The Falcon is hired by an insurance company to recover two stolen paintings, a job that takes him across the country and then across the Atlantic to Italy. Read More »
Monthly Archives: July 2020
Bulldog Drummond (1929) F. Richard Jones, Ronald Colman, Claud Allister, Lawrence Grant
Hugh ‘Bulldog’ Drummond is a British WWI veteran who longs for some excitement after he returns to the humdrum existence of civilian life. Read More »
Hook, Line and Sinker (1969) George Marshall, Jerry Lewis, Peter Lawford, Anne Francis
Man (Lewis) is told by his doctor (Lawford), and best friend, that he has a terminal illness. Read More »
McLintock! (1963) Andrew V. McLaglen, John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Patrick Wayne
George Washington McLintock, “GW” to friends and foes alike, is a cattle baron and the richest man in the territory. Read More »
The Silent World AKA Le monde du silence (1956) Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Louis Malle, Frédéric Dumas, Albert Falco
This pioneering nature documentary investigates aquatic habitats in various locations around the world. Read More »
Frankenhooker (1990) Frank Henenlotter, James Lorinz, Joanne Ritchie, Patty Mullen
A medical school dropout loses his fiancée in a tragic lawnmower incident, and decides to bring her back. Read More »
Angels Over Broadway (1940) Ben Hecht, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Rita Hayworth, Thomas Mitchell
Charles Engle has been caught embezzling. He writes a suicide note, and goes out wandering on the town. Read More »
Music for Millions (1944) Henry Koster, Margaret O’Brien, José Iturbi, June Allyson
“Mike” goes to live with her pregnant older sister, Babs, who plays string bass in Iturbi’s orchestra. Read More »
Hook Line and Sinker (1930) Edward F. Cline, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee
Two fast-talking insurance salesmen meet Mary, who is running away from her wealthy mother, and they agree to help her run a hotel that she owns. Read More »
Persona (1966) Ingmar Bergman, Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Margaretha Krook
A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. Read More »
State of Grace (1990) Phil Joanou, Michael Lee Baron, Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman
Terry Noonan returns home to New York’s Hells Kitchen after a ten year absence. Read More »
The Shadow of Chikara (1977) Earl E. Smith, Joe Don Baker, Sondra Locke, Ted Neeley
Confederate veterans of the last battle of the Civil War set out to find a hidden treasure: diamonds hidden in a cave. Read More »
Pure Shit AKA Pure S (1975) Bert Deling, Sally McNee, Doc Smith, Russell Kirby
Excellent account of a group of people drawn together in the never ending chase for their next hit. Read More »
We Will All Meet in Paradise AKA Nous irons tous au paradis (1977) Yves Robert, Jean Rochefort, Claude Brasseur, Guy Bedos
The film is the immediate continuation of Un éléphant ça trompe énormément, released the previous year. Read More »
Elegy of the North AKA Banka (1957) Heinosuke Gosho, Yoshiko Kuga, Masayuki Mori, Mieko Takamine
A young woman falls for a middle aged business man, but things get complicated when she also starts having feelings for his wife. Read More »