Nate Carson (Lon Chaney, Jr.) plans to run off the group of homesteaders out of the valley Read More »
Monthly Archives: May 2021
Castle of Flames AKA Hono-o no shiro (1960) Tai Katô, Hashizô Ôkawa, Denjirô Ôkôchi, Mieko Takamine
In 17th century Japan, Young Lord Masato returns after years abroad to find everything changed Read More »
Primal Fear (1996) Gregory Hoblit, Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Edward Norton
Defense attorney Martin Vail takes on jobs for money and prestige rather than any sense of the greater good. Read More »
And Soon the Darkness (1970) Robert Fuest, Pamela Franklin, Michele Dotrice, Sandor Elès
Jane and Cathy, two English women in their early twenties, are on a cycling tour. Read More »
Play for Today: Nuts in May (1976) Mike Leigh, Roger Sloman, Alison Steadman, Anthony O’Donnell
Their Morris packed to the gills, the punctilious Keith and the more spontaneous Candice-Marie arrive at a Dorset Read More »
A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967) C.M. Pennington-Richards, Barrie Ingham, James Hayter, Leon Greene
Robin, a young Norman nobleman, is falsely accused by his cousin of murdering another cousin. Read More »
Black and White Like Day and Night AKA Schwarz und weiß wie Tage und Nächte (1978) Wolfgang Petersen, Bruno Ganz, Gila von Weitershausen, René Deltgen
A scientist who swore off playing chess after a nervous breakdown as a boy wunderkind Read More »
The Wicked Lady (1983) Michael Winner, Faye Dunaway, Alan Bates, John Gielgud
Caroline is to be wed to Sir Ralph and invites her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Read More »
The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960) Mickey Rooney, Albert Zugsmith, Mamie Van Doren, Fay Spain
A group of unhappy married couples are on a bus headed for Reno to get divorces but a flash-flood grounds Read More »
A Pair of Briefs (1962) Ralph Thomas, Michael Craig, Mary Peach, Brenda de Banzie
A recently-qualified barrister is annoyed when he finds his firm is taking on the boss’ niece. Read More »
The Patsy (1928) King Vidor, Marion Davies, Orville Caldwell, Marie Dressler
An awkward teenager hopelessly in love with her elder sister’s boyfriend tries to make him notice her. Read More »
Rosa la rose, fille publique (1986) Paul Vecchiali, Marianne Basler, Jean Sorel, Pierre Cosso
Rosa la Rose is a Parisian hooker who works in Les Halles area. Read More »
Petrel Hotel Blue AKA Kaien Hoteru · burû (2012) Kôji Wakamatsu, Hitomi Katayama, Gô Jibiki, Arata Iura
Based upon a novel of the same name by Yoichi Funado, Petrel Hotel Blue is about friends Read More »
Maniac Killer (1987) Andrea Bianchi, Bo Svenson, Chuck Connors, Robert Ginty
A murderous cult kidnaps French prostitutes and tortures them to death to “purify” them of their evil ways. Read More »
House of Dracula (1945) Erle C. Kenton, Onslow Stevens, John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr.
Dracula arrives at Dr. Edelman’s office asking for a cure to his vampirism. Read More »