Tom Bagby has gone to prison to learn of his father’s killer. Read More »
Monthly Archives: June 2019
Smithereens (1982) Susan Seidelman, Susan Berman, Brad Rijn, Richard Hell
An restless and abrasive young woman eschews the affections of a sensitive young portrait artist Read More »
Pacific Liner (1939) Lew Landers, Victor McLaglen, Chester Morris, Wendy Barrie
The S. S. Arcturus sails from Shanghai to San Francisco, and Dr. Jim Craig takes the post Read More »
The Old Lady Who Wades in the Sea (1991) Laurent Heynemann, Jeanne Moreau, Michel Serrault, Luc Thuillier
Lady M. wades every morning through the sea in order to heal her pain. Read More »
Mary From Beijing (1992) Sylvia Chang, Lawrence Ah Mon, Kenny Bee, Cynthia Cheung
Ma Lei which sounds like “Mary” is a Chinese citizen, living in Hong Kong as the kept woman of a jeweler. Read More »
The Cake Eaters (2007) Mary Stuart Masterson, Elizabeth Ashley, Jayce Bartok, Bruce Dern
‘The Cake Eaters’ is a quirky, small town, ensemble drama that explores the lives of two interconnected Read More »
Garpastum (2005) Aleksey German Jr., Evgeniy Pronin, Danila Kozlovsky, Dmitriy Vladimirov
Garpastum is a Latin word meaning ball game. Set in 1914 in St. Petersburg, the brothers Andrey and Nikolai are passionate Read More »
Apart from Life (1970) Kei Kumai, Mizuho Suzuki, Hiroko Kino, Mugihito
Dr. Unan is asked to treat a young girl with A-bomb disease symptoms but her mother Read More »
964 Pinocchio (1991) Shozin Fukui, Haji Suzuki, Onn-chan, Kôji Ôtsubo
Pinocchio 964, lobotomised cyborg sex slave, is thrown out onto the street by his owners Read More »
The Invincible Barbarian (1982) Francesco Prosperi, Pietro Torrisi, Malisa Longo, Giovanni Cianfriglia
The peaceful countryside village of Solmen is savagely assaulted by wild Ungats led by bloodthirsty Magen. Read More »
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (1996) Stanley Kwan, Cheh Chang, Kaige Chen, Leslie Cheung
This highly personal film essay demonstrates that Chinese cinema has dealt with questions of gender and sexuality Read More »
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) Clive Donner, Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen
During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower) Read More »
The Gypsy (1975) José Giovanni, Alain Delon, Paul Meurisse, Annie Girardot
Hugo Sennart is a French Gypsy, wanted by the police for theft. Read More »
Tabloid (2001) David Blair, Matthew Rhys, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, John Hurt
A slimy television host, who makes a living by embarrassing celebrities, is tricked into revealing some dark secrets of his own. Read More »
Busman’s Honeymoon (1940) Arthur B. Woods, Richard Thorpe, Robert Montgomery, Constance Cummings, Leslie Banks
Lord Peter Wimsey is an amateur detective. He is to be married to Harriet Vane, who writes crime novels, at a big Society wedding. Read More »