A family lives poorly in a village in the Lebanese mountain. Read More »
Monthly Archives: January 2021
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie’s Pictures (1978) James Ivory, Peggy Ashcroft, Larry Pine, Saeed Jaffrey
This lighthearted romp through Royal India presents a world of Maharajas, palaces, imperiled art objects Read More »
Balloon AKA Qi qiu (2019) Pema Tseden, Sonam Wangmo, Jinpa, Yangshik Tso
A family struggles against the conflicting dictates of nature, spirituality, politics, and free will. Read More »
The Runner AKA Davandeh (1984) Amir Naderi, Madjid Niroumand, Abbas Nazeri, Musa Torkizadeh
Amiro is a young boy who has lost his home during the war. Read More »
A Slight Case of Murder (1938) Lloyd Bacon, Edward G. Robinson, Jane Bryan, Allen Jenkins
Remy Marco, Prohibition beer baron, figures he’ll do even better after repeal. Only trouble is, his beer tastes terrible. Read More »
Fear X (2003) Nicolas Winding Refn, John Turturro, Deborah Kara Unger, Stephen Eric McIntyre
When his wife is killed in a seemingly random incident Harry (Turturro), prompted by mysterious visions Read More »
Ten Laps to Go (1936) Elmer Clifton, Rex Lease, Muriel Evans, Duncan Renaldo
Larry Evans (Rex Lease), champion race car driver, is envied by his chief rival, Eddie DeSylva (Duncan Renaldo) Read More »
Saratoga Trunk (1945) Sam Wood, Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Flora Robson
On the death of her mother, the vivacious Clio Dulaine (Ingrid Bergman) returns from Paris Read More »
In the Dust of the Sun AKA Dans la poussière du soleil (1972) Richard Balducci, Maria Schell, Bob Cunningham, Daniel Beretta
In the dry, dusty western hamlet of San Angelo, landowner Joe Bradford kills his brother Read More »
The Living Koheiji AKA Kaiidan: Ikiteiru Koheiji (1982) Nobuo Nakagawa, Fumihiko Fujima, Junko Miyashita, Shôji Ishibashi
The actor Koheiji is terribly in love with the wife of his best friend, the playwright Takuro. Read More »
I Was a Prisoner on Devils Island (1941) Lew Landers, Sally Eilers, Donald Woods, Eduardo Ciannelli
The first officer on a freighter accidentally kills his captain during a heated wage dispute and ends up sentenced to the dreaded Devil’s Island. Read More »
My American Wife (1936) Harold Young, Francis Lederer, Ann Sothern, Fred Stone
Count Ferdinand von und zu Reidenach arrives in Smelter City, Arizona, with his American bride, Mary Cantillon. Read More »
It Should Happen to You! (1954) George Cukor, Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Peter Lawford
Gladys Glover has just lost her modelling job when she meets filmmaker Pete Sheppard shooting a documentary in Central Park. Read More »
Fellowship of the Frog AKA Der Frosch mit der Maske (1959) Harald Reinl, Joachim Fuchsberger, Elfie von Kalckreuth, Jochen Brockmann
Both Scotland Yard and an amateur American sleuth are tracking a master criminal known as The Frog. Read More »
None But the Lonely Heart (1944) Clifford Odets, Cary Grant, Ethel Barrymore, Barry Fitzgerald
A sickly English woman runs a store by herself, while her irresponsible son travels aimlessly, refusing to contact her. Read More »