The film has three stories. First is about local village idiot Paletta, who can not afford the services of a whore Read More »
Monthly Archives: April 2020
Autobus AKA Aux Yeux du Monde (1991) Eric Rochant, Yvan Attal, Kristin Scott Thomas, Marc Berman
Bruno’s girlfriend, who lives in another town, doesn’t believe he loves her. Read More »
Low Tide (2012) Roberto Minervini, Daniel Blanchard, Melissa McKinney, Vernon Wilbanks
A 12 year old boy and his single mother live parallel lives. The boy spends his days alone while his mother works and goes out with her friends. Read More »
Spies Like Us (1985) John Landis, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Forrest
Looking for a way out of their mundane government jobs, Austin Millbarge (Dan Aykroyd) Read More »
The Chivalrous Life AKA Kyokotsu ichidai (1967) Masahiro Makino, Ken Takakura, Sumiko Fuji, Minoru Ôki
This is yet another ninkyô yakuza film that seems to be (unconsciously?) trying to deal Read More »
Genocide AKA Konchû daisensô (1968) Kazui Nihonmatsu, Keisuke Sonoi, Yûsuke Kawazu, Emi Shindô
All the insects on Earth become wild and attack humans, causing Armageddon. Read More »
A Hard Day AKA Kkeut-kka-ji-gan-da (2014) Seong-hun Kim, Sun-kyun Lee, Jin-woong Cho, Man-sik Jeong
Detective Go Geon-soo is having a hard day Read More »
The Farm in the Small Marsh AKA Salas u Malom Ritu (1976) Branko Bauer, Slavko Stimac, Miodrag Radovanovic, Pavle Vuisic
War arrives to a small secluded village in Vojvodina. The Germans take a group of hostages through the village Read More »
At Ellen’s Age AKA Im Alter von Ellen (2010) Pia Marais, Jeanne Balibar, Stefan Stern, Georg Friedrich
A woman puts herself through some remarkable changes in this drama from director Pia Marais. Read More »
Slaughter in the Snow (1973) Kazuo Ikehiro, Hajime Araki, Kai Atô, Takamori Gen
In feudal Japan, women are vulnerable, in need of protection, and capable of deception. Read More »
The Common Man AKA Dupont Lajoie (1975) Yves Boisset, Jean Carmet, Pierre Tornade, Jean Bouise
As every summer, Georges Lajoie, his wife Ginette and grown-up son Léon go on holiday to Loulou’s campsite. Read More »
Pete, Pearl and the Pole AKA Piazza pulita (1973) Luigi Vanzi, Tony Anthony, Adolfo Celi, Lucretia Love
In 1931, when the late American Prohibition major bosses have now divided the territory to exploit, the family of one of them – killed in a clash Read More »
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) Tony Richardson, Trevor Howard, Vanessa Redgrave, John Gielgud
A chronicle of events that led to the British involvement in the Crimean War against Russia and which led to the siege of Sevastopol Read More »
The Subject Was Roses (1968) Ulu Grosbard, Patricia Neal, Jack Albertson, Martin Sheen
When Timmy Cleary (Sheen), comes home from soldiering, he’s greeted by the open but strained arms Read More »
The Joy of Living AKA Che gioia vivere (1961) René Clément, Alain Delon, Barbara Lass, Gino Cervi
Ulisse is a naive young man out looking for a job after being released from the army. Read More »