A young girl finds herself attracted to one of her father’s business partners. Read More »
Daily Archives: April 28, 2020
Love and Larceny AKA Il mattatore (1960) Dino Risi, Vittorio Gassman, Dorian Gray, Anna Maria Ferrero
Gerardo, an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy Read More »
Whoopee! (1930) Thornton Freeland, Eddie Cantor, Ethel Shutta, Paul Gregory
Western sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Read More »
Higher Ground (1988) Robert Day, John Denver, Meg Wittner, David Renan
A retired F.B.I. Agent (played by country music star John Denver) becomes a bush pilot in Alaska. Read More »
Stanley and Livingstone (1939) Henry King, Otto Brower, Spencer Tracy, Nancy Kelly, Richard Greene
When American newspaperman and adventurer Henry M. Stanley comes back from the western Indian wars Read More »
Happy Here and Now (2002) Michael Almereyda, Karl Geary, Shalom Harlow, Clarence Williams III
In New Orleans, a young woman named Muriel goes missing. Read More »
Don’t Ever Leave Me (1949) Arthur Crabtree, Jimmy Hanley, Petula Clark, Linden Travers
In a pleasant variation on “The Ransom of Red Chief,” elderly crook Harry Denton Read More »
Days of Violence AKA I giorni della violenza (1967) Alfonso Brescia, Peter Lee Lawrence, Beba Loncar, Luigi Vannucchi
During the last months of the Civil War, Joe’s brother is unjustly killed by Clifford, a captain in the Northen army. Read More »
Code Name: Emerald (1985) Jonathan Sanger, Ed Harris, Max von Sydow, Horst Buchholz
In April 1944, an allied agent is sent to France in order to rescue an “overlord” captured by the Germans. Read More »
MacArthur (1977) Joseph Sargent, Gregory Peck, Dan O’Herlihy, Ed Flanders
The story of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander during World War II Read More »
Reborn (1981) Bigas Luna, Dennis Hopper, Michael Moriarty, Antonella Murgia
A man discovers that his girlfriend is a “stigmata” (someone whose hands and feet mysteriously bleed in the same places where Jesus Christ was crucified) Read More »
Buffalo Bill AKA Buffalo Bill, l’eroe del far west (1965) Mario Costa, Gordon Scott, Ingeborg Schöner, Catherine Ribeiro
Renegade Indians, led by Yellow Hand, are being sold guns by Donaldson. Read More »
A Lake AKA Un lac (2008) Philippe Grandrieux, Dmitriy Kubasov, Natálie Rehorová, Aleksey Solonchev
The story takes place in a country about which we know nothing: a country of snow and dense forests somewhere in the North. Read More »
Buddies AKA A un (1989) Yasuo Furuhata, Ken Takakura, Eiji Bandô, Sumiko Fuji, Yasuko Tomita
Based on a celebrated book by Kuniko Mukoda, this film directed by Yasuo Furuhata tells of a close friendship undone by love. Read More »