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Monthly Archives: January 2021
War AKA Voyna (2002) Aleksey Balabanov, Aleksey Chadov, Ian Kelly, Ingeborga Dapkunaite
During the bloody war in Chechnya, a British couple and two Russian soldiers are taken hostage by Chechen rebels. Read More »
Four Sisters AKA Shimaizaka (1985) Nobuhiko Ôbayashi, Misako Konno, Atsuko Asano, Yasuko Sawaguchi
Four half-sisters share an unusually close bond during tumultuous times of post-war Japan. Read More »
Barber’s Tales AKA Mga kuwentong barbero (2013) Jun Lana, Eugene Domingo, Eddie Garcia, Iza Calzado
Barber’s Tales tells the story of newly widowed Marilou who inherits the town’s only barbershop Read More »
New Moon (1930) Jack Conway, Lawrence Tibbett, Grace Moore, Adolphe Menjou
New Moon is the name of the ship crossing the Caspian Sea. A young Lt. Petroff meets the Princess Tanya Read More »
The Cherry Orchard (1999) Michael Cacoyannis, Charlotte Rampling, Alan Bates, Tushka Bergen
Abandoned by her lover and penniless, the charming, aristocratic, and vulnerable Madame Lubov Andreyevna Ranevskaya Read More »
Kekkô Kamen: Surprise (2004) Takafumi Nagamine, Shôichirô Akaboshi, Jiro Dan, Noriko Higashide
A special agent is sent to a music school. There she discovers that the faculty is torturing the students Read More »
Kekko Kamen Returns AKA Kekkô Kamen: ritânzu (2004) Takafumi Nagamine, Aki Hoshino, Kenjirô Ishimaru, Ryûji Komiya
The evil is back and this terrorizing the swim team at an all girl school. Read More »
Tokyo Trial AKA Tôkyô saiban (1983) Masaki Kobayashi, Kei Satô
”THE TOKYO TRIAL” is a 4 1/2-hour account of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East that is visually satisfying but historically empty. Read More »
Kekko Kamen: The MGF Strikes Back AKA Kekkô Kamen: Mangurifon no gyakushû (2004) Takafumi Nagamine, Shino Saitô, Juri Inahara, Hiromitsu Suzuki
When good-natured Mayumi finds herself at the mercy of her sadistic, panty-crazed teachers Read More »
Nitrate Kisses (1992) Barbara Hammer, Jerre, Maria, Ruth
Visually structured around four couples making love, one couple at a time Read More »
Kekko Kamen New AKA Kekkô Kamen (2004) Takafumi Nagamine, Nao Eguchi, Kie Ikuta, Juri Inahara
A school that teaches young boys and girls how to become famous anchorpeople in the media. Read More »
The Sea Hornet (1951) Joseph Kane, Rod Cameron, Adele Mara, Lorna Gray
“The Sea Hornet” was a merchant ship sunk, supposedly by a torpedo Read More »
Bu su (1987) Jun Ichikawa, Yasuko Tomita, Michiyo Yasuda, Kazue Itô
Suzume moved in Tokyo where she will live in aunt’s house, basically a geisha house. Read More »
Demented (1980) Arthur Jeffreys, Sallee Young, Harry Reems, Deborah Alter
A woman is gang-raped in a horse’s stable, and even though the rapists are caught and imprisoned Read More »