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Daily Archives: February 5, 2019
The Devil by the Tail (1969) Philippe de Broca, Yves Montand, Madeleine Renaud, Maria Schell
A Marquise who lures motorists to her hotel by sabotaging their cars gets more than she bargains for when one guest turns out to be a bank robber on the run. Read More »
Rough Winds (2006) Gerardo Herrero, José Luis García Pérez, Cuca Escribano, Carme Elias
Dr. Juan (40) has survived a shipwreck, from which he was only able to save his pre-teen niece (or daughter?) Read More »
The Citadel (1938) King Vidor, Robert Donat, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Richardson
Andrew Manson, a young, enthusiastic doctor takes his first job in a Welsh mining town Read More »
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1917) Chester M. Franklin, Sidney Franklin, Francis Carpenter, F.A. Turner, Virginia Lee Corbin
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp was another of Fox’s lavishly produced “Sunset Kiddies” series, wherein most of the principal roles were enacted by children. Read More »
Secret Honor (1984) Robert Altman, Philip Baker Hall
In this speculative one-man drama, we see former President Richard Milhous Nixon alone in his study, dictating his thoughts into a tape recorder. Read More »
Alila (2003) Amos Gitai, Yaël Abecassis, Hana Laszlo, Uri Klauzner
In Tel Aviv, the gloomy Ezra hires foreign workers without permits to build an addition to a homely block of flats Read More »
She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps (1985) Philippe Garrel, Mireille Perrier, Jacques Bonnaffé, Anne Wiazemsky
A young film director is turning a movie with his friend Christa (reminds us of the real-life relationship between Garrel and Nico). Read More »
Changes in the Village (1963) Lester James Peries, Punya Hiendeniya, Henry Jayasena, Wickrema Bogoda
Piyal (Henry Jayasena) is a handsome young teacher who is hired to teach English to Nanda (Punya Heendeniya), a member of a high class family. Read More »