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Daily Archives: May 11, 2020
Brothers Serving Time AKA Chôeki san kyôdai (1969) Kiyoshi Saeki, Bunta Sugawara, Ken Takakura, Kyôsuke Machida
While imprisoned, Tatsu encounters Danshi, a man who is a big honcho in the prison pecking order. Read More »
Fargo (1952) Lewis D. Collins, Bill Elliott, Myron Healey, Phyllis Coates
The brother (House Peters Jr.) of rancher Bill Martin (Bill Elliott) is killed in a stampede started by cattleman. Read More »
Blind Date AKA Randevou me mia agnosti (1968) Vasilis Georgiadis, Elena Nathanail, Giannis Voglis, Dimitris Myrat
Christina is a Prosecutor’s wife who lives in an old mansion by the sea, in a remote city where her husband’s work has brought them. Read More »
The Plunderers (1948) Joseph Kane, Rod Cameron, Ilona Massey, Lorna Gray
In the 1870s, fugitive outlaw Johnny Drum is confronted by Sheriff Sam Borden inside a general store. Read More »
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: The Bloody Inscription AKA Krovavaya nadpis (1980) Igor Maslennikov, Vasiliy Livanov, Vitali Solomin, Rina Zelyonaya
When a murder happens with a bloody inscription and a ring left behind, puzzled Scotland Yard detectives go to Sherlock Holmes for help. Read More »
West 11 (1963) Michael Winner, Alfred Lynch, Kathleen Breck, Eric Portman
This Michael Winner directed film looks into life at Notting Hill, London, then a seedy slum. Read More »
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (1970) Kevin Billington, Ann Beach, Desmond Walter-Ellis, Peter Cook
Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. Read More »
Fuse AKA Gori Vatra (2003) Pjer Zalica, Enis Beslagic, Bogdan Diklic, Sasa Petrovic
In the Bosnian town of Tesanj, not long after the Balkan war, land mines claim victims, corruption is rampant Read More »
Morning’s Tree-Lined Street AKA Ashita no namikimichi (1936) Mikio Naruse, Sachiko Chiba, Heihachirô Ôkawa, Ranko Akagi
In 1936 Chiba Sachiko had her third starring role in a Naruse picture, in which he returns to the milieu of the shoshimin-eiga. Read More »
Public Speaking (2010) Martin Scorsese, James Baldwin, William F. Buckley, Truman Capote
A feature-length documentary starring Fran Lebowitz, a writer known for her unique take on modern life. Read More »