The Color of pomegranates

The Color of Pomegranates is a 1969 avant-garde film directed by Sergi Parajanov. The point of the film is to tell the life story of a famous poet Sayat-Nova. The film captures his life from birth to death each chapter of life separated by a title card which reads some of Sayat-Nova poetry. After some […]

nostalghia

Nostalghia is a soviet-italian film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. The film is about a russian poet, Andrei, who traveled to Italy in order to study a famous composer, Paul. He traveled to Italy with his interpretorr Eugenia. Once in Italy Andrei become home sick for Russia, but while longing for home and feeling isolated he […]

Kanal 1957

The movie Kanal is a Polish film created by Andrzej Wajda. After some research, Kanal was the first movie to be made about the Warsaw uprising in 1944. The Warsaw Uprising was when the underground Polish resistance set out to liberate Warsaw from Germany during World War 2. The uprising was lead by the Home […]

Stalker

The 1976 film “Stalker” was directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and is described as a sci-fi fantasy film. It tells the story of 3 men; the stalker, a professor, and a writer. The stalker takes these men on a journey called the zone. The idea of the zone is to be an all-wish-granting room. This room […]

July Rain

July Rain (1967) is a film written and directed by Marlen Khutsiev. It tells the tale of Lena, a woman in her late twenties who loves her boyfriend but eventually sees that their relationship serves no useful function. What’s more, she sees that her friends are mostly empty-headed lackeys, causing her to wonder just what […]

Knife in the water

Knife in the Water is a 1960 Polish film directed by Roman Polanski. A dramatic thriller following the story of couple Andrzej and Krystyna who have planned to spend a lovely afternoon on the lake. After almost hitting a young hitchhiker, they decide to take him with them. From there, the hitchhiker only seems to […]

Daisies

“Two teenage girls decide that since the world is spoiled, they will be spoiled too. They embark on a series of destructive pranks to rebel against a materialistic society.” Daisies is a 1966 Czechoslovak film that was part of the New Wave movement. It was directed by Věra Chytilová, a female avant-garde filmmaker. The film […]

white dog

White Dog and 1989 film directed by Samuel Fuller tells the story of an actress named Julie who runs over a stray dog. She takes the dog to the vet and while the dog heals Julie decides to hold onto the dog until she can find it’s owner. After having the dog for a while […]

One flew over the cuckoo’s nest

The 1957 film One flew over the Cuckoo’s next, starring Jack Nicholson, tells the story of Mcmurphy, a man who pretends to be mentally insane in order to avoid going to prison for statutory rape. While there, Mcmurphy starts a revolution against the head nurse, Nurse Ratched. He inspires the other inmates to stand up […]

Truman Show

The Truman show starring Jim Carrey is a satirical psychological comedy. It tells the story of Truman Burbank, an average man who is unaware that his life is a 24/7 television show. From birth, his life has been orchestrated and live-streamed to the world. One day well into his adulthood, he meets this girl who […]