Nina Gallagher
Nina is a Master’s student in Film and Television at Boston University. In her free time, she enjoys attending sports games, spending time with her family and pets, and laughing at reality tv with her friends.
My Watchlist
Rocco and His Brothers
(Rocco e i suoi fratelli)
DARING in its realism. STUNNING in its impact. BREATHTAKING in its scope.
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- Italy, France • 1960
- Director Luchino Visconti
- Cast Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Katina Paxinou, Alessandra Panaro, Spiros Focás
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, OVID, Metrograph, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Bicycle Thieves
(Ladri di biciclette)
Antonio and his son walk the streets of Rome in search of Antonio’s stolen bicycle, vital for keeping his job.
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- Italy • 1948
- Director Vittorio De Sica
- Cast Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Elena Altieri, Gino Saltamerenda, Giulio Chiari
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
The Cranes Are Flying
(Летят журавли)
The compelling story of a girl's impassioned search for happiness.
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- Soviet Union • 1957
- Director Mikhail Kalatozov
- Cast Tatyana Samoylova, Aleksey Batalov, Vasili Merkuryev, Aleksandr Shvorin, Svetlana Kharitonova, Konstantin Kadochnikov
- Genre Drama, Romance, War
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, The Roku Channel
The Second Mother
(Que Horas Ela Volta?)
Unspoken class barriers within a home come crashing down when the live-in housekeeper's daughter suddenly appears.
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- Brazil • 2015
- Director Anna Muylaert
- Cast Regina Casé, Camila Márdila, Karine Teles, Lourenço Mutarelli, Michel Joelsas, Helena Albergaria
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy, Plex,
Mother
(Madre)
A woman's everyday routine becomes a race against the clock when she receives a call from her son.
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- Spain • 2017
- Director Rodrigo Sorogoyen
- Cast Marta Nieto, Álvaro Balas
- Genre Drama, Thriller
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Good Manners
(As Boas Maneiras)
Always prepare for the worst...
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- Brazil, France, Germany • 2017
- Director Marco Dutra
- Cast Isabél Zuaa, Marjorie Estiano, Miguel Lobo, Cida Moreira, Andréa Marquee, Felipe Kenji
- Genre Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Available on OVID, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Tubi TV, Kanopy
The Young Girls Turn 25
(Les demoiselles ont eu 25 ans)
The celebration of the 25th anniversary of Jacques Demy's film, The Young Girls of Rochefort.
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- France • 1993
- Director Agnès Varda
- Cast Catherine Deneuve, Agnès Varda, Michel Legrand, Jacques Perrin, Bertrand Tavernier, Mag Bodard
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
(Portrait de la jeune fille en feu)
Marianne, a painter, is commissioned to do the wedding portrait of Héloïse, a young woman who has just left the convent.
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- France • 2019
- Director Céline Sciamma
- Cast Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino, Christel Baras, Armande Boulanger
- Genre Drama, History, Romance
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, YouTube, Kanopy
The Leopard
(Il gattopardo)
Luchino Visconti's enduring romantic adventure, set amidst the social changes of Italian unification.
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- Italy, France • 1963
- Director Luchino Visconti
- Cast Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale, Paolo Stoppa, Terence Hill, Pierre Clémenti
- Genre Drama
- Available on Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Barren Lives
(Vidas Secas)
A film about a wandering family in the Brazilian northeast.
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- Brazil • 1963
- Director Nelson Pereira dos Santos
- Cast Átila Iório, Maria Ribeiro, Jofre Soares, Gilvan Lima, Genivaldo Lima
- Genre Drama
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Letter Never Sent
(Неотправленное письмо)
Four geologists attempt to survive in the wilderness of Siberia after a forest fire derails their plans.
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- Soviet Union • 1960
- Director Mikhail Kalatozov
- Cast Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Tatyana Samoylova, Vasiliy Livanov, Evgeniy Urbanskiy, Galina Kozhakina, Boris Kozhukhov
- Genre Adventure, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel
Monsoon Wedding
A four-day wedding celebration where love, lust and happiness take everyone by storm.
