🎬✔️ "Raven's End"
(🇸🇪 "Kvarteret Korpen")
Director/writer: Bo Widerberg
Country: Sweden 🇸🇪
Year: 1963
Starring: Thommy Berggren, Keve Hjelm, Emy Storm ...
Genre: drama
Denoscription on IMDb:
"An aspiring young writer lives in a bleak working class block in the late 1930s."
(🇸🇪 "Kvarteret Korpen")
Director/writer: Bo Widerberg
Country: Sweden 🇸🇪
Year: 1963
Starring: Thommy Berggren, Keve Hjelm, Emy Storm ...
Genre: drama
Denoscription on IMDb:
"An aspiring young writer lives in a bleak working class block in the late 1930s."
🎬✔️ "Leaving Las Vegas"
Director: Mike Figgis
Writers: John O'Brien, Mike Figgis
Country: USA 🇺🇸
Year: 1995
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue ...
Genre: drama, romance
Denoscription on IMDb:
"Ben Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera."
Director: Mike Figgis
Writers: John O'Brien, Mike Figgis
Country: USA 🇺🇸
Year: 1995
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue ...
Genre: drama, romance
Denoscription on IMDb:
"Ben Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera."
🎵💿 Aphex Twin - On (EP)
Released: Nov 15, 1993
Label: Warp
Genres: electronic, IDM, techno
Denoscription on Amazon:
"Aphex Twin's On EP is clearly one of Richard James's most successful works, both artistically and chartwise (hitting the low 30s on the British charts--not bad for a rabid experimentalist). His first major release in the U.S., the weirdly club-friendly yet organic noscript track is composed of (in order of appearance) four pleasant, reverberating piano notes played in succession; a cascade of ascending and descending keyboard notes that quickly approximate a waterfall; the sound of actual water itself in form of a rainstorm; synth washes for ambient coloring; skittering sequencer rhythm notes; an antique Suicide-style beat box that sounds as if powered by steam; and a deliciously distorted, bass-heavy, repeated squeal noise that serves as the focal point of the entire piece. It's pretty neat, enough so that it's one of James's essential recordings."
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Released: Nov 15, 1993
Label: Warp
Genres: electronic, IDM, techno
Denoscription on Amazon:
"Aphex Twin's On EP is clearly one of Richard James's most successful works, both artistically and chartwise (hitting the low 30s on the British charts--not bad for a rabid experimentalist). His first major release in the U.S., the weirdly club-friendly yet organic noscript track is composed of (in order of appearance) four pleasant, reverberating piano notes played in succession; a cascade of ascending and descending keyboard notes that quickly approximate a waterfall; the sound of actual water itself in form of a rainstorm; synth washes for ambient coloring; skittering sequencer rhythm notes; an antique Suicide-style beat box that sounds as if powered by steam; and a deliciously distorted, bass-heavy, repeated squeal noise that serves as the focal point of the entire piece. It's pretty neat, enough so that it's one of James's essential recordings."
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🎬✔️ "The Dress"
(🇳🇱 "De jurk")
Director/writer: Alex van Warmerdam
Country: Netherlands 🇳🇱
Year: 1996
Starring: Henri Garcin, Alex van Warmerdam, Ariane Schluter, Rijk de Gooyer, Elisabeth Hoijtink, Ricky Koole, Olga Zuiderhoek, Eric van der Donk ...
Genre: comedy, drama, thriller
Denoscription on IMDb:
"An artist, a school girl, a maid, a train conductor and a business executive are drawn into a great wheel of misfortune as all their lives are touched by the existence of one very particular summer dress."
(🇳🇱 "De jurk")
Director/writer: Alex van Warmerdam
Country: Netherlands 🇳🇱
Year: 1996
Starring: Henri Garcin, Alex van Warmerdam, Ariane Schluter, Rijk de Gooyer, Elisabeth Hoijtink, Ricky Koole, Olga Zuiderhoek, Eric van der Donk ...
Genre: comedy, drama, thriller
Denoscription on IMDb:
"An artist, a school girl, a maid, a train conductor and a business executive are drawn into a great wheel of misfortune as all their lives are touched by the existence of one very particular summer dress."
