浪華悲歌 [Naniwa erejī / Osaka Elegy] (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1936)

Dec

15

International Tea Day

A woman in kimono sits at a low wooden tea cabinet. It holds a small tea pot and other utensils. The traditional setup is broken in the background with contemporary Western furniture. She's smoking. DP: Minoru Miki.

Something with tea for International Tea Day.

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #InternationalTeaDay #tea #KenjiMizoguchi #IsuzuYamada #YōkoUmemura #ChiyokoŌkura #KōichiTakagi #MinoruMiki #drama #Japan #1930s

Lonely Are the Brave (David Miller, 1962)

Dec

15

bread

Jerry Bondi (Gena Rowlands) kneads dough. DP: Philip H. Lathrop.

“I don't need a card to figure out who I am. I already know.”

– Jack Burns

The Monkey Talks (Raoul Walsh, 1927)

Dec

14

Monkey Day

Jocko (Jacques Lerner) in embrace with his Olivette (Olive Borden). Amazingly, Lerner does not wear a mask; it's all the work of makeup craftsman Jack Pierce. DP: L. William O'Connell.

A monkey for (unofficial) Monkey Day.

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #MonkeyDay #RaoulWalsh #RenéFauchois #OliveBorden #JacquesLerner #DonAlvarado #LWilliamOConnell #JackPierce #theatre #animals #drama #circus #SilentFilm #PreCode #USA #1920s

Sedmi kontinent [Sedmý kontinent / The Seventh Continent] (Dušan Vukotić, 1966)

Dec

13

Francis Drake's circumnavigation

The first two children to set sail, with Iris Vrus on the right, and possibly Tomislav Pasarić on the left. DP: Karol Krška.

A voyage of discovery on the start of Francis Drake's circumnavigation. Children, ignored by their ever-busy parents, set sail to the Seventh Continent.

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #FrancisDrakesCircumnavigation #DušanVukotić #IrisVrus #TomislavPasarić #AbdoulayeSeck #TomislavSimović #KarolKrška #drama #fantasy #comedy #FairyTale #absurdism #adventure #ComingOfAge #Yugoslavia #Czechoslovakia #1960s ★★★★☆

荒野のダッチワイフ [Kōya no dacchi waifu / Dutch Wife of the Wasteland] (Atsushi Yamatoya, 1967)

Dec

13

ice cream

A young woman in profile, almost a silhouette, eats ice cream. DP: Hajime Kai.

#FilmDinner #IceCream #AtsushiYamatoya #MikiWatari #YūichiMinato #ShōheiYamamoto #MasayoshiNogami #NorikoTatsumi #MariNagisa #YosukeYamashita #HajimeKai #drama #crime #snuff #PinkuEiga #jazz #Japan #1960s ★★★★½

Hanoi, martes 13 [Hanoi, Tuesday 13th] (Santiago Álvarez, 1968)

Dec

13

Tue

A collage image of President Lyndon B. Johnson. His face is a hole and footage of a military burial service can be seen. DP: Iván Nápoles.

#FilmDuJour #December #SantiagoÁlvarez #LeoBrouwer #IvánNápoles #documentary #animation #war #ColdWar #VietnamWar #propaganda #Cuba #1960s ★★★½

Die Sage vom alten Hirten Xeudi und seinem Freund Reiman [The Legend of the Old Shepherd Xeudi and His Friend Reimann] (Hans-Jakob Siber, 1973)

Dec

11

International Mountain Day

Die Sage vom alten Hirten Xeudi und seinem Freund Reiman (1973)

The two friends Xeudi and Reiman about to track the Swiss mountains. Their chalet can be seen in the foreground. DP: Hans-Jakob Siber.

Mountain living on International Mountain Day. Available to watch via the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste's media archive.

