Tag: FHD
February 9, 2022 / Arthouse

GOHATTO (1999) AKA TABOO

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The young and handsome Kano Sozaburo is admitted to the Shinsengumi, an elite samurai group that seeks to defend the Tokugawa shogunate against reformist forces. Kano is a skilled swordsman, but his physical beauty leads the members of the strictly male group to compete for his affections, generating tensions that threaten to become lethal. In Gohatto, Nagisa Oshima explores the ambiguous forms of masculinity that the samurai code concealed, with a terrific cast including Ryuhei Matsuda, Takeshi Kitano and Tadanobu Asano subtly capturing the dangers of repressed homoerotic desire.

WATCH HERE<span class="entry-title-primary">GOHATTO (1999)</span> <span class="entry-subtitle">AKA TABOO</span>
December 24, 2021 / Drama

TÔKYÔ JÔKÛ IRASSHAIMASE (1990) AKA TOKYO HEAVEN

December 22, 2021 / Animation

SAMAC (1958) AKA THE LONER

November 25, 2021 / Drama

HARU (1996)

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Made in the early years of internet chat rooms, Yoshimitsu Morita’s mid-1990s standout follows a young salaryman in the city with the username “[Haru]” who becomes fast friends with a fellow named Hoshi who lives in a rural town. Their anonymity allows them to open up about their loves, struggles, and cinephilia. One day, Hoshi reveals that she is a woman, but that doesn’t damage the strength of their friendship. Eventually, the two finally decide to meet in person. Morita’s keen interest in new technology and an enduring love for trains come together to create a charming tale of connection in an alienating world. 

WATCH HEREHARU (1996)
November 25, 2021 / Drama

L’ADOLESCENTE (1979)

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In the summer of 1939, 13-year-old Marie goes with her parents to visit her grandmother in a small town near Avignon. Although rumors of war reach the countryside, it’s an idyllic place, and Marie’s parents are constantly making love. Surrounded by sexual frankness, Marie fancies herself a woman and develops a crush on Alexander, the town’s young Jewish doctor but is despondent when he treats her like a child…

WATCH HEREL’ADOLESCENTE (1979)
October 20, 2021 / Film Noir

LES YEUX CERNÉS (1964) AKA THE MARKED EYES

September 17, 2021 / Arthouse

LUMIÈRE (1976)

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Sarah, an actress nearing 40, has invited the woman who has been her best friend for 16 years and two younger women to her vacation retreat in Provence. There are the simple pleasures of lounging in adjacent hammocks, the sun, the food, conversations about men. This is prologue for what happened a year ago in Paris with a man Sarah has long taken for granted as a platonic friend. She had just finished a film, also finishing her liaison with the director, and was about to get an award and start work on a new film and begin a romance with a German writer.

WATCH HERELUMIÈRE (1976)
August 8, 2021 / Arthouse

SHIKI-JITSU (2000) AKA RITUAL