Naive, bookish Professor Post (of Potts College) inherits a huge amount of money Read More »
Daily Archives: June 28, 2020
My American Cousin (1985) Sandy Wilson, Margaret Langrick, John Wildman, Richard Donat
Adding an intriguing Canadian twist to a universally appealing story of teenage trials Read More »
Just Between Friends (1986) Allan Burns, Mary Tyler Moore, Ted Danson, Christine Lahti
Holly and Sandy strike up an instant friendship; they don’t know however that they have more in common than they’d like. Read More »
Cleo from 5 to 7 AKA Cléo de 5 à 7 (1962) Agnès Varda, Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray
Two hours from 17:00 to 19:00h on the longest day of the year in the life of a young Parisienne is presented. Read More »
Before Summer Ends AKA Avant la fin de l’été (2017) Maryam Goormaghtigh, Arash, Ashkan, Hossein
After five years of study in Paris, Arash hasn’t adapted to French life and decides to return home to Iran. Read More »
Flirtation AKA Liebelei (1933) Max Ophüls, Paul Hörbiger, Magda Schneider, Luise Ullrich
Vienna in the beginning of the twentieth century. Cavalry Lieutenant Fritz Lobheimer is about to end his affair Read More »
Advise and Consent (1962) Otto Preminger, Franchot Tone, Lew Ayres, Henry Fonda
Robert Leffingwell is the president’s candidate for Secretary of State. Read More »
The Weapon (1956) Val Guest, Hal E. Chester, Herbert Marshall, Lizabeth Scott, Steve Cochran
A boy accidentally shoots a friend with a gun he found in the rubble of a destroyed building. Read More »
A Thousand and One Hands AKA Les mille et une mains (1973) Souheil Ben-Barka, Abdou Chaibane, Mimsy Farmer, Si Ahmed
In Morocco, an old dyer and his young son Miloud work transporting wool packs. Read More »
My Dinner with Jimi (2003) Bill Fishman, Justin Henry, Royale Watkins, Jason Boggs
Howard Kaylan, a singer for the rock band The Turtles, is about to marry his girlfriend and his band is traveling to England Read More »
Coming and Going AKA Vai E Vem (2003) João César Monteiro, Rita Pereira Marques, Joaquina Chicau
Driven by his struggle against the illness that would ultimately prove fatal, Monteiro fervently devoted himself to his deeply personal last work Read More »
Strike Me Pink (1936) Norman Taurog, Eddie Cantor, Ethel Merman, Sally Eilers
After helping a numbskull graduate college, a nebbish blunders into a job running an amusement park. Read More »
Swedenhielms Family AKA Swedenhielms (1935) Gustaf Molander, Gösta Ekman, Björn Berglund, Håkan Westergren
The Swedenhielms is an old aristocratic family. The head of the family is professor Rolf Swedenhielm. Read More »
The Thief of Baghdad (1961) Bruno Vailati, Arthur Lubin, Steve Reeves, Giorgia Moll, Arturo Dominici
In the time of the Arabian Nights, the city of Baghdad is ruled by Sultan Ali Bajazeth but actually controlled by the scheming Grand Vizier Ghamal. Read More »
Riff-Raff (1991) Ken Loach, Robert Carlyle, Emer McCourt, Jim R. Coleman
The story of Stevie, a construction worker, and his girlfriend, an unemployed pop singer Read More »