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #InternationalMountainDay #HansJakobSiber #AlexanderVonBergen #HansReimann #GabriellaKaech #SonjaMeyer #TheMandrakeMemorial #drama #horror #ExperimentalFilm #folklore #music #psychedelic #Switzerland #1970s ★★★★☆

Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)

Dec

11

Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) in front of the family motel. DP: John L. Russell.

“The mattress is soft and there're hangers in the closet and stationary with “Bates' Motel” printed on it in case you want to make your friends back home envious.”

– Norman Bates

#FilmDuJour #December #AlfredHitchcock #Hitchcock #BatesMotel #AnthonyPerkins #JanetLeigh #BatesMotel #BernardHerrmann #JohnLRussell #BookAdaptation #RobertBloch #crime #horror #thriller #USA #1960s

Gina [Stone Cold Revenge] (Denys Arcand, 1975)

Dec

11

1952

Gina (Céline Lomez) in front of a silver tinsel curtain at the start of her stripact. DP: Alain Dostie.

#FilmDuJour #December #DenysArcand #CélineLomez #ClaudeBlanchard #FrédériqueCollin #BennyBarbara #MichelPagliaro #AlainDostie #drama #revenge #rape #SlowCinema #Québec #Canada #1970s ★★★★☆

Kisapmata [Sa bawat kisapmata / In the Wink of an Eye] (Mike De Leon, 1981)

Dec

8

Tue

Noel (Jay Ilagan) enters Milagros' (Charo Santos-Concio) room. On a sparse green wall a calendar with an image of the Virgin Mary. The 8^th, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, is marked red as a holiday. DP: Rody Lacap.

#FilmDuJour #December #MikeDeLeon #NickJoaquin #CharoSantosConcio #JayIlagan #VicSilayan #CharitoSolis #RubenRustia #LorrieIlustre #RodyLacap #drama #Christmas #holidays #Philippines #1980s ★★★★☆

浪華悲歌 [Naniwa erejī / Osaka Elegy] (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1936)

Dec

15

International Tea Day

A woman in kimono sits at a low wooden tea cabinet. It holds a small tea pot and other utensils. The traditional setup is broken in the background with contemporary Western furniture. She's smoking. DP: Minoru Miki.

Something with tea for International Tea Day.

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #InternationalTeaDay #tea #KenjiMizoguchi #IsuzuYamada #YōkoUmemura #ChiyokoŌkura #KōichiTakagi #MinoruMiki #drama #Japan #1930s

Lonely Are the Brave (David Miller, 1962)

Dec

15

bread

Jerry Bondi (Gena Rowlands) kneads dough. DP: Philip H. Lathrop.

– Jack Burns

#FilmDinner #bread #dough #DavidMiller #EdwardAbbey #KirkDouglas #GenaRowlands #WalterMatthau #MichaelKane #CarrollOConnor #GeorgeKennedy #LaloRios #JerryGoldsmith #PhilipHLathrop #drama #comedy #western #animals #BookAdaptation #USA #1960s ★★★★☆

The Monkey Talks (Raoul Walsh, 1927)

Dec

14

Monkey Day

Jocko (Jacques Lerner) in embrace with his Olivette (Olive Borden). Amazingly, Lerner does not wear a mask; it's all the work of makeup craftsman Jack Pierce. DP: L. William O'Connell.

A monkey for (unofficial) Monkey Day.

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #MonkeyDay #RaoulWalsh #RenéFauchois #OliveBorden #JacquesLerner #DonAlvarado #LWilliamOConnell #JackPierce #theatre #animals #drama #circus #SilentFilm #PreCode #USA #1920s

Sedmi kontinent [Sedmý kontinent / The Seventh Continent] (Dušan Vukotić, 1966)

Dec

13

Francis Drake's circumnavigation

The first two children to set sail, with Iris Vrus on the right, and possibly Tomislav Pasarić on the left. DP: Karol Krška.

A voyage of discovery on the start of Francis Drake's circumnavigation. Children, ignored by their ever-busy parents, set sail to the Seventh Continent.

