A short musical featurette set in a nightclub combining variety acts Read More »
Is Paris Burning? AKA Paris brûle-t-il? (1966) René Clément, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Boyer, Leslie Caron
In this sprawling, star-laden film, we see the struggles of various French resistance factions Read More »
The Little Blonde Dead AKA De kleine blonde dood (1993) Jean van de Velde, Antonie Kamerling, Olivier Tuinier, Loes Wouterson
Poet Valentijn comes in contact with his former teacher Mieke. After a brief relationship Valentijn leaves her. Read More »
Leak AKA Lek (2000) Jean van de Velde, Cas Jansen, Ricky Koole, Thomas Acda
Based on a book about an infamous real scandal in the Dutch crime scene Read More »
Bashu, the Little Stranger AKA Bashu, gharibeye koochak (1989) Bahram Beizai, Susan Taslimi, Parviz Poorhosseini, Adnan Afravian
During the Iran-Iraq War, Bashu, a young boy loses his house and all his family. Read More »
Tom, Dick and Harry (1941) Garson Kanin, Ginger Rogers, George Murphy, Alan Marshal
Working girl/telephone operator Janie is engaged to conservative, dull, but very reliable car salesman Tom Read More »
Montecarlo (1956) Samuel A. Taylor, Marlene Dietrich, Vittorio De Sica, Arthur O’Connell
A gambler very much in debt, sets his cap for a beautiful woman, not knowing that she is also penniless. Read More »
The Girl on the Boat (1962) Henry Kaplan, Norman Wisdom, Millicent Martin, Richard Briers
The zany Wisdom, put in charge of his aunt’s cottage during an English summer in the roaring twenties Read More »
Hoodlum Empire (1952) Joseph Kane, Brian Donlevy, Claire Trevor, Forrest Tucker
A former gangster who joined the army during World War II and became a hero is now leading a respectable life, out of the rackets. Read More »
The Stone Cross AKA Kaminnyy khrest (1968) Leonid Osyka, Boryslav Brondukov, Daniil Ilchenko, Yekaterina Mateyk
The Stone Cross (Kaminnyy khrest, 1968), based on two short stories (“The Stone Cross” and “The Thief,” both published in 1900) by Galician novelist Vasyl’ Stefanyk. Read More »
The Rising of the Moon (1957) John Ford, Tyrone Power, Noel Purcell, Cyril Cusack
Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories. Read More »
Paradise Alley (1962) Hugo Haas, Don Sullivan, Carol Morris
As studio financing dwindled away for Hugo Haas, his last film as a writer-director-producer has certain autobiographical elements Read More »
Shadow Kill AKA Nizhalkkuthu (2002) Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Sukumari, Reeja
Kaliyappan, the last hangman of Travancore dynasty is dragging his remaining life by consuming alcohol and worshipping the Mother Goddess. Read More »
Strange Gardens AKA Effroyables Jardins (2003) Jean Becker, Jacques Villeret, André Dussollier, Thierry Lhermitte
France under occupation by the Germans during WW2: Two men inspired by a free France radio broadcast perpetrate Read More »
Outside Out (2000) Mike Gordon, Bruce Hampton, Ashley Scott Shamp
About a possibly living / possibly dead Bruce Hampton teaches guitar lessons to a young man consumed by the daunting task of leaving high school and facing adulthood. Read More »