Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Dan Hopkins, the man she married and lost. Read More »
Monthly Archives: April 2018
The Gathering Storm (1974) Herbert Wise, Richard Burton, Virginia McKenna, Robert Hardy, Biography, Drama
The story of British prime minister Winston Churchill, focusing on his place in British life just prior to World War II. Read More »
Hell Harbor (1930) Henry King, Lupe Velez, Jean Hersholt, John Holland, Drama, Romance
Anita Morgan, a descendant of the famous pirate Henry Morgan, is living a carefree and careless life on an island in the Carribean Read More »
Walk on the Wild Side (1962) Edward Dmytryk, Laurence Harvey, Capucine, Jane Fonda, Drama, Romance
At the Doll House, a 1930’s New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction both for clients and for Jo, the madame. Read More »
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (1937) Alfred E. Green, Kenny Baker, Frank McHugh, Alice Brady, Comedy, Musical
In the small town of Pewamo, Claude Dodd, an electrician singing baritone in the local Strawberry Festival is heard by the owner of the Morpheus Mattress Company Read More »
The Great Lover (1931) Harry Beaumont, Adolphe Menjou, Irene Dunne, Ernest Torrence, Drama, Romance
Jean Paurel is a womanizing opera star, who agrees to help Diana Page her career in order to take advantage of her. Read More »
The Stewardess (2002) Tak-Sam Leong, Sam Lee, San-san Lee, Yiu-Cheung Lai, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Keung suffers from a recurring nightmare in which a woman in red chases him down a highway and tries to kill him with a plastic toy jet. Read More »
Ginger and Fred (1986) Federico Fellini, Marcello Mastroianni, Giulietta Masina, Franco Fabrizi, Comedy, Drama
Amelia and Pippo are reunited after several decades to perform their old music-hall act (imitating Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers) on a TV variety show. Read More »
My World Dies Screaming (1958) Harold Daniels, Gerald Mohr, Cathy O’Donnell, William Ching, Horror, Mystery, Romance
American-born Sheila Wayne has lived in Switzerland since childhood. Read More »
Fighting Caravans (1931) Otto Brower, David Burton, Gary Cooper, Lili Damita, Ernest Torrence, Romance, Western
A young frontier scout helps guide a freight wagon train across the country, fighting off Indians and evil traders, while his two crusty companions try and save him from falling in love. Read More »
Eccentricities of a Blonde-haired Girl (2009) Manoel de Oliveira, Ricardo Trêpa, Catarina Wallenstein, Diogo Dória, Drama, Romance
On a train to the Algarve, Macário tells his story to a sympathetic woman he’s just met. Read More »
Dixiana (1930) Luther Reed, Bebe Daniels, Everett Marshall, Bert Wheeler, Comedy, Musical, Romance
The film tells the story of a circus performer who falls in love with the son of a plantation owner in antebellum New Orleans. Read More »
Daughter of Deceit (1951) Luis Buñuel, Fernando Soler, Alicia Caro, Fernando Soto, Comedy, Drama
After discovering he’s being cheated on by his wife María, Quintin kicks her out of the house. Read More »
How Strange to Be Named Federico (2013) Ettore Scola, Tommaso Lazotti, Maurizio De Santis, Giacomo Lazotti, Biography
An exciting and visionary portrait of the master filmmaker Federico Fellini, based on the memories and the feelings of his great friend director Ettore Scola. Read More »
Big Trouble (1986) John Cassavetes, Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Beverly D’Angelo, Comedy
Leonard Hoffman is an insurance salesman struggling to make ends meet. The fact that he has triplet sons who all want to go to Yale isn’t making things any easier. Read More »