A Communist supported essay film, centering on great rivers of the world such as the Amazon Read More »
Monthly Archives: October 2020
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 »
Sherlock Holmes (1922) Albert Parker, John Barrymore, Roland Young, Carol Dempster
One of Barrymore’s most prestigious early roles, this rarely seen film also presents screen debuts of William Powell and Roland Young. Read More »
Nothing About Robert AKA Rien sur Robert (1999) Pascal Bonitzer, Fabrice Luchini, Sandrine Kiberlain, Valentina Cervi
Didier never knew that a wrong film review of a film which he did not bother to watch would land him in numerous troubles. Read More »
Monte Cristo (1922) Emmett J. Flynn, John Gilbert, Estelle Taylor, Robert McKim
A film adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune Read More »
Istanbul Express (1968) Richard Irving, Gene Barry, John Saxon, Senta Berger
Art expert Gene Barry finds himself involved in international intrigue Read More »
Sherlock Holmes (1916) Arthur Berthelet, William Gillette, Marjorie Kay, Ernest Maupain
When a couple of swindlers hold young Alice Faulkner against her will in order to discover Read More »
A Man from Wyoming (1930) Rowland V. Lee, Gary Cooper, June Collyer, Regis Toomey
When World War One pulls the U.S. in, builder Jim Baker goes enthusiastically. Read More »
King of the Wild Stallions (1959) R.G. Springsteen, George Montgomery, Diane Brewster, Edgar Buchanan
Martha Morse, a young widow, must raise $500 within a few days or lose her government-grazing rights and her ranch. Read More »