Film Diary 2019
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- DirectorMahesh BhattStarsAamir KhanPooja BhattAnupam KherRunaway heiress in search of her beloved falls in love with another man on the way.
- DirectorRoland WestStarsChester MorrisHarry StubbsMae BuschChick Williams, a prohibition gangster, rejoins his mob soon after being released from prison. When a policeman is murdered during a robbery, he falls under suspicion. The gangster took Joan, a policeman's daughter, to the theater, sneaked out during the intermission to commit the crime, then used her to support his alibi. The detective squad employs its most sophisticated and barbaric techniques, including planting an undercover agent in the gang, to bring him to justice.
- DirectorJoe PearlmanDavid SoutarStarsLuke GossMatt GossRon PerlmanIn the 1980s, "BROS" were on of the biggest bands in the world - for 15 minutes. A raw and emotional look into the aftermath of fame and the re-connection between two twins torn apart by their past.
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsOlivia ColmanEmma StoneRachel WeiszIn early 18th-century England, the status quo at the court is upset when a new servant arrives and endears herself to a frail Queen Anne.
- StarsGeorge BukhariJaden SidhuAmer PatelWhen Nazir and Fahmida clash at a speed dating night they couldn't be more different. Can a chance meeting on the bus home lead to a potentially beautiful friendship?
- StarsGuz KhanTolu OgunmefunDúaa KarimMobeen is a 28-year old Brummie Muslim singlehandedly raising his 15-year-old sister. This show documents the struggles of his criminal past, the friendships he has, and the controversies he faces as a Pakistani Muslim.
- DirectorRungano NyoniStarsMwansa BwalyaAnna MithiSamuel MwaleMwansa goes on a journey to finally prove that he is Mwansa the Great.
- DirectorRungano NyoniHamy RamezanStarsYusuf Kamal El-AliZeinab RahalAmira Helene LarsenCopenhagen. A police station. A foreign woman, wearing a burqa, is there with her young son to file a complaint. Yet, it seems the translator is not willing to report what she is telling.
- DirectorRungano NyoniStarsMaggie MulubwaHenry B.J. PhiriNancy MuriloIn a remote Zambian community a girl is denounced as a witch and sent on a trajectory of exploitation, as a tethered member of a witches' camp, a witch for hire and a tourist exhibit.
- DirectorRungano NyoniStarsRemy BeasleyTom CullenLauren PhillipsBea and Adam are on a last weekend away before their baby is born. But while Adam sleeps, Bea finds a love letter from another woman. Bea devises a seemingly innocent game that will reveal Adam's true colours.
- DirectorRay PanthakiStarsKieron MulhallIdris DebrandSelom AwadziA hard hitting fictional story of two schoolboys and how their paths crossing one night in urban London, will affect both their families lives forever. Loosely Inspired by events affecting his own life.
- DirectorClarence BrownStarsClark GableRosalind RussellPeter LorreA jewel thief and a con artist are rivals in the theft of a valuable gem as the Japanese army invades China.
- DirectorAgnès VardaStarsPhilippe NoiretSilvia MonfortMarcel JouetFollow the story of a couple who goes to a small French fishing village to try to solve the problems of their deteriorating marriage.
- DirectorAgnès VardaStarsRoger CoggioAnne OlivierJacopo NiziA humorous travelogue of the French Riviera.
- DirectorMira NairPortrait of the first laughing club in India, its founding by a doctor who believes that laughter is the best medicine, his outreach to schools, interviews with club members, scenes of outdoor sessions, and shots of billboards and street scenes in contemporary Mumbai. Club members gather, stretch, and start to laugh. Founder Dr. Madan Kararia talks of the club's history and the growth of laughing clubs across the country. Among those interviewed, there's a stockbroker, three bawdy women, a musician, a widow laughing to cope with grief, and two old men - friends since school days who meet daily to laugh. No form, no fuss: happiness equals health.
- DirectorAbby BerlinStarsMarsha HuntJohn LitelJune VincentPolice detective Mary Ryan is given an assignment to break up a gang of jewel thieves and fences. She, using an alias as a convict, is placed in the cell with a suspected member of the gang. Upon release she becomes a gang member but the gang leader is suspicious of her.
- DirectorSpencer WilliamsStarsThurston BriggsSpencer WilliamsThe rivalry between two men is played out in a high-stakes game of mini-golf.
