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Daily Archives: May 18, 2019
The Memory of Justice (1976) Marcel Ophüls, Yehudi Menuhin, Noël Favrelières, Anthony Herbert
Explores the subject of atrocities during wartime, especially during World War II and the Vietnam War. Read More »
Attack Squadron! (1963) Shûe Matsubayashi, Toshirô Mifune, Yûzô Kayama, Takashi Shimura
Lt. Col. Senda resists the idea of sending Japanese fighter pilots on suicide missions. Read More »
Wise Blood (1979) John Huston, Brad Dourif, Dan Shor
US Army war veteran Hazel Motes may not be a believing Christian Read More »
Firebird: Daybreak Chapter (1978) Kon Ichikawa, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Toshinori Omi, Masao Kusakari
This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made Read More »
Tale of a Scarface (1999) Eiichi Kudô, Kiyoshi Nakajo, Nagare Hagiwara, Ken Kanako
“Gunro no keifu” is known as “Tale of a Scarface.” It follows the life of Kumoro, a yakuza member Read More »
Fight for Us (1989) Lino Brocka, Phillip Salvador, Dina Bonnevie, Gina Alajar
In 1985, in the obscure town of Santa Filomena, the Orapronobis, a cult under the leadership of Kumander Kontra (Roco) Read More »
The Incorrigible (1963) Seijun Suzuki, Ken Yamauchi, Masako Izumi, Midori Tashiro
A teenager is dismissed from school for misconduct. Read More »
The Witness (1969) Péter Bacsó, Ferenc Kállai, Lajos Öze, Béla Both
Banned for over a decade for its outspoken criticism of the post-WWII communist regime in Hungary Read More »
Ladies Man (1962) Bernard Borderie, Eddie Constantine, Françoise Brion, Claudine Coster
Eddie Constantine, One of Eddie’s many portrayals as super sleuth/agent, Lemmy Caution. This time the action and danger is set on the French Riviera. Read More »
Love at Stake (1987) John Moffitt, Patrick Cassidy, Kelly Preston, Georgia Brown
The mayor and judge of Salem trump up the notorious witch trials in support of their land grab scam. Read More »
Fantasm Comes Again (1977) Colin Eggleston, Rick Cassidy, Con Covert, Uschi Digard
An intern and a professional writer at a newspaper agency read over 10 different erotic letters Read More »
Night Eyes (1990) Jag Mundhra, Andrew Stevens, Tanya Roberts, Cooper Huckabee
The rock star Brian Walker’s Wife is surprised by her husband shagging another woman in the bathroom in a party. Read More »
Fantasm (1976) Richard Franklin, John Holmes, Uschi Digard, Candy Samples
Jurgen Noetafreud is a professor of the psyche of human sexuality Read More »
Maybe It’s Love (1935) William C. McGann, Gloria Stuart, Ross Alexander, Frank McHugh
Director William C. McGann’s 1935 film stars Gloria Stuart and Ross Alexander as a young couple in love who face economic woes once they’re wed. Read More »