Jeff Keenan, insurance investigator, checks out the car-crash death of film star Clark Denver in the south of France. Read More »
Monthly Archives: August 2018
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 »
The Petrified Forest (1936) Archie Mayo, Leslie Howard, Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis
Gabby lives and works at her dads small diner out in the desert. She can’t stand it and wants to go and live with her mother in France. Read More »
Taxi! (1932) Roy Del Ruth, James Cagney, Loretta Young, George E. Stone
Amidst a backdrop of growing violence and intimidation, independent cab drivers struggling against a consolidated juggernaut rally around hot-tempered Matt Nolan. Read More »
Pretty Baby (1950) Bretaigne Windust, Dennis Morgan, Betsy Drake, Zachary Scott
A young working girl, trying to find a way to get a seat on the subway, takes along a baby doll to insure a way. Read More »
International House (1933) A. Edward Sutherland, W.C. Fields, Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Rudy Vallee
Professor Wong has invented a television and invites everyone to see it at China’s International House Hotel. Read More »
Blood Money (1933) Rowland Brown, George Bancroft, Judith Anderson, Frances Dee
Bill Bailey is a Los Angeles bail bondsman who lives in a world of complete, casual corruption, where all he has to do is pick up the phone to get the charges against a client dismissed. Read More »
Germinal (1993) Claude Berri, Renaud, Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou
It’s mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner’s town. They are exploited by the mine’s owner. Read More »
Hello-Goodbye (1970) Jean Negulesco, Ronald Neame, Michael Crawford, Geneviève Gilles, Curd Jürgens
Harry England, a British car salesman on a trip to France meets a Baroness when her Rolls-Royce Breaks down. Read More »
Legend of the Liquid Sword (1993) Jing Wong, Aaron Kwok, Chingmy Yau, Man Cheung
A martial artist is targeted by a fearsome foe who plans to eliminate the greatest fighters in the world. Read More »