Black Mirror: Be right back United Kingdom, 2013 Director: Owen Harris Script: Charlie Brooker Cast: Hayley Atwell (Martha), Domhnall Gleeson (Ash), Indira Ainger (Daughter) Music: Vince Pope Genre: Science fiction Plot Martha and Ash are a young couple who have moved into a country house. He is a fan of …
On the other side of the mirror (V.O. Le miroir obscéne) France, 1973 Director: Jesús Franco Screenplay: Jesús Franco Cast: Emma Cohen (Anette), Robert Woods (Bill) Plot The young pianist Anette (Emma Cohen) is about to marry her fiancé. Shortly before the wedding, her sister commits suicide. The wedding is …
Rampo Noir (O.V. Ranpo Jigoku) Japan, 2005 Directors: Akio Jissoji, Atsushi Kaneko, Hisayasu Sato, Suguru Takeuchi Genre: Horror, ero-guro Plot The film is divided into four unrelated segments. “The Mars Canal” – Very brief, these are dreamlike sequences of a tormented individual escaping naked through a rocky landscape while recalling …
The wolves (O.V. Shussho Iwai) Japan, 1971 Director: Hideo Gosha Screenplay: Hideo Gosha, Kei Tasaka Cast: Rumi Aiki, Hideyo Amamoto, Noboru Andô Plot Japan, December 1926. After the death of Emperor Taisho and the entry into the Showa period with his successor Hirohito, the government granted a prison amnesty from …
Arcana Italy, 1972 Director: Giulio Questi Screenplay: Giulio Questi, Franco Arcalli Cast: Lucia Bosè (Mamma), Maurizio Degli Esposti (Son), Tina Aumont (Brenda) Genre: Horror/Drama Plot A Sicilian widow living in Milan (Mrs. Tarantino) and her disturbing twenty-year-old son with mediumistic powers have set up a business of spiritualistic and fortune-telling …
Harakiri (O.V. Seppuku) Japan, 1962 Director: Masaki Kobayashi Screenplay: Shinobu Hashimoto Cast: Tatsuya Nakadai (Hanshiro Tsugumo), Akira Ishihama (Motome Chijiiwa), Shima Iwashita (Miho Tsugumo), Tetsurô Tanba (Hikokuro Omodaka), Masao Mishima (Tango Inaba) Plot Japan, beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate (17th century). The abolition of various feudal clans has driven many …
The 47 Ronin (V.O. Genroku Chûshingura) Japan, 1941 Director: Kenji Mizoguchi Screenplay: Kenichiro Hara, Seika Mayama, Yoshikata Yoda Cast: Chôjûrô Kawarasaki, (Kuranosuke Ooishi), Kan’emon Nakamura (Sukeimon Tomimori), Kunitarô Kawarazaki (Jurôzaemon Isogai), Yoshizaburo Arashi (Takuminokami Asano), Chôemon Bandô (Sôemon Hara) Plot Japan, Tokugawa era, early 18th century. In the corridors of …
Gunan, King of the Barbarians (O.V. Gunan il Guerriero) Italy, 1982 Director: Franco Prosperi Script: Piero Regnoli Cast: Pietro Torrisi (Gunan), Malisa Longo (Marga), Emilio Messina (Nuriak), Sabrina Siani (Lenni) Music: Roberto Pregadio Story In a remote and dark age, lost in the mists of time, the council of elders …
Kozure Ōkami: Sanzu no kawa no ubaguruma / “Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx” Japan, 1972 Director: Kenji Misumi Script: Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima Starring: Tomisaburo Wakayama (Itto Ogami), Akihiro Tomikawa (Daigoro), Kayo Matsuo (Sayaka Yagyu), Akiji Kobayashi (Ozuno) Story In the scene that serves as …
For a few dollars more (O.V. Per qualche dollaro in più) Italy, 1965 Director: Sergio Leone Script: Sergio Leone, Luciano Vincenzoni, Fernando Di Leo, Fulvio Morsella Cast: Clint Eastwood (Monco), Lee Van Cleef (Colonel Douglas Mortimer), Gian Maria Volontè (The Indian), Mara Krupp (Mary), Luigi Pistilli (Groggy), Klaus Kinski (John …
