A medical student–broke, hungry and desperate for money–is hired to murder a loan shark. After the killing he is tormented by guilt over what he’s done. Read More »
Monthly Archives: September 2017
La fille inconnue / The Unknown Girl (2016) Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Adèle Haenel, Olivier Bonnaud, Jérémie Renier, Crime, Drama, Mystery
The efficient Dr. Jenny Davin works hard and has been chosen to replace Dr. Habran, who has just retired, at the Kennedy Hospital. Read More »
Anche per Django le carogne hanno un prezzo / Djangos Cut Price Corpses (1971) Luigi Batzella, Jeff Cameron, John Desmont, Esmeralda Barros, Action, Romance, Western
Django’s fiancee was abducted. So he must rescue her but that’s not very easy. The problem is that the kidnappers are the Cortez brothers and their gang. Read More »
Bill il taciturno / Django Kills Silently (1967) Massimo Pupillo, George Eastman, Liana Orfei, Luciano Rossi, Romance, Western
Django arrives in the town of Santa Anna at the behest of a man named Sanders who’d been trying to buy safe passage for his cargo from a Mexican bandit named El Santo. Read More »
Hakujitsumu / Daydream (1964) Tetsuji Takechi, Kanako Michi, Akira Ishihama, Chôjûrô Hanakawa, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
While under sedation in a dentist’s office, a young art student has sex fantasies about naked women, vampires and a beautiful patient he saw in the office. Read More »
Joan of Arc (1948) Victor Fleming, Ingrid Bergman, José Ferrer, Francis L. Sullivan, Biography, Drama, History, War
During the Hundred Years’ War, peasant girl Joan of Arc (Ingrid Bergman) hears voices instructing her to save France from the English. Read More »
Al-massir / Destiny (1997) Youssef Chahine, Nour El-Sherif, Hani Salama, Laila Eloui, Comedy, Drama, History, Musical, Romance
The story is set in the 12th century in Arab-ruled Spanish province Andalusia, where famed philosopher Averroes is appointed grand judge by the caliph and his liberal court judgements are not liked by everyone. Read More »
Nashville Girl (1976) Gus Trikonis, Monica Gayle, Glenn Corbett, Roger Davis, Drama, Music, Romance
A Kentucky-born maiden realizes her dream of becoming a country music star. Read More »
Kurobe no taiyo / The Sands of Kurobe (1968) Kei Kumai, Toshirô Mifune, Yûjirô Ishihara, Osamu Takizawa, Drama
Kitagawa is an engineer charged with construction of a gigantic tunnel through the Japan Alps for the transportation of equipment in the building of the massive Kurobe Dam. Read More »
The Magic Toyshop (1987) David Wheatley, Caroline Milmoe, Tom Bell, Kilian McKenna, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
After her parents are killed, a young girl is sent to London to live with her uncle and his family. Read More »
L’Effrontée / An Impudent Girl (1985) Claude Miller, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Clothilde Baudon, Julie Glenn, Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
The dreams and naivete of Charlotte, a young, working-class girl (Charlotte Gainsbourg in an award-winning performance) clash with reality as she meets the young pianist she admires (Clothilde Baudon), and a younger pest she would like to shed (Julie Glenn). Read More »
Lalka / The Doll (1968) Wojciech Has, Mariusz Dmochowski, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Tadeusz Fijewski, Drama, Romance
Set in the 19th century Warsaw. The indolence of aristocrats who, secure with their pensions, are too lazy to undertake new business risks, frustrates Wokulski. Read More »
Taiyo to bara / The Rose on His Arm (1956) Keisuke Kinoshita, Akira Ishihama, Katsuo Nakamura, Sadako Sawamura, Drama
Ignoring the protests of his working-class mother, a young man becomes wrapped up in the world of delinquents and yakuza. Read More »
City Beneath the Sea (1953) Budd Boetticher, Robert Ryan, Mala Powers, Anthony Quinn, Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Divers Brad and Tony arrive in Jamaica to attempt salvage of the “Lady Luck,” sunk with all hands and a million in gold. Read More »
Career Woman (1936) Lewis Seiler, Claire Trevor, Michael Whalen, Isabel Jewell, Drama
A girl accused of killing her father is defended unsuccessfully by a flashy lawyer and successfully by a new, straightforward one. Read More »