Monthly Archives: February, 2012

French Comedy/Dance Duo Abel, Gordon, & Romy Fly Into Familiar Territory...Again

A film that is contemplative and distilled, Matías Meyer’s third feature film creates an internal dialogue between history and the viewer providing breathtaking images that swell up the frame. Focusing on the war of the Cristeros in Mexico that occurred between the years of 1926-1929 where peasants fought against a government that had taken their land and deprived them of their religious freedom.

Not your standard adaptation of Jules Amédée Barbey d'Aurevilly's 19th century classic Les diaboliques, Rita Azevedo Gomes' retribution-filled A Woman’s Revenge tells the story of a missing noblewoman, the Duchess of Sierra Leone, (Rita Durão) in her quest to act out in violence.

Three Outlaw Samurai, newly available on a gorgeous blu-ray disc from Criterion, is a rousing action adventure from 1964. Directed by Hideo Gosha, a...

Four stories connected by Salamanca’s River Tormes is the basis and backdrop for Gabriel Velázquez's feature debut. An official selection at the 2012 edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Iceberg features a foursome of adolescents, Rebeca, Mauri, Jota and Simón who are all navigating through a critical moment in their lives.