CACOPHONY

A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he unknowingly captures a death on film.

Runtime

1h 51m

Director

Michelangelo Antonioni

Cast

David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.

Runtime

1h 47m

Director

Andrei Tarkovsky

Cast

Margarita Terekhova, Ignat Daniltsev, Oleg Yankovskiy

Set halfway through the 17th century, a church play is performed for the benefit of the young aristocrat Cosimo. In the play, a grotesque old woman gives birth to a beautiful baby boy. The child's older sister is quick to exploit the situation, selling blessings from the baby, and even claiming she's the true mother by virgin birth. Ho...

Runtime

2h 2m

Director

Peter Greenaway

Cast

Julia Ormond, Ralph Fiennes, Philip Stone

The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant.

Runtime

2h 4m

Director

Peter Greenaway

Cast

Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Tim Roth

An unknown future. A boy confesses to the murder of another in an all-boy juvenile detention facility. More an exercise in style than storytelling, the story follows two detectives trying to uncover the case. Homosexual tension and explosive violence drives the story which delivers some weird and fascinating visuals.

Runtime

1h 25m

Director

Takashi Miike

Cast

Ryuhei Matsuda, Masanobu Ando, Kiyohiko Shibukawa