Mr. Omura, a teacher, leads a group of male students in an outdoor drill. Read More »
Monthly Archives: May 2020
Top Secret (1978) Paul Leaf, Bill Cosby, Tracy Reed, Sheldon Leonard
A veteran American espionage agent is sent with a new partner to Italy Read More »
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Treasures of Agra AKA Sokrovishcha Agry (1983) Igor Maslennikov, Vasiliy Livanov, Vitali Solomin, Rina Zelyonaya
Holmes and Dr. Watson help a young lady who is receiving anonymous letters 10 years after her father passed away under shady circumstances. Read More »
The Game of Truth AKA Le jeu de la vérité (1961) Robert Hossein, Françoise Prévost, Paul Meurisse
A dozen of elegant people are gathered in a writer’s desirable mansion. Read More »
Strange Victory (1948) Leo Hurwitz, Alfred Drake, Muriel Smith, Gary Merrill
“Strange Victory” is about racial bias in post World War II America. Read More »
Berlin-Jerusalem AKA Berlin-Yerushalaim (1989) Amos Gitai, Lisa Kreuzer, Rivka Neuman, Markus Stockhausen
Two interconnected stories in the 1930s, one set in Berlin, the other in Palestine Read More »
Jack and the Beanstalk (1970) Barry Mahon, Mitch Poulos, Dorothy Stokes, Renato Boracherro
Retelling of the classic fairy tale, but from a decidedly 1960s point of view, complete with “groovy” dialogue. Read More »
Down Twisted (1987) Albert Pyun, Carey Lowell, Charles Rocket, Trudy Dochterman
When a levelheaded waitress decides to help her shady friend against her better judgment Read More »
Having Wonderful Time (1938) Alfred Santell, Ginger Rogers, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Peggy Conklin
Ginger Rogers, an overworked New York office girl, seeks 2 weeks of rest and relaxation at a camp in the Catskills. Read More »
Five and Ten (1931) Robert Z. Leonard, Marion Davies, Leslie Howard, Richard Bennett, Drama, Romance
John owns the largest chain of five and ten cent stores in the country. He moves his family to New York from Kansas City and their life Read More »
The Hawaiians (1970) Tom Gries, Charlton Heston, Tina Chen, Geraldine Chaplin
The intertwined lives of two kindred souls with ambition begins when Captain Whip Hoxworth discovers that Nyuk Tsin Read More »
Baghead (2008) Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass, Ross Partridge, Steve Zissis, Greta Gerwig
Four struggling actors retreat to a cabin in Big Bear, California in order to write a screenplay that will make them all stars. Read More »
Northern Patrol (1953) Rex Bailey, Kirby Grant, Chinook, Marian Carr
This entry in the series featuring RCMP Rod Webb and his wonder dog, Chinook, has a larger cast than usual Read More »
Street of Shame AKA Akasen Chitai (1956) Kenji Mizoguchi, Machiko Kyô, Aiko Mimasu, Ayako Wakao
Five prostitutes work at Dreamland, in Tokyo’s Yoshiwara district. As the Diet considers a ban on prostitution, the women’s daily dramas play out. Read More »
The Life of Oharu AKA Saikaku Ichidai Onna (1952) Kenji Mizoguchi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsukie Matsuura, Ichirô Sugai
A fifty-year-old prostitute, no longer able to attract men, looks back on her sad life. Read More »