- Jose Rizal's gothic masterpiece, magnificently adapted by one of Philippine cinema's finest filmmakers, with a towering performance by Pancho Magalona as the dark and brooding Simoun. Gerardo De Leon pushes the novel's social and political details into the backgroundand brings the characters' humanity to fore; Magalona…
- Cannes Film FestivalYear Result Award Category/Recipient(s)1975 Nominated Golden PalmJos StellingThis film is a highly imaginative re-creation of a medieval mystery play about a woman who sells her soul to the Devil. It was made as an amateur collective effort, and the arrangement was that people would be reimbursed on…
- Nineteen brides, scattered over four continents, run off on their wedding day. Dressed up in their wedding gowns they cross cities, industrial estates, inhospitable rocky outcrops, huge fields. Why? All attempts to explain this from different cultural backgrounds only served to increase the puzzle.Kris Kristinsson (son…
- Thirteen-year-old Morris, a hip-hop loving American, moves to Heidelberg, Germany, with his father. In this completely foreign land, he falls in love with a local girl, befriends his German tutor-turned-confidant, and attempts to navigate the unique trials and tribulations of adolescence.
- As courtesans, fashion icons, political pawns and international celebrities, the great ballerinas have played a multitude of roles both on and off the stage. They have moved from the courts of kings to stages around the globe, from the highs of public adoration to the lows of injury and scandal. But few people know the…