Jaroslav Hasek's Exemplary Cinematograph

Soft-Boiled Boots

October 1978 •Russian

The film is based on the stories Anton Chekhov. It is a tribute to the actor Boris Andreyev. He plays a major role that keeps up for the duration of the film. Lively and intelligent Valery Spout largely mitigates underline the drama of the protagonist, while Michael Sveta's role, though small, is bright and memorable.

Dear Diary

November 1993 •Italian

Nanni Moretti recalls in his diary three slice of life stories characterized by a sharply ironic look: in the first one he wanders through a deserted Rome, in the second he visits a reclusive friend on an island, and in the last he has to grapple with an unknown illness.

Come Along with Me

February 1982 •English

Newly-widowed Mabel Lederer, who has psychic and mediumistic abilities, sells her house and belongings, changes her name, and moves to a new town. There she rents a room in a boarding house and holds a seance with the other tenants, with comical results.

Freaky Tales

April 2025 •English

In 1987 Oakland, a mysterious force guides The Town's underdogs in four interconnected tales: teen punks defend their turf against Nazi skinheads, a rap duo battles for hip-hop immortality, a weary henchman gets a shot at redemption, and an NBA All-Star settles the score.

Nevera

January 1984 •Slovak

Intimity

October 2014 •Czech

Calling Nurse Meow

October 2022 •English

A horror anthology film starring the U.K.'s own Tromette, Kitty Kiss, more commonly known as Nurse Meow.

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

May 1990 •English

A young boy tells three stories of horror to distract a witch who plans to eat him.

Smoke Signals

June 1998 •English

Young Native American man Thomas is a nerd in his reservation, wearing oversize glasses and telling everyone stories no-one wants to hear. His parents died in a fire in 1976, and Thomas was saved by Arnold. Arnold soon left his family, and Victor hasn't seen his father for 10 years. When Victor hears Arnold has died, Thomas offers him funding for the trip to get Arnold's remains.

Ghosts vs. Aliens 03

June 2007 •Japanese

A two-part feature directed separately by Shimizu and his colleague Keisuke Toyoshima. Unrelated to each other, both have a common goal: to bring ghosts and aliens together in pure, referential and absurdistic delirium, including neo-Nazi specters, zombie yakuzas and nasty aliens.

Deštník

December 1967 •Czech

Veľké preteky

January 1982 •Slovak

Vlci

January 1982 •Slovak

Živý sen

January 1982 •Slovak

Exekuce

September 1971 •Czech

Prodaná babička

July 1978 •Czech

The Cosmos on the Commode

December 2008 •Italian

Four comedic episodes framed within the story of a tyrannical Zen master and his two hapless disciples.

O. Henry's Full House

August 1952 •English

Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. He can't even accost a woman; she turns out to be a streetwalker. The other stories are "The Clarion Call", "The Last Leaf", "The Ransom of Red Chief", and "The Gift of the Magi".

01:00 A.M.

June 1995 •

A film that foretells three modern-day ghost stories, set in the City of Hong Kong. The first segment deals with a popular singer that mysteriously falls into a deep coma, and the public is unaware that his spirit is detained by the ghost of an obsessed fan of his. His plea for help is only recognized by his nurse. In the second segment, four college girls are assigned an unusual project, and their selected-topic is to "interview" the ghost of the "Braided Woman." When they encounter the streets where the ghost was claimed to roam, they find themselves in a mist of terror. In the third segment, two night-duty police officers stumble upon a mysterious crisis when their speed-tracking camera detects a image of an old woman. After the woman's first sighting, the officers encounter her in every place they go, and their only solution is to find out what she wants.

Junior Lieutenant

January 1996 •Azerbaijani

The moral suffering of the lieutenant who unknowingly sneezes on the head of the general.