Daikoku and Ami want to escape their wayward lives. When they are thrown together they set out to kill a yakuza boss Read More »
Monthly Archives: July 2020
The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town AKA Shin Abashiri Bangaichi: Saihate no Nagare-mono (1969) Kiyoshi Saeki, Ken Takakura, Takashi Shimura, Kaneko Iwaskura
It’s a battle of good versus evil in the frozen north when former prison inmate Katsuji takes on Boss Tamaru Read More »
Reisender Krieger (1981) Christian Schocher, Willy Ziegler, Barbla Bischoff, Marianne Huber
This is a portrait of a man and of a country, as he travels through it. Read More »
Nathalie: Escape from Hell AKA Nathalie rescapée de l’enfer (1978) Alain Payet, Patrizia Gori, Jacqueline Laurent, Jack Taylor
A female Russian doctor is taken prisoner into a château where German officers go for entertainment Read More »
Bunker Bean (1936) William Hamilton, Edward Killy, Owen Davis Jr., Louise Latimer, Robert McWade
Bunker Bean, a meek office clerk, has grandiose dreams but seems destined to remain forever in his lowly station. Read More »
Dangerous Number (1937) Richard Thorpe, Robert Young, Ann Sothern, Reginald Owen
Hank Medhill, artificial silk manufacturer, has returned to the U.S. from Japan to learn that his former girlfriend, Eleanor Breen is about to marry. Read More »
The Bishop’s Bedroom AKA La stanza del vescovo (1977) Dino Risi, Ugo Tognazzi, Ornella Muti, Patrick Dewaere
Mario (Tognazzi), a rich and eccentric war hero befriends Marco (Dewaere) Read More »
Committed (1984) Sheila McLaughlin, Lynne Tillman, Victoria Boothby, Lee Breuer
Stylized, black and white biography of Frances Farmer by author Lynne Tillman and Sheila McLauglin. Read More »
Chinese Vampire Story AKA Xin jiang shi xian sheng (1992) Ricky Lau, Ching-Ying Lam, Ricky Hui, Siu-Ho Chin
Master Lam and his two disciples must battle a horde of Chinese vampires Read More »
Joel-Peter Witkin: An Objective Eye (2013) Thomas A. Marino, Joel-Peter Witkin, Eugenia Parry, Baudoin Lebon
A new documentary from director Thomas Marino, taking a profound and introspective look into the life and art of the controversial artist, Joel-Peter Witkin. Read More »
When Every Day Was the Fourth of July (1978) Dan Curtis, Dean Jones, Louise Sorel, Chris Petersen
This film concentrates on attorney (Dean Jones) and his 9-year-old daughter (Katy Kurtzman). Read More »
Play It Cool (1962) Michael Winner, Billy Fury, Michael Anderson Jr., Dennis Price
Stars Billy Fury (Britain’s answer to Elvis Presley) and features cameos from some other stars from the sixties Read More »
King Creole (1958) Michael Curtiz, Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau
Having flunked graduation for a second time and needing cash to support his crabby (and thus unemployed) father Read More »
Foreign Intrigue (1956) Sheldon Reynolds, Robert Mitchum, Geneviève Page, Ingrid Thulin
Millionaire Victor Danemore, living on the French Riviera, dies suddenly of a heart attack. Read More »
Tudor Rose (1936) Robert Stevenson, Nova Pilbeam, Cedric Hardwicke, John Mills
A dramatization of Lady Jane Grey’s short life, from her forced marriage (which she resisted) Read More »