Conrad Nagel, representing the Hollywood movie community, and Jack Benny, representing the Broadway stage community, act as the interlocutors of a musical comedy revue. Read More »
Daily Archives: May 8, 2017
Mollenard / Hatred (1938) Robert Siodmak, Harry Baur, Albert Préjean, Gabrielle Dorziat, Drama
Captain Justin Mollenard works for a company that sells armaments to the Far East. Read More »
The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper, Preston Foster, Basil Rathbone, Alan Hale, Adventure, Drama
Peaceloving blacksmith Marcus refuses lucrative offers to fight in the arena…until his wife dies for lack of medical care. Read More »
Prawdziwy koniec wielkiej wojny / Real End of the Great War (1957) Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Lucyna Winnicka, Roland Glowacki, Andrzej Szalawski, Drama
Sweethearts Juliusz (Roland Glowacki) and Roza (Lucyna Winnicka) meet just prior to the global conflict, fall deeply in love, and get married. Read More »
Bride for Sale (1949) William D. Russell, Claudette Colbert, Robert Young, George Brent, Comedy
Nora Shelley is a tax expert for the accounting company which is led by Paul Martin. Read More »
Her Cardboard Lover (1942) George Cukor, Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, George Sanders, Comedy, Romance
A wealthy woman, trying to discourage a former boyfriend from pursuing her, hires a young songwriter who needs money to pay off his gambling debts to pretend to be her boyfriend. Read More »
Felice… Felice… (1998) Peter Delpeut, Johan Leysen, Toshie Ogura, Rina Yasami, Drama
Said to be inspired by British photographer Felice Beato, who for a time lived in 19th century feudal Japan and married a geisha named O-kiku. Read More »
Bittere Ernte / Angry Harvest (1985) Agnieszka Holland, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Elisabeth Trissenaar, Wojciech Pszoniak, Drama, Romance, War
In the winter of 1942-43, a Jewish family leaps from a train going through Silesia. Read More »
Out Cold (1989) Malcolm Mowbray, John Lithgow, Teri Garr, Laura Alcalde, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Sunny is married to the butcher Ernie; their marriage is about to end as both of them have affairs. Read More »
Tmavomodrý svet / Dark Blue World (2001) Jan Sverák, Ondrej Vetchý, Krystof Hádek, Tara Fitzgerald, War, Drama, Action
March 15, 1939: Germany invades Czechoslovakia. Czech and Slovak pilots flee to England, joining the RAF. Read More »
The Happy Thieves (1961) George Marshall, Rita Hayworth, Rex Harrison, Joseph Wiseman, Comedy, Drama, Crime
Gentleman thief Jim Bourne steals a Velázquez painting, “Venus With a Mirror,” from the Spanish castle of the Duchess Blanca. Read More »
O Drakos / The Ogre of Athens (1956) Nikos Koundouros, Dinos Iliopoulos, Margarita Papageorgiou, Giannis Argyris, Crime, Drama
The film “O Drakos” is about a mousy, timid, bespectacled guy in Athens who sees a newspaper photo of a fugitive criminal mastermind called “The Fiend”. Read More »
Ilektra / Electra (1962) Mihalis Kakogiannis, Irene Papas, Giannis Fertis, Aleka Katselli, Drama
A powerful rendering of the tragedy of Elektra by Euripides, second in a trilogy. The film begins with a summary treatment without dialogue of the action of the preceding play Read More »
Banat (Il Viaggio) / The Journey (2015) Adriano Valerio, Edoardo Gabbriellini, Elena Radonicich, Stefan Velniciuc, Drama
Bari, a city caught in the relentless economic crisis. Ivo is an agronomist, but the lack of opportunities pushes him to accept a job in the fertile region of Banat in Romania. Read More »
The Common Law (1931) Paul L. Stein, Constance Bennett, Joel McCrea, Lew Cody, Romance, Drama
Joel McCrea as John Neville, a supposedly impoverished American in Paris trying to etch out a living as an artist. Read More »