A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances Read More »
Monthly Archives: February 2021
Gold Dust Gertie (1931) Lloyd Bacon, Winnie Lightner, Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson
A gold digger (Winnie Lightner) goes after money from her ex-husbands (Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson), swimsuit salesmen now married to twins. Read More »
Big Time or Bust (1933) Sam Newfield, Regis Toomey, Gloria Shea, Walter Byron
Two newly married carnival performers head to New York to make it big on Broadway Read More »
Look Who’s Laughing (1941) Allan Dwan, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Jim Jordan
Several popular radio personalities converge in the RKO Radio “comedy salad” Look Who’s Laughing. Read More »
Betrayed (1954) Gottfried Reinhardt, Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Victor Mature
Carla Van Oven becomes an allied spy for the British intelligence in The Netherlands during WW2 Read More »
Lilies of the Field (1963) Ralph Nelson, Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann
Homer Smith, an unemployed construction worker heading out west, stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. Read More »
The Red Mill (1927) Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle, Marion Davies, Owen Moore, Louise Fazenda
Tina works as a barmaid at the Red Mill Tavern and is at the mercy of volatile and bad tempered owner, Willem. Read More »
The Mad Fox AKA Koiya koi nasuna koi (1962) Tomu Uchida, Hashizô Ôkawa, Michiko Saga, Ryûnosuke Tsukigata
In the reign of the Emperor Suzaku (930- 946 A.D.), various mishaps happen after a strange white Read More »
Blue Gate Crossing AKA Lan se da men (2002) Chih-yen Yee, Gwei Lun-Mei, Bo-lin Chen, Yolin Liang
An is-she-or-isn’t-she gay comedy focused on a Taiwanese teen Read More »
Back Against the Wall (2002) James Fotopoulos, Debbie Mulcahy, Martin Shannon, Ernie E. Frantz
Levey (Martin Shannon) lives in a harshly lit apartment decorated with mostly cardboard boxes. Read More »
On the Isle of Samoa (1950) William Berke, Jon Hall, Susan Cabot, Raymond Greenleaf
Ex-flyer Kenneth Crandall is surprised by his boss in an Australian nightclub, while attempting a robbery. Read More »
The Monster That Challenged the World (1957) Arnold Laven, Tim Holt, Audrey Dalton, Hans Conried
An earthquake in the Salton Sea unleashes a horde of prehistoric mollusk monsters. Read More »
Traffic in Souls (1913) George Loane Tucker, Jane Gail, Ethel Grandin, William H. Turner
An early social commentary on the New York sex trade, this film attempts to sensationalize prostitution Read More »
Ping Pong AKA Pinpon (2002) Fumihiko Sori, Yôsuke Kubozuka, Arata Iura, Sam Lee
The film traces the growth and friendship of two very different high-school ping-pong players. Read More »
Speaking Parts (1989) Atom Egoyan, Michael McManus, Arsinée Khanjian, Gabrielle Rose
A struggling actor’s job as a hotel custodian is a front for his real job Read More »