🎬✔️ "Happy Together"
(🇨🇳 春光乍洩 | Chun gwong cha sit)
Director/writer: Wong Kar-wai
Countries: Hong Kong 🇭🇰, Argentina 🇦🇷
Year: 1997
Starring: Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai ...
Genres: drama, romance
Denoscription on IMDb:
"A couple take a trip to Argentina but both men find their lives drifting apart in opposite directions."
(🇨🇳 春光乍洩 | Chun gwong cha sit)
Director/writer: Wong Kar-wai
Countries: Hong Kong 🇭🇰, Argentina 🇦🇷
Year: 1997
Starring: Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai ...
Genres: drama, romance
Denoscription on IMDb:
"A couple take a trip to Argentina but both men find their lives drifting apart in opposite directions."
🎬✔️ "The Science of Sleep"
(🇫🇷 "La Science des rêves")
Director/writer: Michel Gondry
Countries: France 🇫🇷, Italy 🇮🇹
Year: 2006
Starring: Gael García Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg ...
Genres: fantasy, comedy, drama, romance
Denoscription on IMDb:
"A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is love-struck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world."
(🇫🇷 "La Science des rêves")
Director/writer: Michel Gondry
Countries: France 🇫🇷, Italy 🇮🇹
Year: 2006
Starring: Gael García Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg ...
Genres: fantasy, comedy, drama, romance
Denoscription on IMDb:
"A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is love-struck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world."
🎬✔️ "Crime and Punishment"
(🇫🇮 "Rikos ja rangaistus")
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Writers: Aki Kaurismäki, Pauli Pentti, Fyodor Dostoevsky
Country: Finland 🇫🇮
Year: 1983
Starring: Markku Toikka, Aino Seppo, Esko Nikkari, Hannu Lauri, Olli Tuominen, Matti Pellonpää ...
Genres: drama, crime
Denoscription on IMDb:
"An adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel, set in modern Helsinki. Slaughterhouse worker Rahikainen murders a man, and is forced to live with the consequences of his actions."
(🇫🇮 "Rikos ja rangaistus")
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Writers: Aki Kaurismäki, Pauli Pentti, Fyodor Dostoevsky
Country: Finland 🇫🇮
Year: 1983
Starring: Markku Toikka, Aino Seppo, Esko Nikkari, Hannu Lauri, Olli Tuominen, Matti Pellonpää ...
Genres: drama, crime
Denoscription on IMDb:
"An adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novel, set in modern Helsinki. Slaughterhouse worker Rahikainen murders a man, and is forced to live with the consequences of his actions."
🎵💿 Biosphere - Inland Delta
Released: Nov 24, 2023
Label: Biophon Records
Genres: electronic, ambient
Denoscription on Bandcamp:
"Inland Delta contains nine new musical pieces recorded from 2022 to 2023, featuring mainly improvised performances on newly restored vintage keyboards."
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Released: Nov 24, 2023
Label: Biophon Records
Genres: electronic, ambient
Denoscription on Bandcamp:
"Inland Delta contains nine new musical pieces recorded from 2022 to 2023, featuring mainly improvised performances on newly restored vintage keyboards."
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🎵💿 Flёur - Флёрография II
Released: Nov 23, 2023
Label: - (self-released)
Genres: rock, dream pop, baroque pop, folk music, ethereal wave ...
Denoscription on Bandcamp:
"Флёрография II: ещё один реверанс в сторону нашего прошлого. Раз была 16 лет назад «Флёрография» из первых четырёх альбомов, то почему бы не быть продолжению? Тем более музыка так важна во времена, когда тьма не спешит отступать.
Несмотря на распад группы, случившийся аж 6 лет назад, преемственность никуда не пропала: в обложке релиза узнаётся авторский почерк Владислава Мицовского, а поистине монументальную работу по ремастерингу треков провёл Сергей Ломановский. Сергей сыграл в истории Flёur немалую роль: он записывал первые песни группы для программы «Атмосфера» на студии «Просто Радио» в Одессе, выступил звукорежиссёром некоторых альбомов, выпущенных на лейбле Cardiowave, а теперь переосмыслил любимые песни, исправил погрешности, вывел вокал Ольги и Елены на новый уровень – и тем самым как будто вдохнул в музыку новую жизнь."
