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Monthly Archives: February 2020
The High Bright Sun (1965) Ralph Thomas, Dirk Bogarde, George Chakiris, Susan Strasberg
In 1957, Cyprus is fighting a war of independence against the occupying British forces. Read More »
I Could Go on Singing (1963) Ronald Neame, Judy Garland, Dirk Bogarde, Jack Klugman
Jenny Bowman (Judy Garland) is a successful singer who, while on an engagement at the London Palladium Read More »
Entrance (2012) Dallas Richard Hallam, Patrick Horvath, Suziey Block, Karen Baird, Farley Burge
ENTRANCE is about the limits of our perception, how the things lurking on the periphery of our lives can lead to horrific conclusions Read More »
Edge of the City (1957) Martin Ritt, John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden
Drifter Axel North has just arrived in New York City, having traveled from city to city throughout the country. Read More »
The Sixth Part of the World AKA Shestaya chast mira (1926) Dziga Vertov
“Sixth Part of the World” was the size of Soviet Union of the time. Many peoples of many customs composed it. Read More »
The Verdict (1964) David Eady, Cec Linder, Zena Marshall, Nigel Davenport
A racketeer, deported back from America, faces murder charge and hatches jury rigging plot with accomplice. Cross and double-cross follow. Read More »
Women Are Like That (1938) Stanley Logan, Kay Francis, Pat O’Brien, Ralph Forbes
A typical Francis vehicle of the time was Women are Like That, in which the star is cast as businesswoman Claire King Read More »
Ciao! Manhattan (1972) John Palmer, David Weisman, Edie Sedgwick, Wesley Hayes, Isabel Jewell
Ciao! Manhattan is the semi-biographical tale of 1960s counterculture icon Edie Sedgwick. Read More »
Quantum Love AKA Une rencontre (2014) Lisa Azuelos, Sophie Marceau, François Cluzet
A family man’s encounter with a beautiful woman develops into a mutual fascination. Read More »
Kairat (1992) Darezhan Omirbayev, Samat Beysenbin, Baljan Bisembekova, Indira Jeksembaeva
Living in Almaty, Kazakhstan, a young man is preparing to become a bus conductor. Read More »
Debut AKA Nachalo AKA The Beginning (1970) Gleb Panfilov, Inna Churikova, Valentina Telichkina, Tatyana Stepanova
A film-in-film story set in a provincial town in Russia. Pasha (Churikova) is an amateur actress who plays a witch at a local club Read More »
Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978) Gordon Hessler, Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons
The tale of rock band KISS and their efforts to thwart a diabolical plan by mad scientist Abner Devereaux. Read More »
The Adversary AKA Pratidwandi (1970) Satyajit Ray, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Asgar Ali, Arabinda Banerjee
A young man, newly graduated from college is unable to find meaningful employment. Read More »
A Scream in the Dark (1943) George Sherman, Robert Lowery, Marie McDonald, Edward Brophy
Newspaper reporter turned detective Mike, along with his partner Eddie Tough (who used to be his photographer on the paper) Read More »