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #FrancisDrakesCircumnavigation #DušanVukotić #IrisVrus #TomislavPasarić #AbdoulayeSeck #TomislavSimović #KarolKrška #drama #fantasy #comedy #FairyTale #absurdism #adventure #ComingOfAge #Yugoslavia #Czechoslovakia #1960s ★★★★☆

荒野のダッチワイフ [Kōya no dacchi waifu / Dutch Wife of the Wasteland] (Atsushi Yamatoya, 1967)

Dec

13

ice cream

A young woman in profile, almost a silhouette, eats ice cream. DP: Hajime Kai.

#FilmDinner #IceCream #AtsushiYamatoya #MikiWatari #YūichiMinato #ShōheiYamamoto #MasayoshiNogami #NorikoTatsumi #MariNagisa #YosukeYamashita #HajimeKai #drama #crime #snuff #PinkuEiga #jazz #Japan #1960s ★★★★½

Hanoi, martes 13 [Hanoi, Tuesday 13th] (Santiago Álvarez, 1968)

Dec

13

Tue

A collage image of President Lyndon B. Johnson. His face is a hole and footage of a military burial service can be seen. DP: Iván Nápoles.

#FilmDuJour #December #SantiagoÁlvarez #LeoBrouwer #IvánNápoles #documentary #animation #war #ColdWar #VietnamWar #propaganda #Cuba #1960s ★★★½

Die Sage vom alten Hirten Xeudi und seinem Freund Reiman [The Legend of the Old Shepherd Xeudi and His Friend Reimann] (Hans-Jakob Siber, 1973)

Dec

11

International Mountain Day

The two friends Xeudi and Reiman about to track the Swiss mountains. Their chalet can be seen in the foreground. DP: Hans-Jakob Siber.

Mountain living on International Mountain Day. Available to watch via the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste's media archive.

#Bales2024FilmChallenge #InternationalMountainDay #HansJakobSiber #AlexanderVonBergen #HansReimann #GabriellaKaech #SonjaMeyer #TheMandrakeMemorial #drama #horror #ExperimentalFilm #folklore #music #psychedelic #Switzerland #1970s ★★★★☆

Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)

Dec

11

Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) in front of the family motel. DP: John L. Russell.

– Norman Bates

#FilmDuJour #December #AlfredHitchcock #Hitchcock #BatesMotel #AnthonyPerkins #JanetLeigh #BatesMotel #BernardHerrmann #JohnLRussell #BookAdaptation #RobertBloch #crime #horror #thriller #USA #1960s

Gina [Stone Cold Revenge] (Denys Arcand, 1975)

Dec

11

1952

Gina (Céline Lomez) in front of a silver tinsel curtain at the start of her stripact. DP: Alain Dostie.

#FilmDuJour #December #DenysArcand #CélineLomez #ClaudeBlanchard #FrédériqueCollin #BennyBarbara #MichelPagliaro #AlainDostie #drama #revenge #rape #SlowCinema #Québec #Canada #1970s ★★★★☆

Kisapmata [Sa bawat kisapmata / In the Wink of an Eye] (Mike De Leon, 1981)

Dec

8

Tue

Noel (Jay Ilagan) enters Milagros' (Charo Santos-Concio) room. On a sparse green wall a calendar with an image of the Virgin Mary. The 8th, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, is marked red as a holiday. DP: Rody Lacap.

#FilmDuJour #December #MikeDeLeon #NickJoaquin #CharoSantosConcio #JayIlagan #VicSilayan #CharitoSolis #RubenRustia #LorrieIlustre #RodyLacap #drama #Christmas #holidays #Philippines #1980s ★★★★☆

Noel (Jay Ilagan) enters Milagros' (Charo Santos-Concio) room. On a sparse green wall a calendar with an image of the Virgin Mary. The 8^th, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, is marked red as a holiday. DP: Rody Lacap.