Student filmmaker lets nothing stand in the way of his getting a studio contract. Read More »
Monthly Archives: October 2019
Warlock (1959) Edward Dmytryk, Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn
In the small frontier mining town of Warlock, rancher Abe McQuown’s gang of cowboy Read More »
The Holly and the Ivy (1952) George More O’Ferrall, Ralph Richardson, Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton
A heartwarming tale of an English minister and his family reunited at Christmas time. Read More »
The Magnet (1950) Charles Frend, Stephen Murray, Kay Walsh, James Fox
A mixture of a psychological study of a ten-year-old boy, an English domestic comedy Read More »
Numbered Men (1930) Mervyn LeRoy, Bernice Claire, Conrad Nagel, Raymond Hackett
Mary Dane and falsely imprisoned Bud Leonard love each other, but Lou Rinaldo Read More »
Robin Redbreast (1970) James MacTaggart, Anna Cropper, Amanda Walker, Julian Holloway
After the break-up of a long-term relationship, urban sophisticate Norah seeks refuge in a remote house in the country. Read More »
Mr. Bjarnfredarson (2009) Ragnar Bragason, Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Hilmir Jensson, Jökull Steinarsson
The movie represents the tip of a solitary iceberg of disappointments. Read More »
Sex and Zen: The Virgin Years (1987) Fan Ho, Chung-Kun Teng, Yuen-Man Cheng, Chi-Wai Yu
Closet Land (1991) Radha Bharadwaj, Madeleine Stowe, Alan Rickman
A young writer is interrogated by a sadistic secret policeman. Read More »
Faithful in My Fashion (1946) Sidney Salkow, Donna Reed, Tom Drake, Edward Everett Horton
A U.S. Army sergeant is home on leave to reconnect with his girlfriend he hopes to marry. Read More »
The Flame of New Orleans (1941) René Clair, Marlene Dietrich, Bruce Cabot, Roland Young
French farce comes to the New World in 1840 as Claire Ledoux convinces the middle-aged banker Read More »
Funes a Great Love (1993) Raúl de la Torre, Graciela Borges, Gian Maria Volontè, Pepe Soriano
The film is set in a Tango Salon doubling as a brothel and illegal gambling den Read More »
My Crimes After Mein Kampf (1940) Alexandre Ryder, Roger Karl, Line Noro, Pierre Labry
The film shows the seizure of power by the Nazis and Hitler wants a trial, at a time when France has just declared war on Germany (Sept. 3, 1939). Read More »
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) Charles Jarrott, Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold, Irene Papas
Henry VIII of England discards one wife Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of a young and beautiful woman Read More »
The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1972) Wim Wenders, Arthur Brauss, Kai Fischer, Erika Pluhar
After letting in an easy goal, the experienced German goalkeeper, Josef Bloch, believing it is offside Read More »