You’re Jinxed, Friend, You’ve Met Sacramento
The Winners
In this sports-oriented drama from South Africa, a former Olympic marathon champion pushes his sons to be as successful in competition as he was and emphasizes victory above all else.
To Encourage the Others
Chinese Ping-Pong
An experimental sports film made partly during the Scandinavian Open Championships in Halmstad in 1970, partly during the Chinese players’ exhibition tour in Denmark immediately after the SOC. First of…
Wild Honey
Felix and Otilia
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun
A war widow determined to clear the name of her disgraced husband, who was court-martialed for desertion and executed. Official records have been destroyed, and the ministry that distributes benefits…
The Boldest Job in the West
A bandit gang successfully executes a complicated bank heist but disagreements arise in the aftermath.
A Gunman Called Dakota
After the Civil War a former officer in the northern army helps to capture the head of a gang of outlaws who is operating under the disguise of a deputy…
Schoolgirl Report Part 3: What Parents Find Unthinkable
A group of teenage girls at camp discuss their various sexual escapades while they read a new journal about sex has been published to help teenagers understand the consequences of…
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Hans is a street fruit peddler and born-loser. His choice of career upsets his bourgeois family, causing him to turn to drinking and violence. After recovering from a debilitating heart…
Dewdrops on the Petals
Yukie is a young woman who works at her father’s flower shop. She uses her job to hide from her problems including a marriage troubled by her sexual frigidity. Her…
Pink 8 Ball
The White-Haired Girl
The 1971/72 released film adaptation of China’s famous revolutionary ballet, The White-Haired Girl (白毛女).
The Prince and the Pauper
A poor boy named Tom Canty and the Prince of Wales exchange identities but events force the pair to experience each other’s lives as well.
Up the Chastity Belt
Colours of this Time
Whilst working on previous time-lapse films, I found that colour film tended to record the actual colour of the light source rather than local colour when long time exposures were…
The North Wind and the Sun: A Fable by Aesop
An engaging illustration, by animation artist Rhoda Leyer, of the fable in which the warm sun proves to the cold wind that persuasion is better than force when it comes…
The Midnight Parasites
Invasion of the Blood Farmers
Look Homeward, Angel
The life of a young man growing up in a small town in the mountains of North Carolina during the early part of the 20th century, based on Thomas Wolfe’s…
Mrs. Peabody’s Beach
A teenager uses his interest in surfing to create a profitable business, learning valuable lessons in economics.
Piranha, Piranha
Wildlife photographer Terry and her brother Art go to Venezuela for a photo shoot. They hire Jim Pendrake to guide them through the jungle. However, the trio run afoul of…