#440 – Paisan, (Paisà), 1946, Roberto Rossellini
Six vignettes follow the Allied invasion from July 1943 to winter 1944, from Sicily north to Venice.
Category: Films
#441: Kind Hearts and Coronets
#441 – Kind Hearts and Coronets, 1949, Robert Hamer
When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis avenges his mother’s death by attempting to murder every family member who stands between himself and the family fortune. But when he finds himself torn between his longtime love and the widow of one of his victims, his plans go awry.
#442: The Blues Brothers
#442 – The Blues Brothers, 1980, John Landis
Jake Blues is just out of jail, and teams up with his brother, Elwood on a ‘mission from God’ to raise funds for the orphanage in which they grew up. The only thing they can do is do what they do best: play music. So they get their old band together, and set out on their way—while getting in a bit of trouble here and there.
#443: Rocky
#443 – Rocky, 1976, John G. Avildsen
When world heavyweight boxing champion, Apollo Creed wants to give an unknown fighter a shot at the title as a publicity stunt, his handlers choose palooka Rocky Balboa, an uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark. Rocky teams up with trainer Mickey Goldmill to make the most of this once in a lifetime break.
#444: Kings of the Road
#444 – Kings of the Road, (Im Lauf der Zeit), 1976, Wim Wenders
Itinerant projection-equipment repairman Bruno Winter and depressed hitchhiker Robert Lander – a doctor who has just been through a break-up with his wife and a half-hearted suicide attempt–travel along the Western side of the East-German border in a repair truck, visiting worn-out movie theaters, learning to communicate across their differences. The film features stunning black-and-white cinematography from Robbie Muller and a pensive score from Improved Sound Limited.
#445: Phantom Thread
#445 – Phantom Thread, 2017, Paul Thomas Anderson
Renowned British dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock comes across Alma, a young, strong-willed woman, who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover.
#446: Cries and Whispers
#446 – Cries and Whispers, (Viskningar och rop), 1972, Ingmar Bergman
As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so deeply immersed in their own psychic pains that they can’t offer her the support she needs. Maria is wracked with guilt at her husband’s suicide, caused by his discovery of her extramarital affair. The self-loathing, suicidal Karin seems to regard her sister with revulsion. Only Anna, the deeply religious maid who lost her young child, seems able to offer Agnes solace and empathy.
#447: Paddington 2
#447 – Paddington 2, 2017, Paul King
Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.
#448: Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
#448 – Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, (Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto), 1970, Elio Petri
A chief of detectives, homicide section, kills his mistress and deliberately leaves clues to prove his own responsibility for the crime.
#449: Drive
#449 – Drive, 2011, Nicolas Winding Refn
A Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman for criminals discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong.
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