The Lionians are a tribe dying of a mysterious disease. Their Chief decides to kidnap Jane and Lola, a half-breed nurse Read More »
Monthly Archives: August 2020
The Black Orchid (1958) Martin Ritt, Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Peter Mark Richman
After mobsters murder her husband, Rose Bianco works long hours making artificial flowers, to support herself and her son. Read More »
My Own Breathing AKA Sumgyeol – Najeun moksori 3 (1999) Young-Joo Byun
Some Korean women were forced into sexual slavery by Japan during World War II. Read More »
Habitual Sadness AKA Najeun moksori 2 (1997) Young-Joo Byun
Habitual Sadness (1997) was initiated at the request of the women, who asked that BYEON film the last days of a group member Read More »
Dangerous Paradise (1930) William A. Wellman, Nancy Carroll, Richard Arlen, Warner Oland
A young man named Heyst, soured on civilization, lives alone on a remote island “somewhere east of Suez”. Read More »
The Pumpkin Eater (1964) Jack Clayton, Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch, James Mason
Film screenwriter Jake Armitage and his wife Jo Armitage live in London with six of Jo’s eight children, with the two eldest boys at boarding school. Read More »
No One Writes to the Colonel AKA El coronel no tiene quien le escriba (1999) Arturo Ripstein, Fernando Lujan, Marisa Paredes, Salma Hayek
Every Friday, the Colonel puts on his only suit and goes to the dock to await a letter announcing the arrival of his pension. Read More »
The Falcon’s Alibi (1946) Ray McCarey, Tom Conway, Rita Corday, Vince Barnett
A wealthy woman’s secretary, fearing that she will be blamed if her employer’s jewelry is stolen, hires the Falcon as guardian. Read More »
The Psychic AKA Sette note in nero (1977) Lucio Fulci, Jennifer O’Neill, Gabriele Ferzetti, Marc Porel
A clairvoyant woman, inspired by a vision, smashes open a section of wall in her husband’s home and finds a skeleton behind it. Read More »
The Battle of Sutjeska AKA Sutjeska (1973) Stipe Delic, Richard Burton, Ljuba Tadic, Velimir ‘Bata’ Zivojinovic
The Battle of Sutjeska known as ”Fifth offensive” is the hardest, most tragic Read More »
Scrap Heaven (2005) Sang-il Lee, Ryô Kase, Joe Odagiri, Chiaki Kuriyama
A cop, a sanitation worker and a pharmacist intersect on a late bus ride that’s hijacked by a suicidal political flunky. Read More »
Resurrection AKA Yomigaeri (2002) Akihiko Shiota, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Yûko Takeuchi, Yuriko Ishida
In the town of Aso a boy returns to his mother after he was missing for 58 years. Read More »
The Fake (1953) Godfrey Grayson, Dennis O’Keefe, Coleen Gray, Hugh Williams
An American has to guard da Vinci’s “Madonna and Child” when it is being shown in Britain. When it arrives he suspects it is not the real painting. Read More »
Faithless AKA Trolösa (2000) Liv Ullmann, Lena Endre, Erland Josephson, Krister Henriksson
Marianne is a theatre actress married to an orchestra conductor, Markus. Read More »
The Man Without a Map AKA Moetsukita chizu (1968) Hiroshi Teshigahara, Shintarô Katsu, Etsuko Ichihara, Osamu Ôkawa
A private detective is hired to find a missing man by his wife. Contradictory evidence and the lack of clues soon render the case as virtually unsolvable Read More »