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Sherlock Holmes - Dressed to kill
Movie
Mystery, thriller, by Roy William Neill, United States, 1946.
John Davidson, a convicted thief in Dartmoor Prison embeds the code that reveals the hidden location of stolen extremely valuable Bank of England currency printing plates in the music of three music boxes that are sold at auction. Each... -
Sherlock Holmes - Terror by Night
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Mystery, Thriller, by Roy William Neill, United States, 1946.
London. Young Vivian Vedder takes her coffin with her newly deceased mother by train to Scotland. Also on the train is Lady Margaret, owner of the famous Rhodesia star diamond. Sherlock Holmes is in charge of protecting the precious st... -
Sebastiane
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Drama, history, by Derek Jarman, United Kingdom, 1976.
In the third century A.D. Sebastiano is a member of the personal guard of the Emperor Diocletian. When he tries to intervene to prevent one of the Emperor's catamites from being strangled by one of his bodyguards, Sebastian is exiled to a rem... -
In the footsteps of Buddha
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Documentary, by Jon Braeley, USA, 2014.
In the Footsteps of Buddha is a journey across India tracing the same route that Buddha walked on his path enlightenment. Siddhartha Guatama lived 2500 years ago in an ancient land called Maghada, known today as Bihar, the poorest state in India. He was bor... -
The stranger
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Thriller, by Orson Welles, United States, 1946.
Orson Welles, a filmmaker who has always been against the Hollywood system, did not like this film made inside the studios, but strangely he managed to create a commercial product beyond his own expectations, managing to insert his unmistakable styl... -
The yoga gurus
Movie
Documentary, by Jon Braeley, United States, 2009.
In this documentary, you will encounter the spirituality of some of the most enlightened yoga masters in the world and get answers to important questions about higher consciousness. Shot in India between the Northern Himalayas and Mysore, you will... -
Simon of the desert
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Comedy, by Luis Bunuel, Mexico, 1963
Simón, a long-bearded holy man, lives on a column in the middle of the desert, almost in total fasting. People worship him as a Messiah. He performs miracles, undergoes temptations from Satan, who torments him under the guise of a handsome woman. A series of g... -
The Zen mind
Movie
Documentary, by Jon Braeley, United States, 2006.
The Zen Mind is a fascinating journey through Japan to explore Zen in its natural habitat. A travelogue to explore the practice of modern Zen. We will take you from the hustle and bustle of rush hour Tokyo to the peaceful mountains of Kyoto. From ... -
Talking with Buddha
Movie
Documentary, by Jon Braeley, United States, 2012.
What is Tibetan Buddhism? This film is a journey through Tibetan Buddhist monasteries to meet some of the great Lamas of Buddhism, against the backdrop of the Himalayan mountains and the rhythmic chanting of prayers. A documentary to improve menta... -
Dementia
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Horror, noir, by John Parker, United States, 1955.
It's night. A woman suddenly wakes up from a nightmare in a seedy hotel in the Los Angeles suburbs. She leaves the room and wanders the neighborhood. She meets a dwarf who sells newspapers with the title "Mysterious Stabbing". In a dark alley, a ... -
Fear and desire
Movie
War, drama, by Stanley Kubrick, United States, 1953.
Fear and Desire is the first feature by Stanley Kubrick, a totally independent film financed by the director himself and by a fundraiser between friends and relatives. Made with a small crew, Kubrick also took care of the editing and photograph... -
The Last Laugh
Movie
Drama, by F.W. Murnau, Germany, 1924.
Jannings is the doorman of the Atlantic hotel in Berlin, happy with his role and his uniform. But his boss thinks he is too old to receive customers at the entrance and sets him up to clean the bathrooms. Jannings, deeply troubled by what happened, gets drunk... -
The cabinet of Dr. Caligari
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Horror, fantasy, by Robert Wiene, Germany, 1920.
The symbolic film of cinematic expressionism. Francis tells a story to a man: in 1830, in a small town, a guy named Caligari, plays the barker at the fair to present the attraction of him, a sleepwalker that he holds under hypnosis in a coffin. The... -
Lockdown trilogy of mine - Stage I: Apathy or as the muse was locked down
Movie
Short film, by Rachele Studer, Italy, 2021.
Apathy: Lockdown 2020. A quarantined writer is facing a creative block. And so the Muse is stuck in his mental fears. The fears come from the economic and social instability that lockdown had ran over his face. A tribute to all the artists in the world ... -
Lockdown trilogy of mine - Stage II: Claustrophobia or Everbody is herodoc
Movie
Short film, by Rachele Studer, Italy, 2021.
A quarantined writer (who can no longer write) seems to accept the government measures, even if they deprive him of his freedom, privacy, strenght, joy and, most of all, his job. So it happens that at some point he can't breathe anymore. Strange sensati... -
The Exterminating Angel
Movie
Drama, by Luis Bunuel, Mexico, 1962.
The plot revolves around a group of people who gather in a sumptuous villa for a gala dinner. However, after dinner, they find that they are unable to leave the villa, despite the fact that the doors and windows are barred and the exits apparently blocked. Wha... -
Man with a movie camera
Movie
Documentary, by Dziga Vertov, Russia, 1929.
After a few years spent making propaganda documentaries, Dziga Vertov realizes his masterpiece, inspired by the theories on reality cinema and Kinoglaz. An experimental visual symphony with futurist roots. An ordinary day of a cinematographer wandering ... -
Before the time changes
Movie
Short film, by M. Menegazzo, M. Pernisa, Italy, 2017.
Every year, the last week of October, between Saturday and Sunday, the transition from summer to solar time takes place, the antechamber of the winter season. Before moving the hands back one hour and feeling the approach of darkness, someone ... -
The spiders
Movie
Adventure, by Fritz Lang, Germany, 1919.
In San Francisco, Kay Hoog tells friends at her club that she found a message in a bottle. Inside is a map drawn by a missing man, a well-known Harvard professor. The message tells of a lost Inca civilization that possesses an immense treasure.Food for t...
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The Kempinsky method
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Drama, by Federico Salsano, Italy 2020.
The introspective imaginary road movie of a man in the maze of his own mind, his memories of his youth, his never dormant passions and contradictory truths. The road is made of water, the destination is falsely unknown. His traveling companions are three my... -
The last resort
Movie
Documentary, by Ramsay S. James, Tom Sands, United Kingdom, 2014.
When Andrew Miners first arrived on the Indonesian island village Babitim, he was struck by two things: the tropical paradise surrounding him and the corpses of the mutilated sharks strewn around the beach. Andrew decided to build ... -
Hampi - Valley of the Kings
Movie
Documentary, by Ramsay S. James, Tom Sands, UK/India, 2012.
The small village of Hampi was once the capital of an empire stretching across the whole of Southern India. But with the ancient city's fortifications in ruins, Hampi has little defence against the invading forces of development. In the ... -
Into the mirror
Movie
Drama, LGBTQ, by Lois Stevenson, United States, 2019.
New Renaissance Film Festival London, Best Music, Best LGBT Film, Best Actor - New Renaissance Film Festival Amsterdam, Best Debut Film.
The story follows Daniel, a young man beginning a new life in London. Daniel struggles with his gender id... -
Love on the Run
Movie
Comedy, romance, by Francois Truffaut, France, 1978.
After seven years Antoine and Christine divorce, while remaining good friends. Antoine is in a relationship with Liliane, friend of Christine, has published an autobiography about his loves and finds work as a proofreader and also begins a chee...