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Film Xtra was a film review programme broadcast on the UK channel Film 24. It featured film news and reviews, DVD release information and backstage interviews and features. The programme aired weekly on the channel.
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- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV
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(Ностальгия)
Russian poet Andrei Gorchakov is traveling through Italy researching the life of an 18th-century Russian composer, when he meets the lunatic Domenico.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy, Soviet Union • 1983
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- Cast Oleg Yankovskiy, Erland Josephson, Domiziana Giordano, Patrizia Terreno, Laura De Marchi, Delia Boccardo
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Mirror
(Зеркало)
The thoughts, emotions, and memories of 40 year-old Alexei, reflecting on his life experiences in different time periods.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Soviet Union • 1975
- Director Andrei Tarkovsky
- Cast Margarita Terekhova, Ignat Daniltsev, Larisa Tarkovskaya, Alla Demidova, Anatoliy Solonitsyn, Nikolay Grinko
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Stalker
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A stalker takes two men into a mysterious place in which deep seeded desires are granted.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Soviet Union • 1979
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- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- West Germany, Peru • 1982
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- Cast Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, José Lewgoy, Miguel Ángel Fuentes, Paul Hittscher, Huerequeque Enrique Bohórquez
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- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Popcornflix, VUDU Free, Peacock, Peacock Premium, Freevee, Cineverse, Kanopy, Shout! Factory TV, Plex, Plex Player
The Sacrifice
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To avert the end of the world, Alexander promises God that he'll give up everything he values in life, including his beloved son.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Sweden, France, United Kingdom • 1986
- Director Andrei Tarkovsky
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Courage and hardships of a family of Kurdish orphans forced to support themselves.
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- Available on Kanopy, Eventive
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- Cast Anna Karina, Margit Carstensen, Brigitte Mira, Ulli Lommel, Alexander Allerson, Volker Spengler
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Variety Lights
(Luci del varietà)
A gorgeous young dancer joins a traveling troupe of third-rate vaudevillians.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Italy • 1950
- Director Federico Fellini, Alberto Lattuada
- Cast Peppino De Filippo, Carla Del Poggio, Giulietta Masina, John Kitzmiller, Folco Lulli, Dante Maggio
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Ballad of a Soldier
(Баллада о солдате)
From the very pages of life itself!
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Soviet Union • 1959
- Director Grigoriy Chukhray
- Cast Vladimir Ivashov, Zhanna Prokhorenko, Antonina Maksimova, Nikolay Kryuchkov, Evgeniy Urbanskiy, Elza Lezhdey
- Genre Drama, Romance, War
- Available on Criterion Channel
À propos de Nice
A exploration and interrogation of life in the costal city of Nice in France.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1930
- Director Jean Vigo
- Cast
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- Available on Criterion Channel
The Killers
(Убийцы)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Soviet Union • 1956
- Director Andrei Tarkovsky, Aleksandr Gordon, Marika Beiku
- Cast Yuli Fait, Aleksandr Gordon, Valentin Vinogradov, Vadim Novikov, Yuriy Dubrovin, Andrei Tarkovsky
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Seven Up!
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom • 1964
- Director Paul Almond
- Cast Lynn Johnson, Tony Walker, Jacqueline Bassett, Bruce Balden, Andrew Brackfield, Neil Hughes
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Storm Over Asia
(Потомок Чингисхана)
Pudovokin's Remarkable Film Of The East In Revolt
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Soviet Union • 1928
- Director Vsevolod Pudovkin
- Cast Valéry Inkijinoff, I. Dedintsev, Aleksandr Chistyakov, Anel Sudakevich, Boris Barnet, Karl Gurnyak
- Genre Drama, War, History
- Available on Kanopy
The Meetings of Anna
(Les Rendez-vous d'Anna)
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- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium, West Germany • 1978
- Director Chantal Akerman
- Cast Aurore Clément, Helmut Griem, Magali Noël, Hanns Zischler, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Lea Massari
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
Solo
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France, Belgium • 1970
- Director Jean-Pierre Mocky
- Cast Jean-Pierre Mocky, Sylvie Bréal, Anne Deleuze, René-Jean Chauffard, Éric Burnelli, Henri Poirier
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Djinn
Evil wants an heir.
- ✭ ✭
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- Director Tobe Hooper
- Cast Khalid Laith, Aiysha Hart, Razane Jammal, May Calamawy, Carol Abboud, Paul Luebke
- Genre Horror
- Available on Amazon Prime Video, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Redbox, Crackle, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Popcornflix, Pluto TV, Freevee, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Plex, Plex Player