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- India, United States, Italy • 2001
- Director Mira Nair
- Cast Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Vijay Raaz, Tillotama Shome, Vasundhara Das
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Spectrum On Demand
Touki Bouki
(Touki-Bouki)
Tired of poverty, two Senegalese men steal money and clothing, then book passage to France to begin new lives.
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- Senegal • 1973
- Director Djibril Diop Mambéty
- Cast Magaye Niang, Myriam Niang, Christoph Colomb, Mustapha Ture, Aminata Fall
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles
A lonely widowed housewife cares for her apartment and teenage son, and uses sex work to make ends meet.
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- Belgium, France • 1975
- Director Chantal Akerman
- Cast Delphine Seyrig, Jan Decorte, Henri Storck, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Yves Bical
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
The Worst Person in the World
(Verdens Verste Menneske)
Julie must navigate the troubled waters of her romantic life while struggling to find her career path in contemporary Oslo.
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- Norway • 2021
- Director Joachim Trier
- Cast Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Herbert Nordrum, Hans Olav Brenner, Helene Bjørnebye, Vidar Sandem
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on Hulu, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand, Kanopy
Entr'acte
An experimental short film made as a prologue and entr'acte for a ballet production in Paris.
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- France • 1924
- Director René Clair
- Cast Jean Börlin, Inge Frïss, Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Francis Picabia
- Genre Comedy, Fantasy
- Available on Criterion Channel
Ikiru
(生きる)
Mr. Watanabe tries to find a meaningful human connection after he is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
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- Japan • 1952
- Director Akira Kurosawa
- Cast Takashi Shimura, Haruo Tanaka, Nobuo Kaneko, Bokuzen Hidari, Miki Odagiri, Shinichi Himori
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kanopy
Wild Strawberries
(Smultronstället)
A retired doctor reflects on his life during a long road trip to receive an honorary degree.
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- Sweden • 1957
- Director Ingmar Bergman
- Cast Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Jullan Kindahl, Gunnar Sjöberg
- Genre Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
The Man Who Knew Too Much
An ordinary British couple becomes entangled in a political assassination plot, leading to their daughter’s kidnapping.
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- United Kingdom • 1934
- Director Alfred Hitchcock
- Cast Leslie Banks, Edna Best, Peter Lorre, Frank Vosper, Hugh Wakefield, Nova Pilbeam
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on fuboTV, Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Crackle, Tubi TV, Pluto TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Plex
Brief Encounter
After a chance meeting, two married people begin a passionate, but doomed, romantic affair.
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- United Kingdom • 1945
- Director David Lean
- Cast Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond, Everley Gregg
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, FlixFling, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Amazon Video, The Roku Channel, Freevee, Shout! Factory TV, Plex
Purple Noon
(Plein soleil)
Passion at ten. Envy at eleven. Murder at noon.
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- France, Italy • 1960
- Director René Clément
- Cast Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet, Marie Laforêt, Erno Crisa, Frank Latimore, Ave Ninchi
- Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Available on Criterion Channel, TCM, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Kanopy
The Young Girls of Rochefort
(Les demoiselles de Rochefort)
They're singing and dancing in the streets.
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- France • 1967
- Director Jacques Demy
- Cast Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac, Jacques Perrin, George Chakiris, Grover Dale, Michel Piccoli
- Genre Music, Romance, Drama, Comedy
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Vudu, Amazon Video
The Passion of Joan of Arc
(La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc)
The 15th-century teenage warrior Joan of Arc takes on the French church.
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- France • 1928
- Director Carl Theodor Dreyer
- Cast Maria Falconetti, Eugène Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz, Antonin Artaud, Michel Simon
- Genre Drama, History
- Available on Criterion Channel, FlixFling, Max Amazon Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video, Tubi TV
Happiness
(Le Bonheur)
A young carpenter strikes up an affair with a postal worker despite his happy marriage.
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- France • 1965
- Director Agnès Varda
- Cast Jean-Claude Drouot, Claire Drouot, Olivier Drouot, Sandrine Drouot, Marie-France Boyer, Marcelle Faure-Bertin
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Criterion Channel, Max Amazon Channel, Max
Coffee with Cinnamon
(Café com Canela)
Five friends tell stories of love, loss, and grief.
