Pete Garvey, foreign correspondent, has been running an impromptu adoption agency for war orphans in Paris Read More »
Monthly Archives: February 2020
Harbor of Missing Men (1950) R.G. Springsteen, Richard Denning, Barbra Fuller, Steven Geray
A fishing-boat owner, Jim “Brooklyn” Gannon, cuts a deal with a gangster syndicate to deliver a load of contraband firearms. Read More »
Everything But the Truth (1956) Jerry Hopper, Maureen O’Hara, John Forsythe, Tim Hovey
Willie Taylor, small-town 4th-grade schoolboy, takes to heart his admired teacher’s words about truthfulness Read More »
A Hole of My Own Making AKA Jibun no ana no nakade (1955) Tomu Uchida, Rentarô Mikuni, Yumeji Tsukioka, Mie Kitahara
Amidst endless construction and aircraft noise, a family whose father died in the war slowly disintegrates Read More »
June 9 (2008) T. Michael Conway, Jon Ray, Trevor Williams, Maggie Blazunas
What happened on june 9? On a search for some harmless fun at the end of the school year Read More »
Madame Satã (2002) Karim Aïnouz, Lázaro Ramos, Marcelia Cartaxo, Flavio Bauraqui
A story inspired by the life of one of the most remarkable figures in Brazilian popular culture, João Francisco dos Santos (1900-1976). Read More »
Song at Midnight AKA Ye ban ge sheng (1937) Weibang Ma-Xu, Menghe Gu, Ping Hu, Shan Jin
China’s first horror film, this is loosely based on The Phantom of the Opera. Read More »
One from the Heart (1981) Francis Ford Coppola, Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Raul Julia
Hank and Frannie don’t seem to be able to live together anymore. Read More »
Jerusalem (1996) Bille August, Maria Bonnevie, Ulf Friberg, Pernilla August
The beginning of the 20th century. Gertrud and Ingmar are in love with each other. Read More »
Inside Daisy Clover (1965) Robert Mulligan, Natalie Wood, Christopher Plummer, Robert Redford
Daisy Clover is a 15 year old Tomboy who dreams of being a Hollywood star. Read More »
Heart Like a Wheel (1983) Jonathan Kaplan, Bonnie Bedelia, Beau Bridges, Bruce Barlow
Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them before. Read More »
Flight from Destiny (1941) Vincent Sherman, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell, Jeffrey Lynn
After philosophy Professor Todhunter is told he has 6 months left to live, he is barred from teaching by his college Read More »
Christmas at Camp 119 AKA Natale al campo 119 (1947) Pietro Francisci, Aldo Fabrizi, Vittorio De Sica, Peppino De Filippo
Second World War. Field 119 in California (USA). War is long over, but the Italian prisoners are still waiting to return home Read More »
We’ve Never Been Licked (1943) John Rawlins, Richard Quine, Anne Gwynne, Martha O’Driscoll
WWII morale film for Texas A&M graduates fighting overseas. Read More »
Winged Victory (1944) George Cukor, Lon McCallister, Jeanne Crain, Edmond O’Brien
Pinky Scariano, Allan Ross, and Frankie Davis all join the Army Air Forces with hopes of becoming pilots. Read More »