A director with a very distinctive style, Jovan Jovanovic has filmed in 1971 one of the most significant works in the history of contemporary Serbian film. Read More »
Monthly Archives: July 2018
The Mark of Zorro (1940) Rouben Mamoulian, Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone
Tired of Governor Quintero’s (J. Edward Bromberg) exploitation of poor Californians, Don Diego (Tyrone Power) decides to fight back and assumes the identity of Zorro. Read More »
Star! (1968) Robert Wise, Julie Andrews, Richard Crenna, Michael Craig
Film based on life of actress Gertrude Lawrence, on- and offstage, takes the opportunity to feature extravagant musical production numbers with ‘Julie Andrews’, acting, singing and dancing. Read More »
Arizona Dream (1993) Emir Kusturica, Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis, Faye Dunaway
An Innuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Read More »
Pin Up Girl (1944) H. Bruce Humberstone, Betty Grable, John Harvey, Martha Raye
Glamorous Lorry Jones, the toast of a Missouri military canteen, has become “engaged” to almost every serviceman she’s signed her pin-up photo for. Read More »
Fresh Kill (1988) Joseph Merhi, Pamela Dixon, Jody Jaress, Flint Keller
Leona and Allen unintentionally kill two offenders who have in their wake a lot of “friends”. Read More »
Young Cassidy (1965) Jack Cardiff, John Ford, Rod Taylor, Julie Christie, Maggie Smith
In Dublin 1910, Johnny Cassidy, an impoverished idealist’s ambitions are restricted by the demands of looking after his family Read More »
Sunny (1930) William A. Seiter, Marilyn Miller, Lawrence Gray, Joe Donahue
To be near the fella she loves, an English bareback rider dons dungarees and cap to pass as a boy stows away to America Read More »
Epitaph (1987) Joseph Merhi, Natasha Pavlovich, Delores Nascar, Jimmy Williams
A family must keep moving from town to town because the mother is a psychotic axe murderer who keeps flipping out and murdering people. Read More »
The Big Punch (1948) Sherry Shourds, Wayne Morris, Lois Maxwell, Gordon MacRae
A boxer turned minister offers shelter to a tank fighter framed for killing a policeman. Read More »
Paid to Love (1927) Howard Hawks, George O’Brien, Virginia Valli, J. Farrell MacDonald
An American banker goes to a small Balkan country looking to invest his bank’s money and shore up the country’s weak economy in order to maximize the return on their investment. Read More »
Travis McGee (1983) Andrew V. McLaglen, Sam Elliott, Gene Evans, Barry Corbin
Travis McGee is a world-weary private investigator trying to help boat skipper friend Van Harder salvage his reputation Read More »
Fig Leaves (1926) Howard Hawks, George O’Brien, Olive Borden, Phyllis Haver
In the modern day (1920s) story, Adam, a plumber, is happily married to Eve, a wardrobe-obsessed housewife, until she accidentally meets a supercilious fashion designer. Read More »
Buried Alive II (1997) Tim Matheson, Ally Sheedy, Stephen Caffrey, Tracey Needham
Clint Goodman, the man whose wife and lover tried to get rid of him by giving him a toxin that made him appear to be dead but wasn’t. Read More »
Cheaper by the Dozen (1950) Walter Lang, Clifton Webb, Myrna Loy, Jeanne Crain
“Cheaper By the Dozen”, based on the real-life story of the Gilbreth family, follows them from Providence, Rhode Island to Montclair, New Jersey Read More »