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The Man Who Could Work Miracles (Lothar Mendes + Alexander Korda, 1936)

Jun

15

fruit

The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936)

George McWhirter Fotheringay (Roland Young) waking up to an abundance of tropical foods in a crystal bowl, plus multiple expensive watches. His ill-fitting pajamas miss a button. DP: Harold Rosson.

“As I want it, so it will be!”

– George McWhirter Fotheringay

Gycklarnas afton [Sawdust and Tinsel] (Ingmar Bergman, 1953)

Jun

11

pancakes

Gycklarnas afton (1953)

Ringmaster Albert Johansson (Åke Grönberg) with Anne (Harriet Andersson) – holding a pot – standing over him. DPs: Hilding Bladh & Sven Nykvist.

– All I can offer is pancakes? Will they do?

– They'll do just fine.

Les trois couronnes du matelot [Three Crowns of the Sailor] (Raúl Ruiz, 1983)

Jun

5

Les trois couronnes du matelot (1983)

A woman at a table, writing in a notebook with a pencil. There's a Chinese newspaper, a lit candle and candle stump, and stacked tableware in the form of Chinese bowls and bamboo steamers. DP: Sacha Vierny.

Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (Richard Blackburn, 1973)

Jun

4

meat

Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1973)

A fancy looking silver plate with what appears to be raw meat. DP: Robert Caramico.

“Wouldn't you rather I did it out of love, than have one of those wood things do it out of their own animal hungers?”

– Lemora

Who Killed Teddy Bear (Joseph Cates, 1965)

Jun

3

Who Killed Teddy Bear (1965)

A square 1960s man – Jan Murray as Lt. Dave Madden – smugly pouring himself a stiff drink. DP: Joseph C. Brun.

“I don't find you the least bit amusing, Lieutenant Whatever-your-problem- is!”

– Norah Dain

আকালের সন্ধানে [Akaler Sandhane / In Search of Famine] (Mrinal Sen, 1981)

May

29

चाय

আকালের সন্ধানে (1981)

The Bollywood stars arrive at the temple. In the foreground one of the actresses, cupping a beaker with her hands. DP: K.K. Mahajan.

Culloden (Peter Watkins, 1964)

May

23

Culloden (1964)

Wigged man at a table, drinking wine with three men lower in rank standing behind them with their arms crossed. DP: Dick Bush.

“Sir John MacDonald, Jacobite captain of cavalry. Aged, frequently intoxicated, described as 'a man of the most limited capacities'.”

– narrator

Ansiktet [The Magician / The Face] (Ingmar Bergman, 1958)

May

22

love potion

Ansiktet (1958)

Coach driver Simson (Lars Ekborg) serving maid Sara (Bibi Andersson) a potion from a flask. DP: Gunnar Fischer.

– We're out of love potion. What now?

– Take this one, for colic and bunions. What matters is how the bottle looks and how the potion tastes.

Doc (Frank Perry, 1971)

May

16

Doc (1971)

A tense scene in a dark saloon, the table littered with empty bottles. DP: Gerald Hirschfeld.

“If it weren't for bad people, what would you do for a living, Marshal?”

– Doc Holliday

Οι Τεμπέληδες της Εύφορης Κοιλάδας [Oi tembelides tis eforis koiladas / The Idlers of the Fertile Valley] (Nikos Panayotopoulos, 1978)

May

15

Οι Τεμπέληδες της Εύφορης Κοιλάδας (1978)

The maid (Olga Karlatos) patiently feeding the father (Vasilis Diamantopoulos) in bed. DP: Andreas Bellis.