Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis came into power, until 1945 when the Third Reich collapsed. Read More »
Monthly Archives: May 2018
Vitaphone Cavalcade of Musical Comedy – Disc Six (1935-38) Vitaphone in TECHNICOLOR!, Comedy, Musical, Short
In 1926, Warner Bros.’ Vitaphone branch made movie history with its “sound-on-disc” recording process, and the studio-within-a-studio would go on to make a variety of short subjects Read More »
Spotlight on a Murderer (1961) Georges Franju, Pierre Brasseur, Pascale Audret, Marianne Koch, Drama, Mystery
When he sees his days are old count Hervé p Kéraudren decides to hide in a secret alcove and to perish there, simply to frighten his heirs. Read More »
Susan and God (1940) George Cukor, Joan Crawford, Fredric March, Ruth Hussey, Drama, Comedy
Susan Trexel is a rich socialite, who while vacationing in Europe experiences a spiritual transformation. Read More »
N. Took the Dice (1971) Alain Robbe-Grillet, Catherine Jourdan, Pierre Zimmer, Richard Leduc, Lorraine Rainer, Drama, Horror
A reshuffling of Grillet’s Eden and afterwards, the name an anagram of the film Read More »
Chikamatsus Love in Osaka (1959) Tomu Uchida, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Ineko Arima, Kinuyo Tanaka, Drama, Romance
The adopted son of an Osaka courier falls in love with a prostitute and, finding that she’s going to be bought by a customer, steals money from his employer to redeem her. Read More »
Whispering Footsteps (1943) Howard Bretherton, John Hubbard, Rita Quigley, Joan Blair, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
A bank clerk in a small town returns home from a vacation in Indianapolis, and hears a story on the radio about a girl found murdered there. Read More »
The Most Dangerous Game (1932) Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Following their luxury cabin cruiser crashes onto a sea, Bob Rainsford finds himself washed ashore on a remote island. Read More »
The Wrong Man (1956) Alfred Hitchcock, Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Christopher Emmanuel Balestrero – Manny to his friends – is a string bassist, a devoted husband and father, and a practicing Catholic. Read More »
The Pied Piper (1942) Irving Pichel, Monty Woolley, Roddy McDowall, Anne Baxter, Drama
Englishman Mr Howard is on a fishing vacation in southern France when the Germans invade in 1940. Read More »
Arsène Lupin Returns (1938) George Fitzmaurice, Melvyn Douglas, Virginia Bruce, Warren William, Mystery, Crime
A girl and a man Trying to find a lady’s affection: the customary love trio? Read More »
Indiscreet (1958) Stanley Donen, Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Cecil Parker, Comedy, Romance
Anna Kalman is a London based performer. She’s been not able to find love in her life. Read More »
She (1935) Lansing C. Holden, Irving Pichel, Helen Gahagan, Randolph Scott, Helen Mack, Adventure, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Leo Vincey, told by his dying uncle of a missing property visited 500 decades back by his own ancestor Read More »
Love and Death on the Edge of a Razor (1973) Giuseppe Pellegrini, Peter Lee Lawrence, Erika Blanc, Ivana Novak, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Stefano, the son of a wealthy businessman, meets a gorgeous woman called Lidia while accompanying his father to a meeting using a cardinal. Read More »
Empire State Building Murders (2008) William Karel, Ben Gazzara, Mickey Rooney, Kirk Douglas, Crime, Drama, Documentary
A tribute and doc-crime-drama celebrating American film noir and the icons of the Hollywood gold age. Read More »