#360 – Profound Desires of the Gods, (神々の深き欲望), 1968, Shōhei Imamura
Tokyo engineer Kariya arrives on a primitive tropical island, where he interacts with the Futori clan, to drill a well to power a sugar mill.
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#361: Inside Out
#361 – Inside Out, 2015, Pete Docter
Growing up can be a bumpy road, and it’s no exception for Riley, who is uprooted from her Midwest life when her father starts a new job in San Francisco. Riley’s guiding emotions— Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness—live in Headquarters, the control centre inside Riley’s mind, where they help advise her through everyday life and tries to keep things positive, but the emotions conflict on how best to navigate a new city, house and school.
#362: Weekend
#362 – Weekend, (Week End), 1967, Jean-Luc Godard
A supposedly idyllic weekend trip to the countryside turns into a never-ending nightmare of traffic jams, revolution, cannibalism and murder as French bourgeois society starts to collapse under the weight of its own consumer preoccupations.
#363: When Harry Met Sally…
#363 – When Harry Met Sally…, 1989, Rob Reiner
During their travel from Chicago to New York, Harry and Sally debate whether or not sex ruins a friendship between a man and a woman. Eleven years later, and they’re still no closer to finding the answer.
#364: Cinema Paradiso
#364 – Cinema Paradiso, (Nuovo Cinema Paradiso), 1988, Giuseppe Tornatore
A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village’s theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater’s projectionist.
#365: Kes
#365 – Kes, 1969, Ken Loach
A young, English working-class boy spends his free time caring for and training his pet falcon.
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#366: Amadeus
#366 – Amadeus, 1984, Miloš Forman
The incredible story of genius musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback by his peer and secret rival, Antonio Salieri—now confined to an insane asylum.
#367: WALL-E
#367 – WALL-E, 2008, Andrew Stanton
WALL·E is the last robot left on an Earth that has been overrun with garbage and all humans have fled to outer space. For 700 years he has continued to try and clean up the mess, but has developed some rather interesting human-like qualities. When a ship arrives with a sleek new type of robot, WALL·E thinks he’s finally found a friend and stows away on the ship when it leaves.
#368: The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum
#368 – The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum, (残菊物語), 1939, Kenji Mizoguchi
In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting due to his status as his father’s heir. Devastated by this, he turns to Otoku, a servant of his family, for comfort, and they fall in love. Kikunosuke becomes determined to leave home and develop as an actor on his own merits, and Otoku faithfully follows him.
#369: Up
#369 – Up, 2009, Pete Docter
Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life.
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