaboutthemovieisthedesignofthebunkerandthedepictionofthesurvivors.Thesurvivorsaregaunt,filthyandterrible-lookingpenitents,dressedinragsandaimlesslywanderingtheneon-lithallsofthebunkerlikeautomatons.Thebunkerisarundown,seedyplace,withbrightneonlightspeeringfromallsidesliketheeyesofmalignantbeasts.Ononehanditisaslightly80’sdepictionofthedystopianfuturebutthemovieneverstoopsdowntoMADMAXcheese.Insteaditcombinesbitingpoliticalsatirewiththebleakoutlookofaworldwithnofuture,blackcomedywithbarbsonapathy,religionandpower.Thesurvivors,forexample,arefedsomekindofflourdroppingfromatubethathoversintheair-lateronwediscoverthefoodsupervisorusesbooksandtheBibleitselfasfillerforthismeagremeal.Therearemanysuchshortsymbolictouches,perhapsnotlife-changingorfaith-restoring,yetplayful,cleverandinspired.Onethingisforsure;O-BI,O-BAisnotyourrun-of-the-millsci-fischlock.Itovercomesitsmodestbudgetwithcreativityandhasgenuineartisticaspirationsbothfromawritinganddirectingperspective.Myopinionisthatitshouldhavebeenfilmedinblackandwhiteinsteadofcolourthough.Thedirectorusesatmosphericlightandshadowtogreateffectanditwouldhaveregisteredevenbetterinstarkblackandwhite.Theblue-greenneonontheotherhandoutstaysitswelcomeafterawhile.Justaminorgripeinanotherwisesolidb-moviewithitsheartsetinalltherightplaces.ImaginealessbleakTHEROAD(CormacMcCarthy)beinginjectedwiththesatireandhumourofDR.STRANGELOVEandyou’regettingthere.Seeitifyoucanfindit.

A50-year-oldpainternamedLorenzodecidestorebuildhislifeafterhardtimes.Anxiousaboutthesonhewillhavewithhisnewwife,duringpregnancy,shebeginstohaveacertainobsessiveandmaliciousbehavior,whichmakestherelationshipbetweenthembothtense.Withthebirthofthebaby,therelationshipreachesnewlevelsofdangeroushostilityandcertainunhealthybehaviorsthatmakethecoupleanextremelyunstablesituation,fromwhichtherecouldbenoreturn

　　A mysterious man, Dean, returns to his hometown of Grimsby after many years abroad in the Army. His arrival is met with animosity, particularly from his father, an avid pigeon racer. Dean is drawn back to confront his demons, and confess a secret to a childhood friend, Jess, only to discover she has been struggling since the untimely death of her husband. Whilst attempting to raise her child and battling a crumbling economy and dearth of opportunities, she is pulled into a harsh underworld. Dean must help her, throw her a lifeline, but the situation only darkens. When their lives are threatened he will do all it takes to make sure she is safe.