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Monthly Archives: December 2020
It’s Never Too Late to Mend (1937) David MacDonald, Tod Slaughter, Jack Livesey, Marjorie Taylor
An evil prison administrator cruelly abuses the inmates at his prison, until one day the tables are turned. Read More »
A Stranger Knocks AKA En fremmed banker på (1959) Johan Jacobsen, Birgitte Federspiel, Preben Lerdorff Rye, Victor Montell
A stranger – a fugitive, a sought-after – walks through a deserted landscape a late rainy day in August 1947. Read More »
The Seekers (1954) Ken Annakin, Jack Hawkins, Glynis Johns, Noel Purcell
In 1821, British seaman Phillip Wayne sets foot on New Zealand where he befriends a Maori tribe and their chief, Hongi Tepe. Read More »
The Fire That Burns AKA La ville dont le prince est un enfant (1997) Christophe Malavoy, Michel Aumont, Naël Marandin
Two boys in their early teens in a strictly-run pre-WWII Catholic School form a firm friendship Read More »
The Next of Kin (1942) Thorold Dickinson, Mervyn Johns, John Chandos, Nova Pilbeam
A woman’s idle remark about her son has devastating consequences when she is overheard by a nazi spy. Read More »
Les sièges de l’Alcazar (1989) Luc Moullet, Olivier Maltinti, Elizabeth Moreau, Sabine Haudepin
Paris, 1955. Guy, film critic of the Cahiers du Cinéma, often goes to see the films of Vittorio Cottafavi in a local cinema. Read More »
The Sandpiper (1965) Vincente Minnelli, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Eva Marie Saint
Twenty-something Laura Reynolds (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) is a free spirit who questions social conventions, laws, and regulations. Read More »
The Jokers (1967) Michael Winner, Michael Crawford, Oliver Reed, Harry Andrews
Michael Tremayne (Michael Crawford) and David Tremayne (Oliver Reed) are always trying to find some way Read More »
Lady Vampire AKA Nieng arp (2004) Kam Chanty, Sovan Makar, Dan Monika
Girl gets raped by gangsters. Gangsters kill boyfriend. Girl gets possessed by witch and becomes vampire. Read More »
Suffer Little Children (1983) Alan Briggs, Colin Chamberlain, Ginny Rose, Jon Hollanz
A mute child arrives at a children’s home and starts terrorizing the other children with her demonic powers. Read More »
Kean (1924) Alexandre Volkoff, Ivan Mozzhukhin, Nathalie Lissenko, Pauline Po
By 1820, Edmund Kean is the most admired Shakespearean actor. But if his art is peerless, his free lifestyle is ill thought of Read More »
Mother of Mine AKA Gribiche (1926) Jacques Feyder, Jean Forest, Rolla Norman, Françoise Rosay
A sincere working-class 13-year old in France is adopted by a well-meaning philanthropic millionairess Read More »
Miss Mend (1926) Boris Barnet, Fyodor Otsep, Natalya Glan, Igor Ilyinsky, Vladimir Fogel
Three reporters and an office girl are trying to stop a bacteriological strike Read More »
Wildflowers (1999) Melissa Painter, Clea DuVall, Daryl Hannah, Tomas Arana
A mysterious girl becomes involved with a 17-year-old girl and changes her life forever. Read More »