Two students from neighboring colleges in upstate New York are swept up in a tragic romantic interlude Read More »
Monthly Archives: February 2020
Stella Dallas (1937) King Vidor, Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley
Working-class Stella Martin marries high-end Stephen Dallas and soon they have a daughter named Laurel. Read More »
Secret World AKA La promesse (1969) Paul Feyder, Robert Freeman, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-François Vlerick, Pierre Zimmer
After a terrible car wreck in which he lay helpless under the body of his mother for hours Read More »
Drama (2010) Matias Lira, Eusebio Arenas, Diego Ruiz, Isidora Urrejola
Three theater students, influenced by a professor and French theorist Antonin Artaud’s acting technique Read More »
The Princess of Montpensier AKA La princesse de Montpensier (2010) Bertrand Tavernier, Mélanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson, Gaspard Ulliel
Bertrand Tavernier is in top form with this gripping, superbly mounted drama Read More »
The Best Man (1964) Franklin J. Schaffner, Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Edie Adams
The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. Read More »
The Little Prince (1974) Stanley Donen, Richard Kiley, Steven Warner, Joss Ackland
Based on the story by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, this magical musical fable begins as a pilot makes a forced landing on the barren Sahara Desert. Read More »
A Man Walks in the City AKA Un homme marche dans la ville (1950) Marcello Pagliero, Jean-Pierre Kérien, Ginette Leclerc, Robert Dalban
A gritty story of dock workers scraping a living in post-war Le Havre, the damage caused to the town during the war all too apparent. Read More »
The Nine Ages of Nakedness (1969) George Harrison Marks, Charles Gray, Bruno Elrington, June Palmer
Nine comically sexy sketches in which Harrison Marks introduces his ancestors’ experiences with women through the ages. Read More »
Sunset Song (2015) Terence Davies, Ken Blackburn, Mark Bonnar, Stuart Bowman
Spanning the 1910 decade, six years in the life of a girl named Chris, one of the numerous children of a tyrannical Scottish farmer. Read More »
The Samurai I Loved AKA Semishigure (2005) Mitsuo Kurotsuchi, Somegorô Ichikawa, Yoshino Kimura, Kôji Imada
A young swordsman is forced into a tough situation. He must resolve a potential power struggle that involves his adolescent crush Fuku. Read More »
How I Got My Mink (1969) Nick Millard, Monica Gayle, Donna Stanley
Rich and rebellious siblings Nick and Donna defy their affluent upbringing by moving out on their own Read More »
Bilitis (1977) David Hamilton, Patti D’Arbanville, Mona Kristensen, Bernard Giraudeau
A coming of age story centering on the exploits of a young girl during summer vacation. Read More »
How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions AKA Jak básníci pricházejí o iluze (1985) Dusan Klein, Pavel Kríz, David Matásek, Míla Myslíková
How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions is a 1985 Czech comedy, the second in a series of films about a young, ideological poet Read More »
Francis Joins the WACS (1954) Arthur Lubin, Donald O’Connor, Julie Adams, Chill Wills
On arrival at Fort Chase, ex-soldier Peter Stirling, recalled to active duty, is re-united with his old pal Francis the Talking Mule. Read More »