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Monthly Archives: August 2020
Tea and Sympathy (1956) Vincente Minnelli, Deborah Kerr, John Kerr, Leif Erickson
Tom Lee is a sensitive boy of 17 whose lack of interest in the “manly” pursuits of sports Read More »
The Song of the Scarlet Flower AKA Laulu tulipunaisesta kukasta (1938) Teuvo Tulio, Kaarlo Oksanen, Rakel Linnanheimo, Mirjami Kuosmanen
About Olavi, a farmer’s son who leaves his home after a dispute with his father and leads a life of a womanizing logger. Read More »
The Unpolished AKA Die Unerzogenen (2007) Pia Marais, Ceci Chuh, Birol Ünel, Pascale Schiller
A 15-year-old girl whose free-spirited parents provide no sense of stability finds the roles between parent Read More »
Brutal Tales of Chivalry 8 – Forbidden Love AKA Showa zankyo-den: hoero karajishi (1971) Kiyoshi Saeki, Ken Takakura, Ryô Ikebe, Kôji Tsuruta
The eighth chapter of the “Showa Zankyoden” series. A story of lone wolf struggling with human compassion and duty. Read More »
The Revolt of Job AKA Jób lázadása (1983) Imre Gyöngyössy, Barna Kabay, Hédi Temessy, Ferenc Zenthe, Gábor Fehér
Hungary, 1943. An elderly Jewish couple, Job and Roza, adopt an unruly non-Jewish child Read More »
Shoot the Moon (1982) Alan Parker, Albert Finney, Diane Keaton, Karen Allen
A fifteen year marriage dissolves, leaving both the husband and wife, and their four children, devastated. Read More »
Serpent Island (1954) Tom Gries, Sonny Tufts, Mary Munday, Tom Monroe
An office secretary from Scranton, Pennsylvania (Rosalind Hayes) sets out to find her great-grandfather’s hidden treasure. Read More »
The Uncertain Death AKA La muerte incierta (1973) José Ramón Larraz, Mary Maude, Yelena Samarina, Antonio Molino Rojo
A planter who lives with his son in a remote area of India has an affair with a native girl. Read More »
Bodies in Heat (1983) Paul Vatelli, Annette Haven, Herschel Savage, Eric Edwards
Laura, a beautiful woman, afraid that her husband, Lawrence is trying to kill her tries to enlist Harry as her own private detective. Read More »
I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse AKA J’irai comme un cheval fou (1973) Fernando Arrabal, Emmanuelle Riva, George Shannon, Hachemi Marzouk
When his mother dies, the police want to talk to Aden Rey, but Aden, a guilt-ridden epileptic, has left for the desert. Read More »
Trap for the Assassin AKA Roger la Honte (1966) Riccardo Freda, Georges Géret, Irene Papas, Jean-Pierre Marielle
In the period following the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, Roger Laroque became the owner of a small factory. Read More »
Pork Chop Hill (1959) Lewis Milestone, Gregory Peck, Harry Guardino, Rip Torn
Grim story of one of the major battles of the Korean War. While negotiators are at work in Panmunjom trying Read More »
Macbeth (1982) Béla Tarr, György Cserhalmi, Erzsébet Kútvölgyi, Ferenc Bencze
In this powerful short film, the renowned William Shakespeare play is stripped down to the bare essentials, consisting of two lengthy shots. Read More »
Élisa (1995) Jean Becker, Vanessa Paradis, Gérard Depardieu, Clotilde Courau, Sekkou Sall
Marie has had a tough childhood ever since her mother Elisa committed suicide. Read More »