1954, the Malabar Coast. British and Anglo-Indian identities blur when an English-woman with a neglectful husband births a sickly baby. Read More »
Daily Archives: July 12, 2019
Islands in the Stream (1977) Franklin J. Schaffner, George C. Scott, David Hemmings, Gilbert Roland
It’s 1940 in the British-controlled Bahamas. While the war rages on in Europe, the islands are only peripherally affected by it Read More »
Zouzou (1934) Marc Allégret, Josephine Baker, Jean Gabin, Pierre Larquey
As children, Zouzou and Jean are paired in a traveling circus as twins: she’s dark, he’s light. Read More »
The Nun’s Night (1967) Karel Kachyna, Jana Brejchová, Mnislav Hofman, Gustáv Valach
One day of autumn 1950, during the forced collectivization, the farmers lead their cattle into the common stables of the new cooperative. Read More »
The 300 Spartans (1962) Rudolph Maté, Richard Egan, Ralph Richardson, Diane Baker
Essentially true story of how Spartan king Leonidas led an extremely small army of Greek Soldiers Read More »