the fine cinema

The life, times and afflictions of the fifteenth-century Russian iconographer St. Andrei Rublev.

A woman disappears during a Mediterranean boating trip. During the search, her lover and her best friend become attracted to each other.

An up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.

The story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.

When a ronin requesting seppuku at a feudal lord's palace is told of the brutal suicide of another ronin who previously visited, he reveals how their pasts are intertwined - and in doing so challenges the clan's integrity.

An entomologist on vacation is trapped by local villagers into living with a woman whose life task is shoveling sand for them.

Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.

Life story of a woman born in poverty trying to succeed. Through her many schemes, she faces her ups and downs in a cyclical nature, fueled mostly by self-interest.

A gangster gets released from prison and has to cope with the recent shifts of power between the gangs, while taking care of a thrill-seeking young woman, who got in bad company while gambling.

A housewife living under her tyrannical husband has her life stressfully turned upside down after getting raped by a burglar.

Through his unconscionable actions against others, a sociopath samurai builds a trail of vendettas that follow him closely.

A pianist helps his brother escape from two gangsters, who retaliate by abducting their kid brother.

An aging widower arranges a marriage for his only daughter.

Life at home changes when a house-wife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a saleswoman.

A French writer's marriage deteriorates while working on Fritz Lang's version of "The Odyssey", as his wife accuses him of using her to court favor with the film's brash American producer.

In an industrial area, unstable Giuliana attempts to cope with life by starting an affair with a co-worker at the plant her husband manages.

In the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.

Having recently been uprooted to Milan, Rocco and his four brothers each look for a new way in life when a prostitute comes between Rocco and his brother Simone.

A day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship.

A married Sicilian baron falls in love with his cousin and vows to wed her, but with divorce illegal he must concoct a crime of passion to do away with his wife.

Decades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman.

A couple pick up a hitchhiker on the way to their yacht. The husband invites the young man to come along for their day's sailing. As the voyage progresses, the antagonism between the two men grows. A violent confrontation is inevitable.

Two estranged sisters, Ester and Anna, and Anna's 10-year-old son travel to the Central European country on the verge of war. Ester becomes seriously ill and the three of them move into a hotel in a small town called Timoka.

Following the death of his friend, an Italian youth grows increasingly closer to his young aunt.

The life of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of Matthew. Film shows Christ as a Marxist avant-la-lettre and therefore uses half of the text of Matthew.