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Movie: Evolution

[TRAILER] Three bravura single take vignettes trace three generations of a family--from a surreal memory of World War II to modern day Berlin--who struggle to process their past in a society still coping with the wounds of its history. Husband and wife team Kornél Mundruczó and Kata Wéber (Pieces of a Woman) adapt their 2018 stage play. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jun 2, 2024 - 1 comment

Movie: Damnation

[TRAILER] Karrer (Miklós Székely B.) plods his way through life in quiet desperation. His environment is drab and rainy and muddy. Eaten up with solitude, his hopelessness would be incurable but for the existence of the Titanik Bar and its beautiful, haunting singer (Vali Kerekes). But the lady is married and Karrer is determined to keep her husband away... Damnation (Hungarian: Kárhozat) is a 1988 black-and-white Hungarian film directed by Béla Tarr. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jun 1, 2024 - 1 comment

Movie: Merry-Go-Round

[TRAILER] Young farm girl Mari is forbidden by her father from seeing Máté, the young man she loves. Her father, sick of being told what to do, wishes to leave the collective, and sees giving his daughter in marriage to an old but rich man as his way out. But Máté is ready to stand up to any challenge to keep Mari's love, and Mari herself doesn't like being told what to do any more than her father does. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on May 25, 2024 - 4 comments

Movie: Twilight

[TRAILER] I keep threatening to post Twilight and now I am. Thing is: this isn't the one with the sparkly vampires. This is Szürkület, the 1990 Hungarian crime film by Béla Tarr's friend & collaborator, György Fehér. The plot: after discovering the murdered body of a young girl deep in a mountainous forest, a hardened homicide detective pushes himself to increasingly obsessive ends in his quest to catch the serial killer -- known only as "The Giant" -- responsible for the crime. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Mar 4, 2024 - 6 comments

Movie: The Turin Horse

A rural farmer is forced to confront the mortality of his faithful horse. The final film by Hungarian director Béla Tarr, 155 minutes in length but composed of only 30 shots.
posted by DirtyOldTown on Dec 6, 2019 - 2 comments

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