Tribute to Naples, where director De Sica spent his first years, this is a collection of 6 Neapolitan episodes Read More »
Daily Archives: April 6, 2020
Judy Berlin (1999) Eric Mendelsohn, Barbara Barrie, Bob Dishy, Edie Falco
A lonely, but talented teacher enjoys a flirtation with the (married) principal of the school Read More »
Here Comes the Groom (1934) Edward Sedgwick, Jack Haley, Mary Boland, Neil Hamilton
Piccolo player Mike Scanlon loses his girl due to his unexciting lifestyle, so he decides to commit a robbery to gain notoriety. Read More »
Happiness (1998) Todd Solondz, Jane Adams, Jon Lovitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman
A woman breaks up with her boyfriend, he thinks it’s because he’s fat. Read More »
Dracula in Istanbul AKA Drakula Istanbul’da (1953) Mehmet Muhtar, Annie Ball, Cahit Irgat, Ayfer Feray
A Istanbul lawyer named Azmi goes to Romania to meet with a Count named Dracula. Read More »
The Story of a Three-Day Pass AKA La permission (1968) Melvin Van Peebles, Harry Baird, Pierre Doris, Christian Marin
A tale of innocence abroad, with racial overtones. Turner is a Black American, stationed at an air base in France. Read More »
Karl May (1974) Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, Helmut Käutner, Kristina Söderbaum, Käthe Gold
This ethereal, three-hour biopic is the middle film in Hans-Jürgen Syberberg’s “German Trilogy” on the mythological foundations of the Third Reich. Read More »
Dracula and Son AKA Dracula père et fils (1976) Édouard Molinaro, Christopher Lee, Bernard Menez, Marie-Hélène Breillat
Son grows up with father, leaves to go to big city in 1979. Father follows and tries to survive as a vampire in a modern world. Read More »
The Dead One AKA Blood of the Zombie (1961) Barry Mahon, John McKay, Linda Ormond, Monica Davis
A voodoo priestess sends out zombies to bring back live victims for her sacrificial rituals. Read More »
White Marriage AKA Biale malzenstwo (1992) Magdalena Lazarkiewicz, Jolanta Fraszynska, Agata Piotrowska, Teresa Budzisz-Krzyzanowska
Evening. Two contemporary teenage girls, Blanca and Pauline, living in an old manor house Read More »
Barking Dogs Never Bite AKA Flandersui gae (2000) Bong Joon Ho, Doona Bae, Sung-Jae Lee, Ho-jung Kim
The disconnections of urban life. Yun-ju is diffident, almost without affect; his wife is pregnant Read More »
A Good Time with a Bad Girl (1967) Barry Mahon, John Beck, Carla Desmond, Susan Evans
A millionaire goes to Las Vegas and has an affair with a sex-addicted girl, while his wife is back at home. Read More »