Kike wadatsumi no koe: Nippon senbotsu gakusei shuki is a 1950 black and white Japanese war drama film directed by Hideo Sekigawa and based on the best-seller Listen to the Voices from the Sea. This film is strongly anti-war film. Read More »
Monthly Archives: March 2020
The Stripper (1963) Franklin J. Schaffner, Joanne Woodward, Richard Beymer, Claire Trevor
Lila Green is an insecure and aging showgirl for Madame Olga’s stage shows. Read More »
The End of Belle AKA La mort de Belle (1961) Édouard Molinaro, Jean Desailly, Alexandra Stewart, Monique Mélinand
Stéphane Blanchon, who teaches at the International College, lives a quiet comfortable life in Geneva. Read More »
Gangster Boss AKA Le grand chef (1959) Henri Verneuil, Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Papouf
In Paris, scoundrel mates Paolo and Antoine Venturen hope to get rich quick by asking ransom fro rich Mr. Jumelin’s preteen son Eric. Read More »
Shattered Spirits (1986) Robert Greenwald, Martin Sheen, Melinda Dillon, Matthew Labyorteaux
When his drinking problem takes control of his life, a father tries to leave the bottle behind while putting his and his family’s lives back together. Read More »
As Long As You’re Healthy AKA Tant qu’on a la santé (1966) Pierre Étaix, Denise Péronne, Simone Fonder
This anthology film from Étaix’s peak period presents four comic episodes Read More »
Thou Wast Mild and Lovely (2014) Josephine Decker, Joe Swanberg, Sophie Traub, Robert Longstreet
There are places you go, where the things you do will matter to a lot of people. Read More »
Breath of Life (1999) Luis Ospina, Fernando Solórzano, Flora Martínez, Robinson Díaz
Emerson Roque Fierro, former policeman and private investigator shadowing, investigates the murder of “Golondrina” Read More »
I’ve Always Loved You (1946) Frank Borzage, Philip Dorn, Catherine McLeod, Bill Carter
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 »
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 »