Based on 19th century story “O Alienista” by great Brazilian writer Machado de Assis, the film is a free adaptation Read More »
Daily Archives: November 25, 2020
The Whispering (1995) Gregory Gieras, Cedrick Terrell, Mette Holt, Scott Johnson
An insurance investigator examining several recent cases of suicide discovers a demon influencing the deaths, but only he can see it. Read More »
The Scarecrow (1972) Boris Sagal, Nina Foch, Norman Lloyd, Blythe Danner
Just before the Salem Witch Trials, an embittered old woman, who has learned witchcraft, teams up with the Devil Read More »
The Willow Tree AKA Beed-e majnoon (2005) Majid Majidi, Parviz Parastui, Roya Taymourian, Afarin Obeisi
Blind since childhood, Youssef has a devoted wife, loving daughter, and successful university career, but his affliction fills him with secret torment. Read More »
The Left-Handed Woman AKA Die linkshändige Frau (1978) Peter Handke, Edith Clever, Markus Mühleisen, Bruno Ganz
Mourning for a lost relationship can be every bit as devastating as mourning for someone who has died. Read More »
Magic Fire (1955) William Dieterle, Yvonne De Carlo, Carlos Thompson, Rita Gam
The life and career of German composer Richard Wagner. Read More »
Kentucky (1938) David Butler, Loretta Young, Richard Greene, Walter Brennan
During the Civil War, two of the oldest families in Kentucky,the Dillons and the Goodwins, begin a long and bitter feud that has lasted into 1938. Read More »
Kid Rodelo (1966) Richard Carlson, Don Murray, Janet Leigh, Broderick Crawford
An embittered ex-convict cowboy sets out to find the hidden gold his partner told him about. Read More »
The Wonder Kid AKA Wonder Boy (1951) Karl Hartl, Bobby Henrey, Elwyn Brook-Jones, Muriel Aked
The old one about the much-exploited child prodigy is given a new coat of paint in the English-Austrian Entfuhrag ins Gluck (Wonder Child). Read More »
Sweet Hostage (1975) Lee Philips, Linda Blair, Martin Sheen, Jeanne Cooper
An escaped mental patient kidnaps an illiterate teenage farm girl and takes her to his mountain hide-away Read More »
Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975) Joseph Manduke, Moses Gunn, Rosalind Cash, Bernie Casey
Nathaniel “Cornbread” Hamilton was the black urban dream and a hero to youngsters Wilford Robinson and Earl Carter. Read More »
Deliverance (1972) John Boorman, Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty
The Cahulawassee River valley in Northern Georgia is one of the last natural pristine areas of the state Read More »
Village of the Damned (1995) John Carpenter, Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, Linda Kozlowski
An American village is visited by some unknown life form which leaves the women of the village pregnant. Read More »
Keep Walking AKA Cammina, cammina (1982) Ermanno Olmi, Alberto Fumagalli, Antonio Cucciarrè, Eligio Martellucci
The assuming of responsibility by individuals, the use of science for man and not against him Read More »
The Russia House (1990) Fred Schepisi, Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer, Roy Scheider
Bartholomew “Barley” Scott Blair, a middle-aged and heavy-drinking head of a modest family-owned British publishing company Read More »