Preface to a History
Oct 03, 2024 | IMDB 0
60 min Watch NowDrama
A couple, Vlad and Sophy, navigate their relationship as well as their own struggles with mental health in the context of a highly connected, politically uncertain modern world while on a trip to a remote Canadian island in this avant-garde feature film. PREFACE TO A HISTORY, created with a tiny crew of four people, represents an experiment in using minimalist tools to create an overwhelming aesthetic experience in service of a simple, but specifically contemporary, story about two people attempting to navigate a fraying relationship amid all the anxieties and external pressures of modern adulthood in a technologically-interconnected and politically unstable era.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Blow-Up
La Dolce Vita
Ray
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
On the Edge
(NULL)
I Want You
Totally F***ed Up
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
My Prostitute Love
The Hurricane
The Fire Within
Topos
Where the Tracks End
The Secret Life of Bees
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
The Illiac Passion
Ploy
The Secret of Roan Inish
Closed Vagina
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Blow-Up
IMDB 7.3 | Dec , 1966
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IMDB 8.1 | Feb , 1960
Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.Ray
IMDB 7.4 | Oct , 2004
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
IMDB 7.3 | May , 2005
After suffering terrible headaches and stomach cramps, Mr. Lăzărescu, a lonely 63 year-old man, calls for an ambulance, beginning one man’s hellish journey through Bucharest hospitals in search of proper medical care. As the night unfolds, his health starts to deteriorate fast.On the Edge
IMDB 5.8 | Dec , 1949
In this fragile yet frightening poetic fantasy set against a dark industrial landscape, a woman sits knitting on the porch of her home when a man appears and takes the knitting from her.(NULL)
IMDB 8.1 | Jan , 2013
An unknown girl breaks out of her daily grind by undergoing an intense audio-visual trip.I Want You
IMDB 5.7 | Feb , 1998
A young boy and his sister are drawn into one man's obsessive pursuit of his former lover.Totally F***ed Up
IMDB 6.6 | Aug , 1994
Gay, alienated Los Angeles teens have a hard time as their parents kick them out of their homes, they don’t have money, their lovers cheat, and they are harassed by gay-bashers.How Stella Got Her Groove Back
IMDB 5.8 | Aug , 1998
Through good times and bad, Stella and Delilah have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy building a life that she's forgotten how to really live. But Delilah is about to change all that. What starts as a quick trip to Jamaica, ends as an exhilarating voyage of self discovery as Stella learns to open her heart and find love – even if it's with a man 20 years her junior.My Prostitute Love
IMDB 7.6 | May , 1968
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IMDB 7.4 | Sep , 1999
The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.The Fire Within
IMDB 7.6 | Oct , 1963
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IMDB 6.5 | Oct , 1985
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IMDB 8.1 | May , 2023
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IMDB 7.5 | Sep , 2008
Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's past.Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
IMDB 6.5 | Feb , 2006
An unknown future. A boy confesses to the murder of another in an all-boy juvenile detention facility. More an exercise in style than storytelling, the story follows two detectives trying to uncover the case. Homosexual tension and explosive violence drives the story which delivers some weird and fascinating visuals.The Illiac Passion
IMDB 4.2 | Dec , 1967
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IMDB 6.1 | May , 2007
A husband and wife are locked inside a single hotel room with a stranger named Ploy. Subtle suspicions build up to jealousy as the young woman triggers devastating consequences for the couple.The Secret of Roan Inish
IMDB 6.7 | May , 1994
Ten-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie – a seal who can turn into a human. Years earlier, her baby brother was washed out to sea and never seen again, so when Fiona spies a naked little boy on the abandoned Isle of Roan Inish, she is compelled to investigate.Closed Vagina
IMDB 9 | Nov , 1963
Adachi's follow-up to Bowl using the figure of a woman suffering from an unusual sexual aliment has often been taken as a controversial allegory for the political stalemate of the Leftist student movement after their impressive wave of massive fiery protests failed to defeat the neo-imperialist Japan-US Security Treaty. The ritualistic solemnity of the charged sexual scenes contribute to the oneiric qualities of Closed Vagina which Adachi would later insist was an open work, not meant to deliver any kind of deliberate political message. - Harvard Film Archive