A chance meeting with a Schlecht agent forces a humble coffee shop manager into the secret world of spies in Swinging London. Read More »
Monthly Archives: October 2020
Foul Play (1978) Colin Higgins, Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Burgess Meredith
When, unbeknownst to Gloria, a microfilm cassette is left with her by a dying agent Read More »
Decoys (2004) Matthew Hastings, Corey Sevier, Stefanie von Pfetten, Kim Poirier
In St. John College, freshmen and best friends Luke and Roger meet sexy Read More »
Nora (2000) Pat Murphy, Ewan McGregor, Susan Lynch, Andrew Scott
In 1904, in Dublin, James Joyce chats up Nora Barnacle, a hotel maid recently come from Galway. Read More »
Waiting AKA Entezar (1974) Amir Naderi, Zohreh Ghahremani, Hasan Heidari, Farzaneh Yousefi
One of Naderi’s most beautiful films, a kind of magical realist parable that follows a boy’s daily chore Read More »
The Helen Morgan Story (1957) Michael Curtiz, Ann Blyth, Paul Newman, Richard Carlson
The 1920’s and 30’s career of singer Helen Morgan is followed from her early days singing outdoors in a carnival Read More »
The Great O’Malley (1937) William Dieterle, Pat O’Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Sybil Jason
Officer O’Malley arrests John Phillips for a traffic violation and costs him a chance at a good job. Read More »
Flight Into France AKA Fuga in Francia (1948) Mario Soldati, Folco Lulli, Enrico Olivieri, Rosi Mirafiore
A former Fascist takes his son and escapes across the border into France Read More »
Daniel (1983) Sidney Lumet, Timothy Hutton, Mandy Patinkin, Lindsay Crouse
The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson Read More »
Thomas Harlan – Wandersplitter (2007) Christoph Hübner, Thomas Harlan, Gabriele Voss
A sanatory in the south of Germany, a room with a view to the Bavarian Alpes. Read More »
Singapore (1947) John Brahm, Fred MacMurray, Ava Gardner, Roland Culver
After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Read More »
The Water Magician AKA Taki no shiraito (1933) Kenji Mizoguchi, Takuaki Seiryô, Tokihiko Okada, Ichirô Sugai, Bontarô Miake
Taki no Shiraito is a very independent young woman with a famous water juggling act in a travelling carnival troupe. Read More »
Golden Eels AKA Zlatí úhori (1979) Karel Kachyna, Vladimír Mensík, Miroslava Hozová, Rudolf Hrusínský
A little boy, named Prdelka, traveled with his father from Prague to the country during the Second World War. Read More »
Waterberry Tears (2010) Adrian Aldaz, Raul Rodriguez, Juan Loaiza, Marisol Reyes
This is a coming of age story about a gay boy in a Mexican family Read More »
Cool Hand Luke (1967) Stuart Rosenberg, Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Strother Martin
Luke Jackson is a cool, gutsy prisoner in a Southern chain gang Read More »