Category: Film Festival 2021 – Classic Cinema

Blood and Black Lace (1964) | May 31

Inspector Sylvester is assigned to investigate the violent murder of a fashion house model by a masked assailant. As the investigation proceeds, all of the house’s various sins – including corruption, abortions, blackmail, and drug addiction – begin to come to light. It turns out that Isabella had kept a diary detailing these vices, and now almost every employee becomes nervous. – JustWatch.com

Director: Mario Bava

Cast: Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok, Thomas Reiner, Ariana Gorini, Dante DiPaolo, Mary Arden, Franco Ressel

Country: Italy

Distributor: VCI Entertainment

Rating: R

Runtime: 1 hour, 28 minutes

Platform: Prime Video

Special Programming: Classic Cinema, Midnight Movies

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Mandabi (1968) | May 31

A money order from a relative in Paris throws the life of a Senegalese family man out of order. He deals with corruption, greed, problematic family members, the locals and the changing from his traditional way of living to a more modern one. – JustWatch.com

Director: Ousmane Sembene

Cast: Makhouredia Gueye, Ynousse N’Diaye, Isseu Niang, Mustapha Ture, Mouss Diouf, Christoph Colomb, Serigne N’Diayes

Country: Senegal

Distributor: Janus Films

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Platform: The Criterion Channel

Special Programming: Classic Cinema

Special Events: Shorts Included

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Tauw (1970)

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Smooth Talk (1985) | May 31

Based on the short story, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been,” by Joyce Carol Oates, this film chronicles 15-year-old Connie’s sexual awakening in the Northern California suburbs. Her experimentation gets out of hand when the mysterious Arnold Friend takes an interest in her. – JustWatch.com

Director: Joyce Chopra

Cast: Laura Dern, Treat Williams, Mary Kay Place, Levon Helm, Elizabeth Berridge, Margaret Welsh, Sara Inglis

Country: United States

Distributor: Janus Films

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 1 hour, 32 minutes

Platform: The Criterion Channel

Special Programming: Classic Cinema

Special Events: Filmmaker Conversations, Shorts Included

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Filmmaker Conversations

Joyce at 34 (1971)

Girls at 12 (1975)

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Clorae and Albie (1976)

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Nationtime (1972) | May 31

A report on the National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana, in 1972, a historic event that gathered Black voices from across the political spectrum, among them Jesse Jackson, Dick Gregory, Coretta Scott King, Richard Hatcher, Amiri Baraka, Charles Diggs, and H. Carl McCall. – JustWatch.com

Director: William Greaves

Cast: Sidney Poitier, Amiri Baraka, Coretta Scott King, Dick Gregory, Jesse Jackson, Bobby Seale, Harry Belafonte, Isaac Hayes

Country: United States

Distributor: Kino Lorber

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hour, 20 minutes

Platform: The Criterion Channel

Special Programming: Documentary Cinema, Classic Cinema

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Out 1: Parts 7 & 8 (1971)

Once thought an impossible-to-see legend of cinephilia, Jacques Rivette’s multi-part epic has been revived, restored, and is available for your delirious immersion. It was originally conceived for French television by the director and Cahiers du cinéma editor and critic, but never properly shown. In its astoundingly adventurous, freeform creation—taking improvisation beyond dialog and performance into storytelling itself—the opus represents what might be considered the last great gesture of the French New Wave. – MUBI

Director: Jacques Rivette

Cast: Michèle Moretti, Hermine Karagheuz, Karen Puig, Pierre Baillot, Marcel Bozonnet, Jean-Pierre Léaud

Country: France

Distributor: Carlotta Films

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 2 hours, 51 minutes

Platform: MUBI, Kanopy

Special Programming: Long-Form Cinema, Classic Cinema

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Out 1: Parts 5 & 6 (1971) | May 26

Once thought an impossible-to-see legend of cinephilia, Jacques Rivette’s multi-part epic has been revived, restored, and is available for your delirious immersion. It was originally conceived for French television by the director and Cahiers du cinéma editor and critic, but never properly shown. In its astoundingly adventurous, freeform creation—taking improvisation beyond dialog and performance into storytelling itself—the opus represents what might be considered the last great gesture of the French New Wave. – MUBI

Director: Jacques Rivette

Cast: Michèle Moretti, Hermine Karagheuz, Karen Puig, Pierre Baillot, Marcel Bozonnet, Jean-Pierre Léaud

Country: France

Distributor: Carlotta Films

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 3 hours, 10 minutes

Platform: MUBI, Kanopy

Special Programming: Long-Form Cinema, Classic Cinema

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Out 1: Parts 3 & 4 (1971) | May 25

Once thought an impossible-to-see legend of cinephilia, Jacques Rivette’s multi-part epic has been revived, restored, and is available for your delirious immersion. It was originally conceived for French television by the director and Cahiers du cinéma editor and critic, but never properly shown. In its astoundingly adventurous, freeform creation—taking improvisation beyond dialog and performance into storytelling itself—the opus represents what might be considered the last great gesture of the French New Wave. – MUBI

Director: Jacques Rivette

Cast: Michèle Moretti, Hermine Karagheuz, Karen Puig, Pierre Baillot, Marcel Bozonnet, Jean-Pierre Léaud

Country: France

Distributor: Carlotta Films

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 3 hours, 34 minutes

Platform: MUBI, Kanopy

Special Programming: Long-Form Cinema, Classic Cinema

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Ganja & Hess (1973) | May 24

Flirting with the conventions of blaxploitation and horror, Bill Gunn’s revolutionary independent film Ganja & Hess is a highly stylized and utterly original treatise on sex, religion, and African American identity. Duane Jones stars as anthropologist Hess Green, who is stabbed with an ancient ceremonial dagger by his unstable assistant, bestowing upon him the blessing of immortality… and the curse of an unquenchable thirst for blood. When the assistant’s beautiful and outspoken wife Ganja comes searching for her missing husband, she and Hess form an unexpected partnership. Together, they explore just how much power blood holds. – Kino Lorber

Director: Bill Gunn

Cast: Marlene Clark, Duane Jones, Bill Gunn, Sam Waymon, Leonard Jackson. Candece Tarpley, Richard Harrow

Country: United States

Distributor: Kino Lorber

Rating: R

Runtime: 1 hour, 50 minutes

Platform: Shudder, Kanopy

Special Programming: Midnight Movies, Classic Cinema

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My Twentieth Century (1989) | May 24

Two twin sisters, who grew up separately, Dóra, a pseudo-aristocrat, and Lili, an anarchist bomber, are reunited through Z, a mysterious traveller of the luxurious Orient-Express. – IMDb.com

Director: Ildikó Enyedi

Cast: Dorota Segda, Paulus Manker, Péter Andorai, Gábor Máté, Eszter Kovács, Oleg Yankovskiy, Sándor Czvetkó

Country: Hungary

Distributor: Kino Lorber

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hour, 42 minutes

Platform: Kanopy

Special Programming: Classic Cinema

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Raining in the Mountain (1979) | May 24

An esquire and a General eyes a priceless handwritten scroll by Tripitaka, held in a Temple library. The Abbot of the Temple selects his successor. – JustWatch.com

Director: King Hu

Cast: Hsu Feng, Sun Yueh, Tung Lam, Tien Feng, Paul Chun, Shih Chun, Ng Ming-Choi

Country: Hong Kong

Distributor: Film Movement

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 2 hours

Platform: The Criterion Channel

Special Programming: Classic Cinema

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