- DirectorSpencer WilliamsStarsCathryn CavinessSpencer WilliamsJuanita RileyAn atheist accidentally shoots his Baptist wife. She dies and goes to a crossroads, where the devil tries to lead her astray.
- DirectorJamie PayneStarsSanjeev BhaskarKenneth BranaghJulian GloverIn the trenches of the Western Front in 1915, a British army chaplain is forced to question his faith as he witnesses hundreds of Hindu soldiers risking their lives daily for the Empire.
- DirectorTrill BurtonJeff ColeRose CollisStarsMark AshtonChris BootTrill BurtonGay and lesbian teenagers interview straight people on the streets of London about their views on homosexuality.
- DirectorBasil DeanStarsGerald du MaurierMabel PoultonIan HunterA convict escapes from a prison.
- DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsThomas MeighanGloria SwansonBebe DanielsRobert and Beth Gordon are married but share little. He runs into Sally at a cabaret and the Gordons are soon divorced. Just as he gets bored with Sally's superficiality, Beth strives to improve her looks. The original couple falls in love again at a summer resort.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenGloria SwansonErich von StroheimA screenwriter develops a dangerous relationship with a faded film star determined to make a triumphant return.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsHiroshi AbeYôko MakiSatomi KobayashiAfter the death of his father, a private detective struggles to find child support money and reconnect with his son and ex-wife.
- DirectorMenhaj HudaStarsRay PanthakiAshish RajaMustafa TahibA London schoolboy of Pakisthani heritage attempts to impress his mates with his knowledge of all things American. But he soon painfully learns that there are those that won't stand for his know it all persona.
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsGloria SwansonMelvyn DouglasAlison SkipworthA young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.
- DirectorTinge KrishnanStarsShobna GulatiPaul BazelyCarrie DaviesThe pressures of her job in a hospital forces a young doctor to abandon a colleague suffering from depression to treat another patient.
- DirectorTinge KrishnanStarsKali PerkinsChris LodgeCelyn Jones
- DirectorTinge KrishnanStarsMichaela CoelMya LewisArinzé KeneA dedicated single mother who, on an unusual night on the town, is charmed by a handsome yet troubled stranger.
- DirectorVincent ParonnaudMarjane SatrapiStarsChiara MastroianniCatherine DeneuveGena RowlandsA precocious and outspoken Iranian girl grows up during the Islamic Revolution.
- DirectorPratibha ParmarStarsZarina BhimjiSutuba BiswasShobana JeyasinghAn hour long documentary featuring the work of British Asian artists Anish Kapoor, Jatinder Verma, Shobhana Jeyasingh, Sutapa Biswas, Chila Kumari Burman and Zarina Bhimji.
- DirectorShakti SamantaStarsShammi KapoorPadminiMaria MenadoWhen his employee disappears in Singapore, Shyam travels from India to investigate the absence and becomes entangled in a deadly plot.
- DirectorAhmed Alauddin JamalStarsRita WolfTony WreddenMeera Syal
- DirectorTaghi AmiraniStarsAjay ChhabraRavi KapoorDeepak Verma
- DirectorIrving PichelStarsAlan LaddLoretta YoungSusan HaywardA wealthy woman who lost her hearing to meningitis meets a doctor who is concocting a serum that will cure deafness.
- DirectorPratibha ParmarStarsAngela DavisFannie Lou HamerJune JordanThis celebration of African American women and their achievements features interviews with Angela Davis, June Jordan and Alice Walker. Within the context of the civil rights, Black power and feminist movements, the trio reassess how women such as Rosa Parks and Fannie Lou Hamer revolutionized American society.
- DirectorC.J. 'Fiery' ObasiStarsKeiraTunde AladeseOgee NelsonA Scientist-Witch through an alchemical combination of juju and technology creates wigs which grants she and her friends supernatural powers. But when their powers grow uncontrollable, she must stop them by any means.
- DirectorWanuri KahiuStarsKudzani MoswelaChantelle BurgerTammy RichardsA sci-fi film about Africa in the future, 35 years after World War III, the water war.
- DirectorJim ChuchuStarsAjuma NasenyanaTom NandiRahel EqubayAjuma - a grieving widow - is desperate to stop her recurring nightmares. In an effort to end them once and for all, she explores a forgotten fairy-tale remedy which leads her to unexpected discoveries.
