Audition (1973)
Zwartjes made many films without dialogue or sound. The music can however be very important. Zwartjes composes it himself, sometimes together with his brother Rudolf and Lodewijk de Boer. Audition is a fine example of a Zwartjes film with an important soundtrack. It is a visual improvisation of cinematography and acting. There is hardly a ‘story line’. A man and a woman watch another woman singing, predominantly in exciting black and white images.
Cry Macho (2021)
Mike Milo, a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder, takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man’s young son home from Mexico.
Stuck in Love (2013)
An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.
Nocturnal Animals (2016)
Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is…
Mean Machine (2001)
Disgraced ex-England football captain, Danny ‘Mean Machine’ Meehan, is thrown in jail for assaulting two police officers. He keeps his head down and has the opportunity to forget everything and…
The Hireling (1973)
Based on the novel by L. P. Hartley, The Hireling is a dissection of antiquated but hardly dormant British class distinctions as a lonely socialite and her chauffeur become more…
Endings, Beginnings (2020)
An artist dumps her longtime boyfriend, but her attempt to take a break from dating ends when she quickly finds herself in two passionate romances.
The Son (2022)
A successful lawyer, with a new wife and infant, agrees to care for his teenage son from a previous marriage after his ex-wife becomes concerned about the boy’s wayward behavior.