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Monthly Archives: January 2021
Mad Emperor: Ludwig II AKA Ludwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs (1955) Helmut Käutner, O.W. Fischer, Marianne Koch, Paul Bildt
King Ludwig II of Bavaria is frustrated, having to accept parliament’s will to join Bismarck, rather he his cultured Habsburg friends, in wars. Read More »
Impromptu (1991) James Lapine, Judy Davis, Hugh Grant, Mandy Patinkin
1830s Paris. Novelist George Sand, who is known to be writing her memoirs, is causing a sensation in the literary scene Read More »
Temple of the Golden Pavilion AKA Kinkakuji (1976) Yoichi Takabayashi, Saburô Shinoda, Toshio Shiba, Katsuhiko Yokomitsu
The story takes place during the end of the Pacific War and the aftermath period and it focuses on Mizoguchi, who is the son of a Buddhist Priest. Read More »
Albert (1985) Frantisek Vlácil, Jaroslav Filip, Jan Kacer, Peter Debnar
Story of an extraordinary musician, violinist, who was famous, but his alcoholism led him to poverty. Read More »
La León (2007) Santiago Otheguy, Jorge Román, Daniel Valenzuela, José Muñoz
This visually stunning directorial debut is set in a place lost in time in northern Argentina. Read More »
The Proud Challenge AKA Hokori takaki chosen (1962) Kinji Fukasaku, Kôji Tsuruta, Tetsurô Tanba, Hitomi Nakahara
As the film begins, Kuroki, a journalist for a trade paper, is investigating clandestine arms sales to Southeast Asia. Read More »
On the Line (1984) José Luis Borau, David Carradine, Scott Wilson, Victoria Abril
A Border Patrol Agent is determined to catch his old nemesis Read More »
M (2007) Myung-se Lee, Dong-won Gang, Yeon-hee Lee, Hyo-Jin Kong
A young writer can’t write a word for his next novel, he also doesn’t feel right with his fiancée Read More »
Miracle on Main Street (1939) Steve Sekely, Margo, Walter Abel, William Collier Sr.
On Christmas Eve in the Spanish quarter of L.A. police try to arrest a couple running a shady floor show. Read More »
The Crowd (1928) King Vidor, Eleanor Boardman, James Murray, Bert Roach
Born on the fourth of July, 1900, the future holds unlimited potential for newborn John Sims. Read More »
Thrill of Youth (1932) Richard Thorpe, June Clyde, Allen Vincent, Dorothy Peterson
Chet Thayer returns to his family and the loving arms of his long suffering sweetheart Marcia. Read More »
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever? AKA Hunde, wollt ihr ewig leben (1959) Frank Wisbar, Joachim Hansen, Wilhelm Borchert, Wolfgang Preiss
1942. First lieutenant Wisse, young and still idealistic, is sent to the Eastern front where a renewed German offensive is in full swing. Read More »
Time Bandits (1981) Terry Gilliam, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, John Cleese
Intrigued by history but neglected by his parents, Kevin, an eleven-year-old schoolboy Read More »
According to Pereira AKA Sostiene Pereira (1995) Roberto Faenza, Marcello Mastroianni, Joaquim de Almeida, Daniel Auteuil
Portugal 1938. Pereira is the editor of the culture section of the Lisboa, an unaffiliated evening paper. Read More »