An unemployed hairdresser and a strange nurse, meet at a club and start a romance. Read More »
Monthly Archives: October 2020
A Simple Event AKA Yek Etefagh sadeh (1974) Sohrab Shahid Saless, Hedayatollah Navid, Hibibollah Safarian, Ane Mohammad Tarikhi
The story of a ten years old Iranian schoolboy living with his mother and his father in Northern coasts of Iran. Read More »
The Lacemaker AKA La dentellière (1977) Claude Goretta, Isabelle Huppert, Yves Beneyton, Florence Giorgetti
Timid, discreet, and humble, the guileless nineteen-year-old assistant hairdresser, Pomme, lives with her doting mother and works in a Parisian beauty salon. Read More »
The Naked City (1948) Jules Dassin, Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart
Amid a semi-documentary portrait of New York and its people, Jean Dexter Read More »
Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1938) Henry King, Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche
Roger Grant, a classical violinist, disappoints his family Read More »
Flesh and Fury (1952) Joseph Pevney, Tony Curtis, Jan Sterling, Mona Freeman
Deaf boxer Paul Callan captures the interest of gold-digging blonde Sonya Bartow Read More »
The Black Bird (1975) David Giler, George Segal, Stéphane Audran, Lionel Stander
After the death of private detective Sam Spade, his son, Sam Spade Jr. Read More »
Rio, Zona Norte (1957) Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Grande Otelo, Jece Valadão, Malu Maia
A talented songwriter of sambas is forced to face the social injustices of the city around him. Read More »
Le 6 juin à l’aube (1946) Jean Grémillon
The film starts by a visit to bucolic Normandy before the events. Read More »
Roaring Fire AKA Hoero tekken (1981) Norifumi Suzuki, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shin’ichi Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi
Joji learns a dark secret from his dying father; he learns he has a twin brother and a sister. Read More »
Salem’s Lot (1979) Tobe Hooper, David Soul, James Mason, Lance Kerwin
The successful writer Benjamin “Ben” Mears returns to his hometown Salem’s Lot, Maine Read More »
Last Light (1993) Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Clancy Brown
Awaiting execution, Denver Bayliss gains an unlikely friend and confidant in Fred Whitmore Read More »
My Best Gal (1944) Anthony Mann, Jane Withers, Jimmy Lydon, Frank Craven
Kitty O’Hara (Jane Withers) has a good singing voice but will have nothing to do with trying to use it in the theatre or on the radio. Read More »
Nana (1934) Dorothy Arzner, George Fitzmaurice, Anna Sten, Phillips Holmes, Lionel Atwill
Nana (Anna Sten) is a young woman who dreams of success in the entertainment world. For this reason he works tirelessly in Paris. Read More »
The Doughgirls (1944) James V. Kern, Ann Sheridan, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson
Arthur and Vivian are just married, but when the get to their honeymoon suite in Washington D.C., they find it occupied. Read More »