At the end of the 19th century, in a little Italian village by a lake an old statue is recovered. Read More »
Daily Archives: August 24, 2018
The Matinee Idol (1928) Frank Capra, Bessie Love, Johnnie Walker, Ernest Hilliard
The famous matinee idol and blackface comedian, Don Wilson, heads out of town to escape adulation. Read More »
Orgy of the Dead (1965) Stephen C. Apostolof, Criswell, Fawn Silver, Pat Barrington
John and his girlfriend Shirley go in search of a cemetary in order to inspire John for writing his next horror story. Read More »
Submarine (1928) Frank Capra, Irvin Willat, Jack Holt, Dorothy Revier, Ralph Graves
Two sailors who are always competing against each other set their sights on the same girl. Read More »
The Gun Hawk (1963) Edward Ludwig, Rory Calhoun, Rod Cameron, Ruta Lee
Gunslinger Rory Calhoun dispenses his own brand of justice in this action-packed Western adventure costarring Rod Cameron and Ruta Lee. Read More »
Shanghai Dreams (2005) Xiaoshuai Wang, Yuanyuan Gao, Bin Li, Hao Qin
In the 1980s, encouraged by the government, a large number of families leave Chinese cities to settle in the poorer regions of the country, in order to develop local industry. Read More »
Stormy Waters (1941) Jean Grémillon, Jean Gabin, Madeleine Renaud, Michèle Morgan
Andre Laurent, the captain of a tugboat, married Yvonne ten years ago. She has a heart disease but does not want to tell him. Read More »
The well-diggers daughter (1940) Marcel Pagnol, Raimu, Fernandel, Josette Day
Rural well-digger Pascal has a pretty 18-year-old daughter Patricia who grew up in Paris; he dreams of her marrying his middle-aged partner Felipe. Read More »
Escapement (1958) Montgomery Tully, David Paltenghi, Rod Cameron, Mary Murphy, Meredith Edwards
Jeff Keenan, insurance investigator, checks out the car-crash death of film star Clark Denver in the south of France. Read More »
Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly (2008) Edwin, Joko Anwar, Clarine Baharrizki, Ladya Cheryl
In “The Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly” you will find stories about disoriented identity, not knowing who you are, anxiety, uncertainty, the experience of being lost, told with a sense of humor. Read More »
Rise and Fall of Yakuza (1970) Yasuo Furuhata, Kôji Tsuruta, Kyôsuke Machida, Makoto Satô
A reformed gangster helps a former yakuza member. Read More »
Alley Cat (2000) Kon Ichikawa, Kôji Yakusho, Yûko Asano, Tsurutarô Kataoka
Samurai Koheita Mochizuki, who goes by the nickname Dora-Heita, meaning “alley cat” or “playboy” Read More »
PT 109 (1963) Leslie H. Martinson, Cliff Robertson, Robert Culp, Ty Hardin
Dramatization of President John F. Kennedy’s wartime experiences during which he captained a PT boat, took it to battle and had it sunk by a Japanese destroyer. Read More »
Flame of the Islands (1956) Edward Ludwig, Yvonne De Carlo, Howard Duff, Zachary Scott
The story of a café singer who buys a gambling casino, and the men who fall in love with her. Read More »
Submarine Command (1951) John Farrow, William Holden, Nancy Olson, William Bendix
Submarine commander Ken White is forced to suddenly submerge, leaving his captain and another crew member to die outside the sub during WW II. Read More »