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- Brazil • 2018
- Director Ary Rosa, Glenda Nicácio
- Cast Aline Brune, Valdineia Soriano, Babu Santana, Aldri Anunciação, Arlete Dias, Antônio Fábio
- Genre Drama
- Available on Film Movement Plus, Plex,
Nice Coloured Girls
Contrasting the relationship between Aboriginal women and white men in past and present Australia.
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- Australia • 1987
- Director Tracey Moffatt
- Cast Gayle Mabo, Cheryl Pitt, Janelle Court, Lindsay McCorrmack
- Genre Drama
- Available on OVID
Never on Sunday
(Ποτέ την Κυριακή)
An American tries to set a Greek prostitute on a path of morality.
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- Greece • 1960
- Director Jules Dassin
- Cast Melina Mercouri, Jules Dassin, George Foundas, Titos Vandis, Mitsos Ligizos, Despo Diamantidou
- Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Available on ScreenPix Apple TV Channel
Suspiria
Unfortunately for an American transplant, a German ballet school is home to the strange, the sinister, and the supernatural…
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- Italy • 1977
- Director Dario Argento
- Cast Jessica Harper, Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Miguel Bosé, Barbara Magnolfi
- Genre Horror
- Available on Showtime Apple TV Channel, Kanopy
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
A lonely vampire preys on the depraved residents of Bad City — but finds love in another tortured soul.
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- Iran, United States • 2014
- Director Ana Lily Amirpour
- Cast Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Marshall Manesh, Mozhan Marnò, Dominic Rains, Rome Shadanloo
- Genre Horror, Romance, Western
- Available on Hoopla, Metrograph, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, YouTube, Kino Now, Kanopy
Shoplifters
(万引き家族)
Sometimes it's better to choose your own family.
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- Japan • 2018
- Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Cast Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Mayu Matsuoka, Jyo Kairi, Miyu Sasaki, Kirin Kiki
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Hulu, Hoopla, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Redbox, FlixFling, Spectrum On Demand, Tubi TV
Cairo Station
(باب الحديد)
A newspaper salesman at the train station in Cairo develops an unhealthy obsession with a woman who sells refreshments.
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- Egypt • 1958
- Director Youssef Chahine
- Cast Farid Shawqi, Hend Rostom, Youssef Chahine, Hassan el Baroudi, Abdel Aziz Khalil, Said Khalil
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Fandor Amazon Channel
A Separation
(جدایی نادر از سیمین)
Simin wants to leave Iran to give her daughter, Termeh, a different kind of life outside the country. But Nader, Termeh’s father, refuses to leave his ailing father behind.
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- Iran, France • 2011
- Director Asghar Farhadi
- Cast Leila Hatami, Payman Maadi, Shahab Hosseini, Sareh Bayat, Sarina Farhadi, Babak Karimi
- Genre Drama
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
Brooklyn
Two countries. Two loves. One heart.
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- United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland • 2015
- Director John Crowley
- Cast Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Jessica Paré
- Genre Drama, Romance
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Vudu, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, AMC on Demand
Cities Held Hostage: Main basse sur la ville
An inside look at the buildings and architecture that makes a city.
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- Canada • 2018
- Director Martin Frigon
- Cast Henry Aubin, Serge Bouchard, Guy Garand, David Hanna, James Lorimer
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Notes on Marie Menken
A look at the life of avant-garde filmmaker Marie Menken.
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- Austria, United States • 2006
- Director Martina Kudlácek
- Cast Kenneth Anger, Stan Brakhage, Peter Kubelka, Alfred Leslie, Gerard Malanga, Jonas Mekas
- Genre Documentary
- Available on OVID
Wall
(Mur)
A meditation on the separation fence in Israel-Palestine that imprisons one people while enclosing the other.
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- France, Israel • 2004
- Director Simone Bitton
- Cast
- Genre Documentary
- Available on FlixFling, DocAlliance Films, Tubi TV, Kanopy
In the Pit
(En el hoyo)
A portrait of the construction workers involved in building the second deck of Mexico City's Periferico freeway.
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- Mexico • 2006
- Director Juan Carlos Rulfo
- Cast Salvador Enriquez Castillo, Sofia García López, José Guadalupe Calzada, Isabel Dolores Hernández
- Genre Documentary
- Available on Amazon Video