Solomon Baumgarden is a New York City probation officer assisting teenagers through the court system. Read More »
Monthly Archives: May 2021
Nuns That Bite AKA Onna gokumon-chô: Hikisakareta nisô (1977) Yûji Makiguchi, Haruka Tajima, Maya Hiromi, Kaori Serita
A woman on the run is raped, rescued, then raped again. Read More »
Funeral Parade of Roses AKA Bara no sôretsu (1969) Toshio Matsumoto, Pîtâ, Osamu Ogasawara, Yoshimi Jô
While dealing drugs on the side, Gonda operates the Genet, a gay bar in Tokyo Read More »
Tokyo Trash Baby AKA Tôkyô gomi onna (2000) Ryuichi Hiroki, Mami Nakamura, Kazuma Suzuki, Ko Shibasaki
Having a crush on someone, including a neighbour, may not be considered unusual Read More »
Tobacco Embers AKA Tambaku Chaakila Oob Ali (1982) Yugantar
Tambaku Chaakila Oob Ali documents, re-enacts, and takes forward one of the largest movements Read More »
Nor the Moon by Night (1958) Ken Annakin, Belinda Lee, Michael Craig, Patrick McGoohan
When Alice Lang flies out to Kenya to marry gamekeeper Andrew Miller she is met by his brother Rusty, who is initially opposed to the marriage. Read More »
Promise Her Anything (1966) Arthur Hiller, Warren Beatty, Leslie Caron, Robert Cummings
A young lady has been widowed and left with a baby son to bring up alone. Read More »
Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957) Nunnally Johnson, Ginger Rogers, David Niven, Dan Dailey
Ginger Rogers, Dan Dailey’s bored housewife, seeks psychiatric help from Dr. David Niven who also solves his own emotional problems. Read More »
Keiko (1979) Claude Gagnon, Junko Wakashiba, Akiko Kitamura, Takuma Ikéuchi
Keiko is a 23-year-old lonely virgin who lives in a tiny room, and hopes to meet someone in the cafe she frequents. Read More »
Silence and Cry AKA Csend és kiáltás (1968) Miklós Jancsó, Mari Töröcsik, József Madaras, Zoltán Latinovits
Miklós Jancsó’s Silence and Cry is set during a turbulent era of disquiet, fear, persecution and terror Read More »
Bobby Deerfield (1977) Sydney Pollack, Al Pacino, Marthe Keller, Anny Duperey
Bobby Deerfield, a famous American race car driver on the European circuit Read More »
Andersonville (1996) John Frankenheimer, Jarrod Emick, Frederic Forrest, Ted Marcoux
Sort of Civil War version of “Schindler’s List” looks at the atrocities that occurred in the 1864 prisoner-of-war camp run by the Confederacy in Georgia. Read More »
From Today Until Tomorrow AKA Von heute auf morgen (1997) Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub, Richard Salter, Christine Whittlesey, Annabelle Hahn
It is late at night and a married couple has just returned home from a party Read More »
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man AKA Uomini si nasce poliziotti si muore (1976) Ruggero Deodato, Marc Porel, Ray Lovelock, Adolfo Celi
Fred and Tony are members of an elite ‘special squad’ of police in Rome Read More »
Bachelor Flat (1961) Frank Tashlin, Tuesday Weld, Richard Beymer, Terry-Thomas
Anthropology Professor Bruce Patterson (Terry Thomas) has the natural British charm Read More »