The bar in an old Pennsylvania steel town, housed with many of life’s losers and disillusioned men, is the main setting for this slice-of-life film. Read More »
Daily Archives: December 27, 2017
Four Jills in a Jeep (1944) William A. Seiter, Kay Francis, Carole Landis, Martha Raye, Music, Romance, War
Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas Read More »
Cantando dietro i paraventi / Singing Behind Screens (2003) Ermanno Olmi, Bud Spencer, Jun Ichikawa, Sally Ming Zeo Ni, Drama, History, Music, War
A young Western student, of unusual candor, due to a misunderstanding of address, is led to a theater-brothel for customers inclined to strong and transgressive emotions. Read More »
Le fate ignoranti / The Ignorant Fairies (2001) Ferzan Ozpetek, Margherita Buy, Stefano Accorsi, Serra Yilmaz, Drama, Romance
AIDS doctor Antonia’s husband is killed by a car. She gets depressed until she learns he had been cheating on her with a man. Read More »
Afriques: Comment ça va avec la douleur? / Africa, How Are You with Pain? (1996) Raymond Depardon, Documentary
Only a microphone on his camera, Raymond Depardon has surveyed Africa from July 1993 to February 1996. Read More »
I recuperanti / The Scavengers (1970) Ermanno Olmi, Antonio Lunardi, Andreino Carli, Oreste Costa, Drama
After World War II an Italian soldier returns to his hometown near the Alps and, unable to find a job Read More »
La cuccagna (1962) Luciano Salce, Donatella Turri, Luigi Tenco, Umberto D’Orsi, Comedy, Drama
Rossella (Donatella Turri), a beautiful young girl that lives in a family of popular class, looks for a job every day but soon discovers that the “greasy pole” Read More »
California Split (1974) Robert Altman, George Segal, Elliott Gould, Ann Prentiss, Comedy, Drama
A down on his luck gambler links up with free spirit Elliot Gould at first to have some fun on, but then gets into debt when Gould takes an unscheduled trip to Tijuana. Read More »
Blood Salvage (1990) Tucker Johnston, Danny Nelson, Lori Birdsong, Christian Hesler, Comedy, Horror
Twisted tale about a crazy, preaching redneck named Jake who kidnaps people off the highway and performs sick medical experiments on them. Read More »
Vargtimmen / Hour of the Wolf (1968) Ingmar Bergman, Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Gertrud Fridh, Drama, Horror
An artist in crisis is haunted by nightmares from the past in Ingmar Bergman’s only horror film, which takes place on a windy island. Read More »
Face to Face (1952) John Brahm, Bretaigne Windust, James Mason, Gene Lockhart, Michael Pate, Western, Drama
Two stories. In the first, a sea captain has to conceal a man’s presence aboard ship from his crew. Read More »