A young Austrian survives the crash of a commercial airliner. Six years later, she’s a clerk, a mother, happy. Read More »
Daily Archives: September 20, 2019
Blue Denim (1959) Philip Dunne, Carol Lynley, Brandon De Wilde, Macdonald Carey
Arthur Bartley and Janet Willard are fairly typical 1950s teenagers. Read More »
The Psychopath (1966) Freddie Francis, Patrick Wymark, Margaret Johnston, John Standing
Inspector Holloway (Patrick Wymark) is investigating a series of brutal murders in which a doll of each victim is found at the scene. Read More »
The Blood of a Poet (1932) Jean Cocteau, Enrique Rivero, Elizabeth Lee Miller, Pauline Carton
A young artist draws a face at a canvas on his easel. Suddenly the mouth on the drawing comes into life and starts talking. Read More »
The Happening (1967) Elliot Silverstein, Anthony Quinn, George Maharis, Michael Parks
A group of young drifters kidnap wealthy businessman Roc Delmonico just for kicks. Read More »
Stella (1950) Claude Binyon, Ann Sheridan, Victor Mature, Leif Erickson
Uncle Joe’s untimely demise brings about an endless parade of unexpected consequences. Read More »
Brainstorm (2000) Laís Bodanzky, Rodrigo Santoro, Othon Bastos, Cássia Kis
A trip to the mental institution hell. This odyssey is lived by Neto, a middle class teenager Read More »
Chronicle of Good Hoodlums (1984) Fernando Lopes, Nuno Duarte, João Perry, Lia Gama
A gang decides to rob the Gulbenkian Museum, tired of their petty robberies. Read More »
Spellbound (1945) Alfred Hitchcock, Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov
The head of the Green Manors mental asylum Dr. Murchison is retiring to be replaced by Dr. Edwardes, a famous psychiatrist. Read More »
Omicron (1963) Ugo Gregoretti, Renato Salvatori, Rosemary Dexter, Gaetano Quartararo
In this Italian sci-fi comedy the corpse of a laborer is inhabited and revived by an Omicron – an alien being. Read More »
The Descent/Ascent (1963) Agradoot, Sabitri Chatterjee, Supriya Choudhury, Asha Devi
Uttarayan is a film depicting the effects of the second world war on a man’s life and in family. Read More »
Public Housing (1997) Frederick Wiseman
Renowned documentarian Frederick Wiseman takes an intimate and nuanced look at the Ida B. Wells housing project in the south side of Chicago, Illinois. Read More »
L’alcova Dei Piaceri Proibiti (1994) Luca Damiano, Julia Chanel, Pussycat, Simona Valli
The whole thing is basically a hardcore remake of D’Amato’s very successful period softcore picture “L’Alcova” Read More »