TagYury Bykov

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My 2015 or 24 films by 24fpsverite

The official selection of the 24 films that marked the cinematic year of 2015.

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A Quintet – Friend Request – Sarajevo 20

Friend Request is trying to deal in the most detached way with the unsolved and crucial problems that the Middle East faces.

El Sicario, Room 164 (2010)

Τhe controversial documentary by Gianfranco Rosi. A retired sicario is narrating his experiences working for the Mexican drug cartels.

Konec Agenta W4C (The End of Agent W4C, 1967)

Václav Vorlíček created the first Czechoslovak absurd bond-esque espionage parody that still holds its cult status.

Sobytie (The Event) – Tallinn 19 Docs

Sergei Loznitsa investigates the events that took place in Leningrad, after a failed coup d’état and marked Soviet Union's end, by creating a grainy prequel of his previous doc, Maidan.

Un Lac (A Lake, 2008)

An excellent example of experimental cinema that touches the verges of lyrical poetic naturalism by Philippe Grandrieux.

TagYury Bykov

My 2015 or 24 films by 24fpsverite

A Quintet – Friend Request – Sarajevo 20

El Sicario, Room 164 (2010)

Konec Agenta W4C (The End of Agent W4C, 1967)

Sobytie (The Event) – Tallinn 19 Docs

Un Lac (A Lake, 2008)

Je vais au cinéma…

La Haine vs. Scarface

Francesco Rosi: The cinema of emotions

Leos Carax and his island

The Meaning of Cinema by Andrei Tarkovsky