- DirectorAkosua Adoma OwusuStarsEsosa E.Inspired by Nollywood's distinct re-imagining in the form of sequels, Mahogany Too, interprets the 1975 cult classic, Mahogany, a fashion-infused romantic drama. Starring Nigerian actress Esosa E., Mahogany Too, examines and revives Diana Ross' iconic portrayal of Tracy Chambers, a determined and energetic African-American woman enduring racial disparities while pursuing her dreams. Mahogany Too uses analog film to achieve its vintage tones which emphasizes the essence of the character, recreating Tracy's qualities through fashion, modeling, and styling.
- DirectorBeverly Shaffer
- DirectorFrank PereginiStarsHarry HendersonNorman JohnstoneAnn KennedyAn educated, upscale young black musician marries a woman from a lower socioeconomic class to get her out of the clutches of her stepfather, who beats and abuses her. However, once he "saves" her, he won't let his new wife meet his mother, as he knows she will be angry and disappointed with him for marrying someone "below his station".
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsJohn BelushiDan AykroydCab CallowayJake Blues rejoins with his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsGeorge ClooneyBrad PittJulia RobertsDanny Ocean and his ten accomplices plan to rob three Las Vegas casinos simultaneously.
- DirectorShirley ClarkeEssential, integral experimental work from the late 1950s is an incredible dance of montage and super-imposition starring none other than New York City's various bridges, transforming them into an urban jungle (jazz version) or an alien landscape (electro-acoustic version)
- DirectorMarie MenkenA short experimental film made by New York visual and avant-garde artist Marie Menken.
- DirectorLew LandersStarsBonita GranvilleMorgan ConwayPaula CordayChristine, a lawyer closely working with District Attorney Lester Ashton, quits her job and joins his friend Bill's one-man buffet. Bill is drinking heavily because of his flirtatious wife. Trying to help him they get involved in a murder. Now Christine and Lester must think of a way to have their mutual friend Bill cleared out.
- DirectorAnthony MannStarsRicardo MontalbanGeorge MurphyHoward Da SilvaMexican and American federal agents tackle a vicious gang exploiting illegal farm workers in southern California.
- DirectorKen JacobsA film in four parts. In "In the Room", a man and a woman in outlandish garb are sitting in a claw-foot bathtub smoking, while the man abuses a doll in various ways. In "They Stopped to Think", the filmmaker focuses on a woman trying to position a stool upon which to sit next to a wall. The filmmaker, in voice over, talks about filming the scene, and his current relationship with the people shown in the film, who were his friends at the time of filming and who are now largely out of his life. The scene shifts to a pier where a man and woman are filmed, they playing to the camera. In "It Began to Drizzle", a man and woman are lounging in a street side outdoor patio. They have to decide what to do. The scene then shifts to a man and some children doing chalk drawings on the sidewalk, and how other respond to what they are doing. In "The Spirit of Listlessness (Jack Smith)", a man lounging on an urban rooftop is playing with balloons while he plays to the camera with other items around him.
- DirectorRon RiceStarsJack SmithBeverly GrantMario MontezAn experimental film consisting of images of satin, beads, painted faces, and people dancing.
- DirectorRobert NelsonWilliam T. WileyStarsRobert NelsonWilliam T. WileyA short film in which two men act silly on camera.
- DirectorNicholas MeyerStarsPierce BrosnanSaeed JaffreyShashi KapoorFact-based account of a secret society of murderers, and of the man who exposed them in British India 1825.
- DirectorIldikó EnyediStarsDorota SegdaOleg YankovskiyPaulus MankerTwo twin sisters, who grew up separately, Dóra, a pseudo-aristocrat, and Lili, an anarchist bomber, are reunited through Z, a mysterious traveller of the luxurious Orient-Express.
- DirectorCarl FranklinStarsDenzel WashingtonTom SizemoreJennifer BealsA Black war hero is hired to find a mysterious woman, and gets mixed up in a murderous political scandal in 1948 Los Angeles.
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsBrendan FraserBruce RamsayPeter CoyoteJohnny is a lift boy by day and a cold-hearted hitman for an unhinged gay gangster called Charn by night. He's also in a gay relationship with Paul, a bartender from Charn's gay club. Jealous of Johnny, Charn orders him to kill Paul.
- DirectorJim McBrideStarsEyde ByrdeJames DuMontGiancarlo EspositoIn 1945, African American G.I. is saved from two racist cops by another black soldier. Some years later, the man asks him to return the favor by helping his vamp girlfriend free herself from the manager of the bar where she sings.
