A teenage girl vacations in the Italian Riviera during the summer with her wealthy parents. Read More »
Monthly Archives: January 2020
The Punishment AKA La punition (1962) Jean Rouch, Nadine Ballot, Jean-Claude Darnal, Modeste Landry
Nadine, an eighteen-year-old high school student in her final year, arrives late for the philosophy lesson. Read More »
Oldtimer AKA Stara masina (1989) Zelimir Zilnik
The aged rocker Igor works as a journalist and DJ at the “Radio Student” in Ljubljana. Read More »
The Student Prince (1997) Simon Curtis, Robson Green, Gavin Richards, Peter Lovstrom
The Queen’s youngest son is off to university, mainly because “I’m hopeless at anything else”. Read More »
Wedding Ring AKA Konyaku yubiwa (1950) Keisuke Kinoshita, Jûkichi Uno, Kinuyo Tanaka, Toshirô Mifune
Two of Japan’s finest actors, Kinuyo Tanaka and Toshiro Mifune, come together in this touching seaside melodrama Read More »
Midnight Intruder (1938) Arthur Lubin, Louis Hayward, Eric Linden, J.C. Nugent
Barry Gilbert and “Doc” Norton, broke and hungry, enter the unoccupied Reitter country estate. Read More »
A Shot in the Dark (1941) William C. McGann, William Lundigan, Nan Wynn, Ricardo Cortez
Phil Richards is selling his nightclub to an out-of-town buyer, and the local mob express this dissatisfaction with the arrangement. Read More »
Der Chef wünscht keine Zeugen AKA No Survivors, Please (1964) Hans Albin, Peter Berneis, Maria Perschy, Robert Cunningham, Uwe Friedrichsen
Aliens attempt to take over the Earth by taking over the bodies of humans Read More »
Pocketful of Miracles (1961) Frank Capra, Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange
Boozy, brassy Apple Annie, a beggar with a basket of apples, is as much as part of downtown New York City as old Broadway itself. Read More »
Mahlzeiten AKA Table for Love (1967) Edgar Reitz, Heidi Stroh, Georg Hauke, Nina Frank
Elizabeth is a young woman who seeks happiness excessively burning out all those around her. Read More »
Artifacts of Idealism (2012) Sean Corbett, Simon Pelletier, Lee Marshall, Henry Nesvadba
A wealthy retiree’s pursuit of aesthetic perfection leads him to hire a private investigator’s earnest young intern Read More »
Wild in the Country (1961) Philip Dunne, Elvis Presley, Hope Lange, Tuesday Weld
Glen Tyler (Elvis Presley) a down on his luck youth is sent to councilor Irene Sperry (Hope Lange) Read More »
What Became of Jack and Jill? (1972) Bill Bain, Vanessa Howard, Mona Washbourne, Paul Nicholas
In order to collect inheritance money, a slacker tries to induce a heart attack in his invalid grandmother Read More »
Giv’a 24 Eina Ona AKA Hill 24 Doesn’t Answer (1955) Thorold Dickinson, Edward Mulhare, Haya Harareet, Michael Shillo
This was the first movie produced in Israel. It deals with the outbreak of hostilities during the war for independence in 1947. Read More »
When Time Ran Out… (1980) James Goldstone, Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, William Holden
Tourists are surprised by a volcanic eruption in a lonesome hotel in the Caribic. Read More »