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Goltzius and the Pelican Company
United Kingdom, 2012, 127 min.
Peter Greenaway’s stunningly visual, sexually provocative 16th-century tale focuses on a Dutch engraver who runs afoul of the authorities when his reenactments of lustful scenes from the Old Testament go beyond the pale in their carnality. F. Murray Abraham co-stars. Warning:sexually explicit scenes... more
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Sadourni’s Butterflies
Argentina, 2012, 94 min.
In this dazzling neo-silent black and white melodrama, an ex circus dwarf get out of prison and tries to start over. Falling in love with a fellow voice-over artiste, he dreams of the operation that would make her attainable. A thrilling, poetic love story like nothing you have seen before.... more
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Tabu
Portugal, 2012, 120 min.
Miguel Gomes conjures a bittersweet souvenir of an overwhelming physical passion in this inventive and wistful black and white melodrama, a two-parter that jumps 50 years into the past, and further, into the romance of silent cinema. FIPRESCI Prize, Berlin Film Festival... more
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