- DirectorTim HunterStarsChristopher LloydLaura San GiacomoPeter BergIn 1929, a famed shamus known as the Continental Op is on the trail of a well-known socialite, who ran away with a notorious gangster and is now missing. The case takes the Continental Op to blackmail and murder.
- DirectorRoger MichellStarsHugh GrantJulia RobertsRichard McCabeA set of circumstances makes Anna Scott, a famous actress, fall in love with William Thacker, owner of a bookstore in Notting Hill. But the paparazzi's fascination with her complicates their bond.
- DirectorRadha Krishna JagarlamudiKangana RanautStarsKangana RanautDanny DenzongpaSuresh OberoiStory of Rani Lakshmibai, one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, and her resistance to the British Rule.
- DirectorNeïl BeloufaStarsAnna IvacheffIdir ChenderPaul HamyThe mood is heated. Demonstrations are taking place across France, also in front of the Paris hotel where an Italian named Giorgio is booking the bridal suite for him and his boyfriend Antonio. Hotel manager Diana doesn't trust them and calls the police to get rid of the odd couple.
- DirectorAsif KapadiaStarsJigar BikhabhaSoaib KarimbhaiKokila MahendraA misguided orphan struggles to find a place for himself.
- DirectorNgozi Onwurah
- DirectorNgozi OnwurahStarsBrian BovellSaffron BurrowsMaureen DouglassThe story of a white mother who undergoes a radical mastectomy and her relationship with her black daughter who begins a modeling career.
- DirectorTunde IkoliMaggie PinhornStarsJohn BaptisteLaura BaptisteLawrencia BaptisteDisenfranchised black, white and mixed race youths in East London decide to rob a bank.
- DirectorRichard KwietniowskiStarsQuentin Crisp
- DirectorFlorence Winter HillStarsElla AinsworthTim BeckmannHaydn DavisAfter Martin Stevens is killed in a car accident, he finds himself in a waiting room pending judgement.
- DirectorShira AvniPays homage to two men with Down syndrome who shared an intimate and profoundly loving relationship that deeply affected the filmmaker. Animated with clay back-lit on glass, the film shimmers like stained glass in motion.
- DirectorMaría TrénorDay break in the red-light district of a Spanish town. Someone who earns their living in these parts makes their way home, sits down in front of the mirror and begins to remove their make-up. As they do so, they reflect on the events of the night to the strains of a song from the Middle Ages entitled "¿Con qué la lavaré?", a lament about single women which was once sung in four-part harmony. A celluloid tribute to homosexual artistes of the late 1970s, just after Franco's dictatorship.
- DirectorJennifer Jordan DayA lonely woman finds a magical shop where she can craft an ideal mate.
- DirectorLynne RamsayStarsJoaquin PhoenixJudith RobertsEkaterina SamsonovA traumatized veteran unafraid of violence tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what could be his death trip or his awakening.
- DirectorShakila MaanStarsShekhar BassiGurpreet BhattiShiv Grewal
- DirectorVidhu Vinod ChopraStarsAnil KapoorJackie ShroffManisha KoiralaA young Indian couple, both from wealthy backgrounds, find themselves caught up in the 1940's Indian revolutionary movement against their families whom are under the thumb a sadistic British general.
- DirectorIsaac JulienStarsValentine NonyelaMo SesayDorian HealyTwo disc jockeys have a friend's murder to solve in the fringe-group melting pot of 1977 London.
- DirectorJohn AkomfrahStarsOctavia ButlerGeorge ClintonKodwo EshunFramed by the fictional story of the "data thief," this hybrid documentary takes a look at the origins, impact and significance of Afrofuturism and techno music for the black diaspora.
- DirectorJohn TrengoveStarsThando MhlontloNkosipendule CenganiHlangi VundlaA teenage Xhosa initiate recuperates in a mountain hut after a ritual circumcision. News arrives that his elders won't be coming to care for him, but no reason is given. With nothing but his growing pain and his young brother for company, the initiate's panic turns to desperation.
- DirectorJohn TrengoveStarsJohn Trengove
- DirectorJohn TrengoveStarsNakhaneBongile MantsaiNiza JayXolani, a lonely factory worker, travels to the rural mountains with the men of his community to initiate a group of teenage boys into manhood.
- DirectorLarry JordanAn experimental short film by Larry Jordan in which life after death is explored.
- DirectorStandish LawderStarsLouise P. AdamsJack AlpernPrescott AndersonPeople ascending into darkness.
