Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in the Old West, trying to set up their dental practice Read More »
Monthly Archives: February 2021
Searching for Ingmar Bergman AKA Auf der Suche nach Ingmar Bergman (2018) Margarethe von Trotta, Bettina Böhler, Ingmar Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Ruben Östlund
Internationally renowned director Margarethe von Trotta takes a closer look at Bergman’s life Read More »
Noise (2007) Matthew Saville, Maia Thomas, Carole Browne, Kent Clifton-Bligh
The community reels after an incident on a suburban train. Read More »
Lorna Doone (1922) Maurice Tourneur, Madge Bellamy, John Bowers, Frank Keenan
Lorna is a young noble girl who meets a young farmer boy named John Ridd. Read More »
Find the Lady (1956) Charles Saunders, Donald Houston, Beverley Brooks, Mervyn Johns
During New Year’s Eve, a young model spends the day searching for her grandmother, who has suspiciously gone missing. Read More »
Miracle of the Wolves AKA Le miracle des loups (1924) Raymond Bernard, Vanni Marcoux, Charles Dullin, Yvonne Sergyl
King Louis XI tries to unify France by all means fair or foul Read More »
Farewell to the Land AKA Saraba itoshiki daichi (1982) Mitsuo Yanagimachi, Jinpachi Nezu, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Jirô Yabuki
The film opens with the drowning deaths of farmer Yukio’s two sons. Read More »
Sin AKA Il peccato (2019) Andrey Konchalovskiy, Adriano Chiaramida, Yuliya Vysotskaya, Orso Maria Guerrini
Florence, early XVI century. Although widely considered a genius by his contemporaries Read More »
Spellbound AKA Kin’yû fushoku rettô: Jubaku (1999) Masato Harada, Kôji Yakusho, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kippei Shîna
Tapping into the economic malaise and the growing outrage against endless tawdry financial scandals Read More »
The Hoodlum Priest (1961) Irvin Kershner, Don Murray, Larry Gates, Cindi Wood
Based on the true-life story of a St. Louis priest who devoted his life to helping criminals and prisoners turn their lives around. Read More »
King Solomon’s Mines (1950) Compton Bennett, Andrew Marton, Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger, Richard Carlson
Guide Allan Quatermain helps a young lady (Beth) find her lost husband somewhere in Africa. Read More »
The Wild Wild Rose AKA Ye mei gui zhi lian (1960) Tian-Lin Wang, Grace Chang, Yang Chang, Po-Chien Chin
Grace Chang seduces as Hong Kong’s most sensual Carmen ever. Read More »
Quiz Show (1994) Robert Redford, Ralph Fiennes, John Turturro, Rob Morrow
An idealistic young lawyer working for a Congressional subcommittee in the late 1950s discovers that TV quiz shows are being fixed. Read More »
The Sudden Wealth of the Poor People of Kombach AKA Der plötzliche Reichtum der armen Leute von Kombach (1971) Volker Schlöndorff, Georg Lehn, Reinhard Hauff, Karl-Josef Cramer
An intriguing Hans Christian Anderson-style fairy tale aesthetic and voice over narration. Read More »
Man or Gun (1958) Albert C. Gannaway, Macdonald Carey, Audrey Totter, James Craig
A gun-slinging drifter, armed with a legendary pistol, saves a town from the greedy clutches of an evil family. Read More »