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Released: Nov 23, 2023
Label: - (self-released)
Genres: rock, dream pop, baroque pop, folk music, ethereal wave ...
Denoscription on Bandcamp:
"Флёрография II: ещё один реверанс в сторону нашего прошлого. Раз была 16 лет назад «Флёрография» из первых четырёх альбомов, то почему бы не быть продолжению? Тем более музыка так важна во времена, когда тьма не спешит отступать.
Несмотря на распад группы, случившийся аж 6 лет назад, преемственность никуда не пропала: в обложке релиза узнаётся авторский почерк Владислава Мицовского, а поистине монументальную работу по ремастерингу треков провёл Сергей Ломановский. Сергей сыграл в истории Flёur немалую роль: он записывал первые песни группы для программы «Атмосфера» на студии «Просто Радио» в Одессе, выступил звукорежиссёром некоторых альбомов, выпущенных на лейбле Cardiowave, а теперь переосмыслил любимые песни, исправил погрешности, вывел вокал Ольги и Елены на новый уровень – и тем самым как будто вдохнул в музыку новую жизнь."
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🎞✔️ "20 Days in Mariupol"
(🇺🇦 "20 днів у Маріуполі")
Director/writer: Mstyslav Chernov
Country: Ukraine 🇺🇦
Year: 2023
Genres: documentary, war
Denoscription on IMDb:
"As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities."
(🇺🇦 "20 днів у Маріуполі")
Director/writer: Mstyslav Chernov
Country: Ukraine 🇺🇦
Year: 2023
Genres: documentary, war
Denoscription on IMDb:
"As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities."
🎬✔️ "In Bruges"
Director/writer: Martin McDonagh
Countries: UK 🇬🇧, USA 🇺🇸
Year: 2008
Starring: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes ...
Genres: comedy, crime, drama, thriller
Denoscription on IMDb:
"Guilt-stricken after a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be."
Director/writer: Martin McDonagh
Countries: UK 🇬🇧, USA 🇺🇸
Year: 2008
Starring: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes ...
Genres: comedy, crime, drama, thriller
Denoscription on IMDb:
"Guilt-stricken after a job gone wrong, hitman Ray and his partner await orders from their ruthless boss in Bruges, Belgium, the last place in the world Ray wants to be."
🎵💿 Autechre – Incunabula
Released: Nov 29, 1993
Label: Warp
Genres: electronic, ambient techno, IDM
Denoscription on AllMusic:
"Although Autechre's debut release doesn't totally display the full experimentation which would dominate their future albums and singles, it is still striking nonetheless, as proof that the early comparisons to fellow Sheffield denizens Cabaret Voltaire weren't just misguided hype. Lumped in with the "intelligent dance music" semi-genre popular at the time, Autechre doesn't hit the same levels as Orbital or labelmate Aphex Twin, but Incunabula still stands out as being both good dancefloor material and equally pleasant listening, and not simply new-age hash with a backbeat. "Kalpol Introl" sets the overall mood for the rest of the record, with a sharp blend of minimal but effective beats and bass combined with a variety of keyboard textures and understated melodies. "Bike" ratchets the pace even more, reliant on crisp drum-machine patterns and careful arrangements to create something equally at home either in Detroit or on the autobahn. From there Incunabula follows the same general tone; tracks often experiment with ghostly keyboard backing and mostly clinical beats combined with odd, individual touches. Notable examples of this are the quirky organ sounds and vocal fragments on "Autriche" and the warning siren keyboards matched with notably more slamming percussion on "Doctrine." "Basscadet" is the album's undisputed winner at combining avant-garde touches with club underpinnings, armed with a sparkling, clanging, mid-song break and a relentless, mechanistic rhythm not a million miles away from the contemporaneous work of Seefeel, who remixed the track for a single release shortly thereafter. Despite the relative sameness in the basic arrangements of tracks covering the better portion of the album -- a few song subtractions wouldn't have hurt the 75-minute length any -- Incunabula still stands out as a better effort than many other U.K. techno albums of the early '90s."
