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    No Intenso Agora 2017 POSTER

    No Intenso Agora

    2017

    Portuguese

    7.3

    2

    83%

    50%

    1960s

    Action

    Documentary

    essay film

    History

    revolution

    riot

    João Moreira Salles João Moreira Salles Director
    A personal essay which analyses and compares images of the political upheavals of the 1960s. From the military coup in Brazil to China's Cultural Revolution, from the student uprisings in Paris to the end of the Prague Spring.
    Memories and Confessions 1993 POSTER

    Memories and Confessions

    1993

    Portuguese

    7.1

    5

    Biography

    essay film

    History

    Manoel de Oliveira Manoel de Oliveira Director Diogo Dória Diogo Dória as Teresa Madruga Teresa Madruga as Narrator Manoel de Oliveira Manoel de Oliveira as Self Maria Isabel de Oliveira Maria Isabel de Oliveira as Self
    A long-hidden, personal doc about leaving a beloved house by the late, revered Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira.
    To Stay Alive: A Method 2016 POSTER

    To Stay Alive: A Method

    2016

    English

    6.7

    1

    Action

    Documentary

    essay film

    poetry

    suicide

    Arno Hagers Arno Hagers Director Thomas Haak Wegmann Thomas Haak Wegmann as Marc Peter Haak Wegmann Peter Haak Wegmann as Marc's Father Brecht Hekkema Brecht Hekkema as Michel Iggy Pop Iggy Pop as Self / Narrator
    Iggy Pop reads and recites Michel Houellebecq’s manifesto. The documentary features real people from Houellebecq’s life with the text based on their life stories.
    F for Fake 1973 POSTER

    F for Fake

    1973

    French

    7.7

    18

    88%

    88%

    Action

    artist

    deception

    Documentary

    essay film

    ibiza

    illusion

    manipulation

    Orson Welles Orson Welles Director Laurence Harvey Laurence Harvey as Himself Don Ameche Don Ameche as Himself Paul Stewart Paul Stewart as Himself - Special Participant Joseph Cotten Joseph Cotten as Himself - Special Participant
    Documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his name by selling forged works of art by painters like Picasso and Matisse. Irving was infamous for writing a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes. Welles moves between documentary and fiction as he examines the fundamental elements of fraud and the people who commit fraud at the expense of others.
    Hands Up! 1981 POSTER

    Hands Up!

    1981

    Polish

    6.5

    4

    Drama

    essay film

    medical profession

    poland

    politics

    post-apocalyptic future

    refugee train

    Jerzy Skolimowski Jerzy Skolimowski Director Fred Zinnemann Fred Zinnemann as Self Alan Bates Alan Bates as Self Bruno Ganz Bruno Ganz as Self David Essex David Essex as Self
    The reunion of a group of former medical students results in a flood of bitter memories.
    Lynch/Oz 2022 POSTER

    Lynch/Oz

    2022

    English

    6.9

    3

    84%

    58%

    Documentary

    essay film

    Alexandre O. Philippe Alexandre O. Philippe Director Justin Benson Justin Benson as Host David Lowery David Lowery as Host Kathleen Turner Kathleen Turner as Mom David Lynch David Lynch as Self / Gordon Cole
    Victor Fleming’s 1939 film The Wizard of Oz is one of David Lynch’s most enduring obsessions. This documentary goes over the rainbow to explore this Technicolor through-line in Lynch’s work.
    John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection 2018 POSTER

    John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection

    2018

    French

    6.7

    7

    90%

    52%

    Action

    Documentary

    essay film

    perfection

    perfectionist

    Sport

    tennis

    tennis match

    tennis player

    Julien Faraut Julien Faraut Director John McEnroe John McEnroe as Himself Ivan Lendl Ivan Lendl as Himself Mathieu Amalric Mathieu Amalric as Narrator Gil de Kermadec Gil de Kermadec as Self
    An immersive film essay on tennis legend John McEnroe at the height of his career as the world champion, documenting his strive for perfection, frustrations, and the hardest loss of his career at the 1984 Roland-Garros French Open.
    Arcadia 2017 POSTER

    Arcadia

    2017

    English

    7.3

    4

    archive footage

    countryside

    Documentary

    england

    essay film

    human vs nature

    traditional culture

    Paul Wright Paul Wright Director Ian Sexon Ian Sexon as Laura Rennie Laura Rennie as
    A provocative and poetic exploration of how the British people have seen their own land through more than a century of cinema. A hallucinated journey of immense beauty and brutality. A kaleidoscopic essay on how magic and madness have linked human beings to nature since the beginning of time.
    2 or 3 Things I Know About Her 1967 POSTER

    2 or 3 Things I Know About Her

    1967

    French

    6.5

    5

    Action

    coffee

    Comedy

    Drama

    essay film

    housewife

    prostitute

    prostitution

    vietnam war

    Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard Director Helena Bielicic Helena Bielicic as Girl in Bath Marina Vlady Marina Vlady as Juliette Jeanson Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard as Narrator Roger Montsoret Roger Montsoret as Robert Jeanson
    As the city of Paris and the French people grow in consumer culture, a housewife living in a high-rise apartment with her husband and two children takes to prostitution to help pay the bills.
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