Aspiring actress Louise Muban attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day and works at a dreary factory assembling gas meters at night. Read More »
Monthly Archives: January 2019
Howdy Broadway (1929) Charles J. Hunt, Tommy Christian, Ellalee Ruby, Johnny Kane
A story about wild youth is framed in this early musical from Poverty Row company Rayart that includes such songs as “I Want You to Know I Love You” Read More »
Captain Johnno (1988) Mario Andreacchio, John Waters, Damien Walters, Rebecca Sykes
A young deaf boy who calls himself “Captain Johnno” befriends Tony, an Italian fisherman in the small Australian fishing town they live in. Read More »
Diverted (2009) Alex Chapple, Shawn Ashmore, David Suchet, Joanne Whalley
On September 11th, 2001, 38 planes headed to New York City were diverted to Gander, Newfoundland, Canada. Read More »
The Deadly Mantis (1957) Nathan Juran, Craig Stevens, William Hopper, Alix Talton
The calving of an Arctic iceberg releases a giant praying mantis, trapped in suspended animation since prehistoric times. Read More »
A Caretaker’s Tale (2012) Katrine Wiedemann, Lars Mikkelsen, Julie Zangenberg, Peter Plaugborg
Harsh and bitter, apartment caretaker Per despises everyone and everything around him until Read More »
Sky Full of Moon (1952) Norman Foster, Carleton Carpenter, Jan Sterling, Keenan Wynn
Sky Full of Moon gets under way when Vegas gambling-joint owner Al (Keenan Wynn) rescues rodeo rider Harley Williams (Carleton Carpenter) from drowning. Read More »
Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? (1993) Shunji Iwai, Yuta Yamazaki, Megumi Okina, Takayuki Sorita
On the day when a fireworks display is planned, Norimichi, Yusuke, and their friends at school in a Japanese seaside town Read More »
The Man in White (2003) Takashi Miike, Masaya Sato, Shôko Aida, Naomi Akimoto
A member of a Yakuza gang exacts revenge on the people responsible for the death of his boss. Read More »
African Treasure (1952) Ford Beebe, Johnny Sheffield, Laurette Luez, Martin Garralaga
Andy Barnes gets word by short wave that two of the three geologists who passed through his district some weeks before were known diamond smugglers Read More »
Just One of the Guys (1985) Lisa Gottlieb, Joyce Hyser, Clayton Rohner, Billy Jayne
Terry Griffith has got it all — looks, popularity, the perfect college boyfriend Read More »
Love Is a Splendid Illusion (1970) Tom Clegg, Simon Brent, Andrée Flamand, Lisa Collings
While on holiday in Italy with his wife, Amanda (Lisa Collings), Christian (Simon Brent) Read More »
Freud (1962) John Huston, Montgomery Clift, Susannah York, Larry Parks
This pseudobiographical movie depicts five years from 1885 on in the life of the Viennese psychologist Sigmund Freud (1856-1939). Read More »
Lo chiameremo Andrea (1972) Vittorio De Sica, Nino Manfredi, Mariangela Melato, Anna Maria Aragona
Paul and Mary are two elementary teachers, who love each other, but can not have a child. Read More »
The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion (1970) Luciano Ercoli, Dagmar Lassander, Pier Paolo Capponi, Simón Andreu
A triangle of friendship, love, sex, and, perhaps, murder. Minou is newly married to Peter Read More »