King Frederick II (aka “Frederick the Great”) of Prussia is engaged in a major battle against the Austrian army at Kunersdorf, and things aren’t going well. Read More »
Daily Archives: March 4, 2018
Time of Leopards (1985) Zdravko Velimirovic, Armando Loya, Ana Mazue, Santos Mulungo, Action, Drama, War
As children, a Mozambique native and a Portuguese colonialist were friends. Years have passed and Mozambique is fighting for its independence. Two childhood friends meet on opposing sides. Read More »
Nighthawks (1978) Ron Peck, Ken Robertson, Tony Westrope, Rachel Nicholas James, Drama
Jim (Ken Robertson), a London teacher by day who spends his evenings cruising bars and discos Read More »
Hong Kong (1952) Lewis R. Foster, Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, Nigel Bruce, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Thriller, War
Roguish, Indiana Jones-like, fedora and leather jacket-wearing American adventurer and black marketeer Jeff Williams is hired to steal a priceless Read More »
Kitamura Toukoku: Waga fuyu no uta / Tokoku Kitamura. My Winter Song (1977) Seiichiro Yamaguchi, Ranbô Minami, Mari Tanaka, Renji Ishibashi, Mariko Fuji, Drama, Romance
Tokoku Kitamura (1868-1894) is a Romantic poet and an advocate of liberalism in the Meiji era. Read More »
Bitter Sugar (1996) Leon Ichaso, René Lavan, Mayte Vilán, Miguel Gutiérrez, Drama, Romance
Gustavo is a young Havana Communist who believes in the revolution; he hopes for a scholarship to study aeronautical engineering in Prague. Read More »
The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978) Ermanno Olmi, Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi, Omar Brignoli, Drama, History
The life inside a farm in Italy at the beginning of the century. Many poor country families live there, and the owner pays them by their productivity. Read More »
King and Country (1964) Joseph Losey, Dirk Bogarde, Tom Courtenay, Leo McKern, Drama, War
During World War One, the British troops are entrenched at Passchendaele, Belgium. Read More »
Salesman (1969) Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Paul Brennan, Charles McDevitt, James Baker, Documentary, Drama
Filmmakers (and brothers) Albert and David Maysles follow four employees of a company that makes expensive, ornate Read More »
Fearless Frank (1967) Philip Kaufman, Monique van Vooren, Jon Voight, Joan Darling, Fantasy, Comedy
A satirical comedy about an unsophisticated country boy who treks off to Chicago, gets shot by mobsters and awakens to find that he has the powers of Superman. Read More »