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Monthly Archives: July 2020
Cocktail Molotov (1980) Diane Kurys, Elise Caron, François Cluzet, Philippe Lebas
Seventeen-year-old middle-class Anne (Elise Caron), runs away with her working-class boyfriend Frederic (Philippe Lebas) Read More »
The Washing Machine AKA Vortice mortale (1993) Ruggero Deodato, Philippe Caroit, Ilaria Borrelli, Katarzyna Figura
A police detective investigates the murder of a man found dismembered in a washing machine Read More »
Personal Problems (1980) Bill Gunn, Vertamae Grosvenor, Carey Barnes, Alan Beckles
A partly improvised story of a complicated marriage in the African-American community Read More »
Rhapsody in Blue (1945) Irving Rapper, Robert Alda, Joan Leslie, Alexis Smith
Composer George Gershwin is driven by his need to succeed. Unfortunately his drive destroys his romantic Read More »
Martin (1977) George A. Romero, John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Christine Forrest
George Romero does for vampires what he has already done to zombies – an intense and realistic treatment that follows Read More »
The Iceman Cometh (1973) John Frankenheimer, Lee Marvin, Fredric March, Robert Ryan
It’s 1912 and the patrons of ‘The Last Chance Saloon’ have gathered for their evening of whiskey Read More »
The Dupes AKA Al-makhdu’un (1972) Tewfik Saleh, Mohamed Kheir-Halouani, Abderrahman Alrahy, Bassan Lofti Abou-Ghazala
Set in Iraq (but shot in Syria), this is the story of three men who try to leave their impoverished and hopeless lives to get get work in Kuwait. Read More »
In the Mouth of the Wolf AKA La boca del lobo (1988) Francisco J. Lombardi, Gustavo Bueno, Toño Vega, José Tejada
The military anti-terrorist army takes control of “Chuspi”, an unknown and faraway small village Read More »
I Love You Again (1940) W.S. Van Dyke, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Frank McHugh
While alone on a cruise, the upstanding – and mean – teetotaler, Larry Wilson, receives a blow on the head Read More »
Framed (1947) Richard Wallace, Glenn Ford, Janis Carter, Barry Sullivan
Mike Lambert, unemployed mining engineer, arrives in a small town with a bang when the brakes fail on the truck he’s driving. Read More »
Valentino (1977) Ken Russell, Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips
In 1926, the tragic and untimely death of a silent screen actor caused female movie-goers to riot in the streets Read More »
Trouble at Midnight (1937) Ford Beebe, Noah Beery Jr., Kay Hughes, Larry J. Blake
In World War One, Sergeant Tony Michael (Larry J. Blake) saves the life of Dick Cameron (‘Henry Hunter’) Read More »
The Heat’s On (1943) Gregory Ratoff, Mae West, Victor Moore, William Gaxton
When his biggest star joins a rival’s show, a Broadway producer bluffs and schemes to get her back. Read More »
Elevator to the Gallows AKA Ascenseur pour l’échafaud (1957) Jeanne Moreau, Maurice Ronet, Georges Poujouly
The feature-film debut of famed director Louis Malle is an interesting, modern film noir with the classic theme of lovers plotting Read More »