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Released: Nov 29, 1993
Label: Warp
Genres: electronic, ambient techno, IDM
Denoscription on AllMusic:
"Although Autechre's debut release doesn't totally display the full experimentation which would dominate their future albums and singles, it is still striking nonetheless, as proof that the early comparisons to fellow Sheffield denizens Cabaret Voltaire weren't just misguided hype. Lumped in with the "intelligent dance music" semi-genre popular at the time, Autechre doesn't hit the same levels as Orbital or labelmate Aphex Twin, but Incunabula still stands out as being both good dancefloor material and equally pleasant listening, and not simply new-age hash with a backbeat. "Kalpol Introl" sets the overall mood for the rest of the record, with a sharp blend of minimal but effective beats and bass combined with a variety of keyboard textures and understated melodies. "Bike" ratchets the pace even more, reliant on crisp drum-machine patterns and careful arrangements to create something equally at home either in Detroit or on the autobahn. From there Incunabula follows the same general tone; tracks often experiment with ghostly keyboard backing and mostly clinical beats combined with odd, individual touches. Notable examples of this are the quirky organ sounds and vocal fragments on "Autriche" and the warning siren keyboards matched with notably more slamming percussion on "Doctrine." "Basscadet" is the album's undisputed winner at combining avant-garde touches with club underpinnings, armed with a sparkling, clanging, mid-song break and a relentless, mechanistic rhythm not a million miles away from the contemporaneous work of Seefeel, who remixed the track for a single release shortly thereafter. Despite the relative sameness in the basic arrangements of tracks covering the better portion of the album -- a few song subtractions wouldn't have hurt the 75-minute length any -- Incunabula still stands out as a better effort than many other U.K. techno albums of the early '90s."
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🎬✔️ "The Seventh Continent"
(🇩🇪 "Der siebente Kontinent")
Director: Michael Haneke
Writers: Michael Haneke, Johanna Teicht
Country: Austria 🇦🇹
Year: 1989
Starring: Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer ...
Genre: drama
Denoscription on IMDb:
"A European family who plan on escaping to Australia seem caught up in their daily routine, only troubled by minor incidents. However, behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence, they are actually planning something sinister."
(🇩🇪 "Der siebente Kontinent")
Director: Michael Haneke
Writers: Michael Haneke, Johanna Teicht
Country: Austria 🇦🇹
Year: 1989
Starring: Birgit Doll, Dieter Berner, Leni Tanzer ...
Genre: drama
Denoscription on IMDb:
"A European family who plan on escaping to Australia seem caught up in their daily routine, only troubled by minor incidents. However, behind their apparent calm and repetitive existence, they are actually planning something sinister."
🎬✔️ "Little Tony"
(🇳🇱 "Kleine Teun")
Director/writer: Alex van Warmerdam
Country: Netherlands 🇳🇱
Year: 1998
Starring: Annet Malherbe, Alex van Warmerdam, Ariane Schluter ...
Genres: comedy, drama, romance
Denoscription on IMDb:
"The wife of an illiterate farmer hires a beautiful woman to teach him how to read and write."
(🇳🇱 "Kleine Teun")
Director/writer: Alex van Warmerdam
Country: Netherlands 🇳🇱
Year: 1998
Starring: Annet Malherbe, Alex van Warmerdam, Ariane Schluter ...
Genres: comedy, drama, romance
Denoscription on IMDb:
"The wife of an illiterate farmer hires a beautiful woman to teach him how to read and write."
🎬✔️ "Show Me Love" | "Fucking Åmål"
Director/writer: Lukas Moodysson
Countries: Sweden 🇸🇪, Denmark 🇩🇰
Year: 1998
Starring: Alexandra Dahlström, Rebecka Liljeberg, Erica Carlson ...
Genres: drama, romance, comedy
Denoscription on IMDb:
"Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin."
Director/writer: Lukas Moodysson
Countries: Sweden 🇸🇪, Denmark 🇩🇰
Year: 1998
Starring: Alexandra Dahlström, Rebecka Liljeberg, Erica Carlson ...
Genres: drama, romance, comedy
Denoscription on IMDb:
"Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin."
🎬✔️ "Angels of Sin"
(🇫🇷 "Les anges du péché")
Director: Robert Bresson
Writers: Raymond Léopold Bruckberger, Robert Bresson, Jean Giraudoux
Country: France 🇫🇷
Year: 1943
Starring: Renée Faure, Jany Holt ...
