In this adaptation of Graham Greene’s prophetic novel about U.S. foreign policy failure Read More »
Daily Archives: May 24, 2021
Valley of Souls AKA Tantas Almas (2019) Nicolás Rincón Gille, José Arley de Jesús Carvallido Lobo
A man returns to his home in the Colombian countryside after a long fishing night Read More »
The Co(te)lette Film (2010) Mike Figgis, Sura Dohnke, Frauke Marien, Cecilia Moisio
A cinematographic adaptation of the dance performance by Ann Van den Broek. Read More »
The Quiet American (2002) Phillip Noyce, Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Thi Hai Yen Do
British Thomas Fowler enjoys his life in Saigon working as a reporter for the London Times Read More »
Our Girl Friday (1953) Noel Langley, Joan Collins, George Cole, Kenneth More
Rich Sadie Patch is marooned on a desert island after an emergency on her cruise-ship. Read More »
Break of Day (1976) Ken Hannam, Sara Kestelman, Andrew McFarlane, Ingrid Mason
Tom Cooper, a married man recently returned from WWI, falls in love with an artist visiting his country town, but he has misgivings after meeting her city friends. Read More »
Who Wants to Kill Jessie? AKA Kdo chce zabít Jessii? (1966) Václav Vorlícek, Dana Medrická, Jirí Sovák, Olga Schoberová
In this zany Czechoslovakian comedy, a scientist invents a machine that projects Read More »
Thunderbirds (1952) John H. Auer, John Derek, John Drew Barrymore, Mona Freeman
An Oklahoma National Guard unit, comprised mainly of Native Americans, is called up for duty at the start of World War II. Read More »
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow AKA Ieri oggi domani (1963) Vittorio De Sica, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Giuffrè
Three different stories of Italian social mores are presented. In “Adelina”, unemployed Carmine Sbaratti Read More »
One and Eight AKA Yi ge he ba ge (1984) Junzhao Zhang, Daoming Chen, Xiaoyan Lu, Zeru Tao
Set in the Anti-Japanese War, an instructor who used to be an undercover Read More »
The Prince of Tides (1991) Barbra Streisand, Nick Nolte, Blythe Danner
The Wingo family is from South Carolina, they growing up in a house on a tidal plain. Read More »
Laplace’s Witch AKA Rapurasu no majo (2018) Takashi Miike, Shô Sakurai, Suzu Hirose, Sôta Fukushi
An environmental analyst is asked by the police to determine if two deaths by hydrogen Read More »
A Mongolian Tale AKA Hei jun ma (1995) Fei Xie, Dalarsurong, Aojirdai, Bayirtcya
Bayinbulag and Somiya are brought up, from a young age, as brother and sister by their adoptive grandmother. Read More »
Within the Law (1923) Frank Lloyd, Norma Talmadge, Lew Cody, Jack Mulhall
When Mary Turner is sent to prison for a crime she did not commit, she vows upon her release Read More »
A Tale of Two Cities (1917) Frank Lloyd, William Farnum, Jewel Carmen, Charles Clary
Charles Darnay is the nephew of the Marquis St. Evremonde in pre-Revolutionary France Read More »