A beautiful young concert pianist is torn between her attraction to her arrogant but brilliant maestro and her love for a farm boy she left back home. Read More »
Daily Archives: March 22, 2020
Village by the River AKA Dorp aan de rivier (1958) Fons Rademakers, Max Croiset, Mary Dresselhuys, Bernard Droog
An independent-thinking doctor in a rural community with his own ideas of how medicine should be practiced begins Read More »
Madame and Wife AKA Madamu to nyôbô (1931) Heinosuke Gosho, Atsushi Watanabe, Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Ichimura
A writer struggles to finish his story against many distractions, but the jazz party next door proves to be too much. Read More »
Stimulantia (1967) Hans Abramson, Hans Alfredson, Harriet Andersson
8 episodes, ranging from experimental to documentary to conventional narrative cinema Read More »
The Blessed Ones AKA De två saliga (1986) Ingmar Bergman, Harriet Andersson, Per Myrberg, Christina Schollin
A middle-aged teacher is suffering from paranoid delusions. Her slightly younger man is bit by bit pulled into her condition. Read More »
Let’s Make a Night of It (1937) Graham Cutts, Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers, June Clyde, Claire Luce
The exclusive Boydell family, members of the “400” set, suddenly became owners of two nightclubs Read More »
Here Comes Carter (1936) William Clemens, Ross Alexander, Glenda Farrell, Anne Nagel
Kent Carter is just a regular Joe who works at a movie studio and observes interesting behavior concerning actors. Read More »
Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958) Howard W. Koch, Mickey Rooney, Patricia Breslin, Fay Holden
Andy Hardy, now a grown man with a wife and children, returns to his hometown on a business trip Read More »
Dalecarlians AKA Masjävlar (2004) Maria Blom, Sofia Helin, Kajsa Ernst, Ann Petrén
Mia, who’s living in Stockholm, comes home to her small childhood town to celebrate her father’s birthday. Read More »
Fake Blond AKA Falsa Loura (2007) Carlos Reichenbach, Rosanne Mulholland, Cauã Reymond, Maurício Mattar
Silmara, an industrial worker and a woman of exuberant beauty, supports her arsonist father Read More »
Damn Citizen (1958) Robert Gordon, Keith Andes, Margaret Hayes, Lynn Bari
Based on a true story, this film tells of a police chief hired to wipe out corruption in the Louisiana State Police. Read More »
Taxi for Tobruk AKA Un taxi pour Tobrouk (1961) Denys de La Patellière, Hardy Krüger, Lino Ventura, Maurice Biraud
During World War II, French Commandos join forces with a German officer in order to survive the African desert. Read More »
Tabu (1982) Júlio Bressane, Caetano Veloso, Colé Santana, José Lewgoy
The fictional encounter in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (in the 30s) between popular songwriter Lamartine Babo and inconoclast poet and playwright Oswald de Andrade. Read More »
Play For Today: Home (1972) Lindsay Anderson, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Dandy Nichols
In a mental home, two elderly men become unlikely friends. Read More »
Peeper (1975) Peter Hyams, Michael Caine, Natalie Wood, Kitty Winn
In 1947, a smart-mouthed Brit working in L.A. as a private eye (or peeper) is on a case to find the long lost daughter Read More »