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Monthly Archives: December 2018
Colt in the Hand of the Devil (1973) Gianfranco Baldanello, Robert Woods, William Berger, George Wang
When a cowboy is released from prison he fulfils a promise to visit a town run by a gang of ruthless gunmen. Read More »
Four Sons (1940) Archie Mayo, Don Ameche, Eugenie Leontovich, Mary Beth Hughes
When the Germans invade Czechoslovakia the four sons of a Czecho-German family Read More »
One Wonderful Sunday (1947) Akira Kurosawa, Isao Numasaki, Chieko Nakakita, Atsushi Watanabe
Yuzo and his fiancée Masako spend their Sunday afternoon together, trying to have a good time on just thirty-five yen. Read More »
While the Women Are Sleeping (2016) Wayne Wang, Takeshi Kitano, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Sayuri Oyamada
Seduction, betrayal, murder, insomnia and apparitions are the elements at play in Wayne Wang’s tense and masterful version Read More »
Torn Curtain (1966) Alfred Hitchcock, Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova
Professor Michael Armstrong is heading to Stockholm to attend a physics conference accompanied by his assistant-fiancée Sarah Sherman. Read More »
The Face Behind the Mask (1941) Robert Florey, Peter Lorre, Evelyn Keyes, Don Beddoe
Janos Szaby is a kind, innocent immigrant to America. Just after he arrives though, he is caught in a fire and his face is horribly burned and disfigured. Read More »
The Domino Principle (1977) Stanley Kramer, Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Richard Widmark
Tucker is a chronic underachiever and a loser. A Vietnam war veteran who just can’t seem to keep out of trouble, in the years since his discharge. Read More »
The Old Maid (1939) Edmund Goulding, Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, George Brent
After a two-year absence, Clem Spender returns home on the very day that his former fiancée, Delia, is marrying another man. Read More »
Cleópatra (2007) Júlio Bressane, Alessandra Negrini, Miguel Falabella, Bruno Garcia
Julio Bressane turns his sensual, color-filled set pieces to “Cleopatra,” Read More »
Outlaw: The Saga of Gisli (1981) Ágúst Guðmundsson, Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir, Arnar Jónsson, Kristján Jóhann Jónsson
From an authentic Viking saga, Outlaw tells the story of a family blood feud, set in 10th century Iceland. Read More »
Treasure of the Four Crowns (1983) Ferdinando Baldi, Tony Anthony, Ana Obregón, Gene Quintano
A group of adventurers are gathered together to retrieve some mystical gems which are in the possession of a deadly cult. Read More »
Devil’s Doorway (1950) Anthony Mann, Robert Taylor, Louis Calhern, Paula Raymond
Lance Poole, an Indian who won a Medal of Honor fighting at Gettysburg, returns to his tribal lands intent on peaceful cattle ranching. Read More »
The Glass Jungle (1988) Joseph Merhi, Laura Albert, Blair Archer, Dorthee Archer
In LA, a madman is violently murdering the ladies of the night. Read More »
The Oblong Box (1969) Gordon Hessler, Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies
In the end of the Nineteenth Century, the aristocrat Edward Markham is disfigured by sorcery in Africa by the natives. Read More »