John Liu is an aspiring violinist who is flocked by women like bees to honey because of his handsome face. Read More »
Daily Archives: October 18, 2020
The Hard Road (1970) Gary Graver, Connie Nelson, John Alderman, Catherine Howard
A cautionary tale. At 17, Sherman Oaks high schooler Pam Banner has a baby out of wedlock. Read More »
Task Force AKA Yit huet jui keung (1997) Patrick Leung, Leo Ku, Charlie Yeung, Eric Tsang
Patrick Leung (Beyond Hypothermia, Somebody Up There Likes Me) directed this Hong Kong action-crime comedy-drama Read More »
Sorority House Massacre II (1990) Jim Wynorski, Gail Thackray, Melissa Moore, Stacia Zhivago
Five college women buy the old Hokstedter place for their new sorority house. Read More »
Remember Last Night? (1935) James Whale, Edward Arnold, Robert Young, Constance Cummings
After a night of wild partying at a friend’s house, a couple wake up to discover the party’s host has been murdered in his bed. Read More »
O Signo do Caos (2005) Rogério Sganzerla, Eduardo Cabús, Sálvio do Prado, Giovanna Gold
In the B&W first part, a customs agent, Dr. Amnésio, examines some reels of film Read More »
Song of the Rivers AKA Das Lied der Ströme (1954) Joop Huisken, Joris Ivens, Alex McCrindle, Ernst Busch, Paul Robeson
A Communist supported essay film, centering on great rivers of the world such as the Amazon Read More »
The Proud Rebel (1958) Michael Curtiz, Alan Ladd, Olivia de Havilland, Dean Jagger
Searching for a doctor who can help him get his son to speak again–the boy hadn’t uttered a word Read More »
Torre Bela (1975) Thomas Harlan, Jacques d’Arthuys, Maria Vitória, José Neves Paiva
The rise and fall of a revolutionary cooperative movement established in a large private farm in Ribatejo, Portugal Read More »
Red Persimmons AKA Manzan benigaki (2001) Shinsuke Ogawa, Xiaolian Peng
The ostensible subject of this remarkably beautiful film is the growing, drying Read More »
O.K. (1970) Michael Verhoeven, Gustl Bayrhammer, Hartmut Becker, Senta Berger
A four-man US fire-team on patrol seizes a dying young Vietnamese girl Read More »
Last Resort (2000) Pawel Pawlikowski, Dina Korzun, Artyom Strelnikov, Paddy Considine
Tanya arrives in London with her son Artyom, expecting to be met by her boyfriend. Read More »
Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939) Gregory Ratoff, Ingrid Bergman, Leslie Howard, Edna Best
A concert violinist becomes charmed with his daughter’s talented piano teacher. Read More »
A Slope in the Sun AKA Hi no ataru sakamichi (1958) Tomotaka Tasaka, Yûjirô Ishihara, Mie Kitahara, Izumi Ashikawa
A college aged woman arrives in Tokyo to study while finding work at the wealthy Tashiro family home Read More »