Vanina Vanini, a bored, spoiled Roman countess, falls in love with a dedicated young patriot Read More »
Daily Archives: May 31, 2020
Ordet (1955) Carl Theodor Dreyer, Henrik Malberg, Emil Hass Christensen, Preben Lerdorff Rye
How do we understand faith and prayer, and what of miracles? August 1925 on a Danish farm. Read More »
Mouchette (1967) Robert Bresson, Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Marie Cardinal
Mouchette is a young girl living in the country. Her mother is dying and her father does not take care of her. Read More »
The Royal Rabble AKA Kungliga patrasket (1945) Hasse Ekman, Edvin Adolphson, Ester Roeck Hansen
The Ankers is a well-established acting family in the theater world of Stockholm, three generations working together Read More »
Before I Hang (1940) Nick Grinde, Boris Karloff, Evelyn Keyes, Bruce Bennett
A physician on death row for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a criminals’ blood Read More »
Encirclements AKA Hakafot (2014) Lee Gilat, Lior Ashkenazi, Assi Levy, Agam Ozalvo
When thirteen year old Aharon,is selected for the great honor of carrying the big Torah book Read More »
The Dolls AKA Le bambole (1965) Mauro Bolognini, Luigi Comencini, Nino Manfredi, Virna Lisi, Elke Sommer
Four different facets of love Italian-style provide the basis of this episodic film. Read More »
Mania (1974) Renato Polselli, Brad Euston, Ivana Giordan, Isarco Ravaioli
Professor Brecht finds out his wife Lisa is having an affair with his twin brother Giordano. Read More »
Performance (1970) Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg, James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg
Chas, a violent and psychotic East London gangster needs a place to lie low after a hit that should never have been carried out. Read More »
A Sun AKA Yang guang pu zhao (2019) Mong-Hong Chung, Chien-Ho Wu, Yi-wen Chen, Samantha Shu-Chin Ko
A Sun follows a troubled family of four. A-Ho, the younger son, has always been a problematic child Read More »
Sinner Take All (1936) Errol Taggart, Bruce Cabot, Margaret Lindsay, Joseph Calleia
Members of a wealthy family start getting threatening letters, and it’s not long before the threats turn Read More »
Strawberry Shortcakes (2006) Hitoshi Yazaki, Chizuru Ikewaki, Noriko Nakagoshi, Yûko Nakamura
Based on the eponymous manga for girls by cartoonist Kiriko Nananan, the pic follows the ups Read More »
Junior Miss (1945) George Seaton, Peggy Ann Garner, Stephen Dunne, Allyn Joslyn
New York teenager gets involved in everyone’s lives by playing cupid. Read More »
Beyond Our Ken AKA Gung ju fuk sau gei (2004) Ho-Cheung Pang, Gillian Chung, Daniel Wu, Höng Tao
Shirley (Tao Hong) is a karaoke waitress who leads a perfectly normal love life with her fireman boyfriend Ken (Daniel Wu). Read More »
Violent Saturday (1955) Richard Fleischer, Victor Mature, Richard Egan, Stephen McNally
A number of otherwise insignificant small-town stories erupt into drama when a gang of hoodlums decides to rob the local bank. Read More »