- DirectorShelly Chopra DharStarsSonam KapoorAnil KapoorRajkummar RaoThe film tells the story of closeted lesbian Sweety Chaudhary and her attempts to come out to her conservative, traditional family.
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsAlbert FinneyBillie WhitelawFrank FinlayInspired by his love for Dashiell Hammett novels, nightclub comedian Eddie Ginley puts an ad in the paper as a private eye. The case he gets turns out to be a strange setup and as he digs to the bottom of it his life starts falling apart.
- DirectorHenry KingStarsGene TierneyJohn HodiakWilliam BendixDuring WWII, U.S. Army Major Joppolo and his troops are tasked with administering the war damaged Italian town of Adano where the locals decry the loss of the town bell.
- DirectorNikos KoundourosStarsDinos IliopoulosMargarita PapageorgiouGiannis ArgyrisA peaceful, frightened little man is mistakenly identified as "the dragon", a notorious criminal at large. He briefly and reluctantly rules the underworld until they realize their mistake.
- DirectorBabis MakridisStarsKostas BerikopoulosKostas FilippoglouNur MohammedAn escape artist trying to escape.
- DirectorBabis MakridisStarsYannis DrakopoulosEvi SaoulidouMakis PapadimitriouThe story of a man who feels happy only when he is unhappy, a man addicted to sadness, who has such need for pity, he's willing to do everything to evoke it from others. This is the life of a man in a world not cruel enough for him.
- DirectorCharles VidorStarsChester MorrisRalph BellamyAnn DvorakGangster Hal Wilson takes psychiatrist Dr. Shelby hostage. While captive, the doctor analyzes Wilson as though he were a patient.
- DirectorGabrielle BradyStarsArthur FloretPoh Lin LeeWhile the yearly crab migration takes place and locals perform rituals for ghosts, a therapist works in Christmas Island's asylum seeker detention center.
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsJung Eun-chaeLee Sun-kyunYoo Joon-sangThe secret relationship between a student and a teacher, will their love last?
- DirectorPreston SturgesStarsJoel McCreaVeronica LakeRobert WarwickHollywood director John L. Sullivan sets out to experience life as a homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie.
- DirectorRay YeungStarsAdrian PangGerald ChewIvan HengMonty, a gay Chinese guy living in London, makes it a habit to date only white boys. When his handsome East Asian neighbor invites him over for dinner, Monty has to decide if he's an Anglophile or simply prejudiced.
- DirectorH. Len KellerIfé has come to San Francisco from Paris. She cruises in a Buick Riviera, sometimes dressing as a woman, sometimes as a man. She describes herself as a woman who adores women, and San Francisco is just the place for Ifé to taste all their flavors and styles. Her secret: don't fall in love. Even so, as she reflects on her year in S.F. and the women she's known there, she thinks of her close call with Anna and she wistfully remembers Whitney.
- DirectorHarjant GillStarsDaniel Phoenix SinghKhusboo DilrubaHarjant GillA conceptual documentary about desire and notions of home & belonging among gay South Asian in diaspora.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsClark GableClaudette ColbertWalter ConnollyA rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.
- DirectorLeo C. PopkinStarsNina Mae McKinneyLaurence CrinerMonte HawleyUndercover anti-gang agent works in a nightclub where a protection racket is headquartered.
- DirectorSamuel FullerStarsVictoria ShawGlenn CorbettJames ShigetaTwo detectives seek a stripper's killer in the Japanese quarter of Los Angeles, but a love triangle threatens their friendship.
- DirectorWilliam NighStarsKane RichmondAudrey LongConrad NagelThe police find the body of hostess Helen Howard (Wanda McKay), disposed of by petty racketeer Nick Mantee (Kane Richmond) after she was shot in his Bluejay night club by Benny Nordick (John Gallaudet) because she knew too much about Mantee's rackets. Police Lieutenant Williams (Conrad Nagel) and police Sergeant Tom Ramey (Ralph Byrd) inform the dead girl's parents and sister Nancy (Audrey Long) of the run-away's death. Nancy, inpatient waiting for the police to get a solid case together, signs with the Mercer Agency operated by Nordick, training girls for an excessive sum which they work off as hostesses at the Bluejay Club. Nancy becomes a hostess at the club and after a party for Latin-American night club owner Barda (Anthony Warde), she uncovers evidence that places Helen at the club. She accuses Nick and Benny of the murder and the two mobsters realize they must do away with her.
- DirectorDamien ChazelleStarsRyan GoslingEmma StoneRosemarie DeWittWhile navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.