Genre: drama
Denoscription on IMDb:
"Anne-Marie joins a Dominican convent as a novice where she knows Therese. After shooting a man for which she was imprisoned, Therese protests her innocence, reluctant to tell her secret."
(🇫🇷 "Les anges du péché")
Director: Robert Bresson
Writers: Raymond Léopold Bruckberger, Robert Bresson, Jean Giraudoux
Country: France 🇫🇷
Year: 1943
Starring: Renée Faure, Jany Holt ...
Genre: drama
Denoscription on IMDb:
"Anne-Marie joins a Dominican convent as a novice where she knows Therese. After shooting a man for which she was imprisoned, Therese protests her innocence, reluctant to tell her secret."
🎬✔️ "Citizen Ruth"
Director: Alexander Payne
Writers: Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
Country: USA 🇺🇸
Year: 1996
Starring: Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz, Kurtwood Smith ...
Genres: comedy, drama
Denoscription on IMDb:
"An irresponsible, drug-addicted, recently impregnated woman finds herself in the middle of an abortion debate when both parties attempt to sway her to their respective sides."
Director: Alexander Payne
Writers: Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor
Country: USA 🇺🇸
Year: 1996
Starring: Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz, Kurtwood Smith ...
Genres: comedy, drama
Denoscription on IMDb:
"An irresponsible, drug-addicted, recently impregnated woman finds herself in the middle of an abortion debate when both parties attempt to sway her to their respective sides."
🎬✔️ "Grumpy Old Men"
Director: Donald Petrie
Writer: Mark Steven Johnson
Country: USA 🇺🇸
Year: 1993
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret ...
Genres: comedy, drama, romance
Denoscription on IMDb:
"A lifelong feud between two neighbors since childhood only gets worse when a new female neighbor moves across the street."
Director: Donald Petrie
Writer: Mark Steven Johnson
Country: USA 🇺🇸
Year: 1993
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret ...
Genres: comedy, drama, romance
Denoscription on IMDb:
"A lifelong feud between two neighbors since childhood only gets worse when a new female neighbor moves across the street."
🎬✔️ "Calamari Union"
Director/writer: Aki Kaurismäki
Country: Finland 🇫🇮
Year: 1985
Starring: Sakari Kuosmanen, Matti Pellonpää, Markku Toikka ...
Genres: comedy, drama, music
Denoscription on IMDb:
"An exodus to a better life in Eira."
Director/writer: Aki Kaurismäki
Country: Finland 🇫🇮
Year: 1985
Starring: Sakari Kuosmanen, Matti Pellonpää, Markku Toikka ...
Genres: comedy, drama, music
Denoscription on IMDb:
"An exodus to a better life in Eira."
🎬✔️ "Reprise"
Director: Joachim Trier
Writers: Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt
Country: Norway 🇳🇴
Year: 2006
Starring: Anders Danielsen Lie, Espen Klouman Høiner, Viktoria Winge ...
Genre: drama
Denoscription on IMDb:
"Fueled by literary aspirations and youthful exuberance, two competitive friends endure the pangs of love, depression, and burgeoning careers."
Director: Joachim Trier
Writers: Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt
Country: Norway 🇳🇴
Year: 2006
Starring: Anders Danielsen Lie, Espen Klouman Høiner, Viktoria Winge ...
Genre: drama
Denoscription on IMDb:
"Fueled by literary aspirations and youthful exuberance, two competitive friends endure the pangs of love, depression, and burgeoning careers."
🎬✔️ "Scrooge"
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
Writers: Charles Dickens, Noel Langley
Country: UK 🇬🇧
Year: 1951
Starring: Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns, Hermione Baddeley ...
Genres: drama, family, fantasy
Denoscription on IMDb:
"Ebenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly, miserly businessman, has no time for sentimentality and largely views Christmas as a waste of time. However, this Christmas Eve, he will be visited by three spirits who will show him the error of his ways."
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
Writers: Charles Dickens, Noel Langley
Country: UK 🇬🇧
Year: 1951
Starring: Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns, Hermione Baddeley ...
Genres: drama, family, fantasy
Denoscription on IMDb:
"Ebenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly, miserly businessman, has no time for sentimentality and largely views Christmas as a waste of time. However, this Christmas Eve, he will be visited by three spirits who will show him the error of his ways."