François’ mother, Mme Lepic, hates him and she nicknames him “Poil de Carotte” (Carrot hair). Read More »
Monthly Archives: May 2021
Three Loves AKA Mittsu no ai (1954) Masaki Kobayashi, Isuzu Yamada, Kô Mishima, Yûnosuke Itô
In a mountain village, Heita, a translator’s son, is a gifted boy but is shunned by the villagers. Read More »
Vaya con Dios (2002) Zoltan Spirandelli, Michael Gwisdek, Daniel Brühl, Traugott Buhre
The story begins in a fictional monastery somewhere in northern Germany, of the “Cantorianer” order. Read More »
The Empty Table AKA Shokutaku no nai ie (1985) Masaki Kobayashi, Tatsuya Nakadai, Mayumi Ogawa, Kie Nakai
This gripping docudrama is a fictionalized account of what could happen to a Japanese family Read More »
The Flanagan Boy AKA Bad Blonde (1953) Reginald Le Borg, Barbara Payton, Frederick Valk, John Slater
The film opens at a carnival with two barkers calling for onlookers to enter the tent where an audience Read More »
Exposed (1983) James Toback, Nastassja Kinski, Rudolf Nureyev, Harvey Keitel
Wisconsin farm girl Elizabeth Carlson leaves family and her English teacher lover Read More »
Maria’s Lovers (1984) Andrey Konchalovskiy, Nastassja Kinski, John Savage, Keith Carradine
Ivan Bibic returns to his Pittsburgh PA suburb after surviving a Japanese POW camp, causing regular nightmares. Read More »
The Rage AKA Furia (2002) Radu Muntean, Dragos Bucur, Dorina Chiriac, Andi Vasluianu
In order to enter the world of illegal car races, two friends – Luca and Felie Read More »
You Are Not Alone AKA Du er ikke alene (1978) Ernst Johansen, Lasse Nielsen, Anders Agensø, Peter Bjerg, Ove Sprogøe
A student strike at a Danish boys school is the backdrop of YOU ARE NOT ALONE. Read More »
The Deer AKA Gavaznha (1974) Masud Kimiai, Behrouz Vossoughi, Faramarz Gharibian, Nosrat Partovi
Wounded by the police, a thief looks up his old friend in order to leave the proceeds of his theft with him. Read More »
The Portrait (1993) Arthur Penn, Gregory Peck, Lauren Bacall, Cecilia Peck
After a long absence, artist Margaret Church returns to her aging parent’s home to finish a portrait of them. Read More »
The Big Mouth (1967) Jerry Lewis, Harold J. Stone, Susan Bay
While fishing on a San Diego beach, Gerald Clamson catches … a sea diver! Even more weird, the “fish” resembles him. Read More »
The Tiger Woman (1945) Philip Ford, Adele Mara, Kane Richmond, Richard Fraser
This particular feature, the first director credit of Philip Ford (nephew of John), casts the witty Read More »
The Wind (1986) Nico Mastorakis, Meg Foster, Wings Hauser, David McCallum
Mystery writer Sian Anderson leaves her boyfriend John for three weeks of intense writing in the isolated Greek town of Monemvassia. Read More »
Odette Toulemonde (2006) Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Catherine Frot, Albert Dupontel, Jacques Weber
Odette dreams of thanking Balthazar Balsan, her favorite writer, for the optimism which she believes emanates from him. Read More »