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Daily Archives: June 8, 2021
El Diablo (1990) Peter Markle, Anthony Edwards, Louis Gossett Jr., John Glover
When the notorious outlaw El Diablo kidnaps a schoolgirl, her teacher Read More »
Ermo (1994) Xiaowen Zhou, Liya Ai, Peiqi Liu, Zhijun Ge
Women’s roles and consumerism in a Chinese village. The independent Ermo supports Read More »
Sella Turcica (2010) Fred Vogel, Camille Keaton, Damien A. Maruscak, Harvey Daniels
Sgt. Bradley Roback (Damien A. Maruscak) returns home from active duty after a mysterious Read More »
Kingdom of Jirocho 3 AKA Jirochô sangokushi daisanbu (1964) Masahiro Makino, Kôji Tsuruta, Yoshiko Sakuma, Eitarô Shindô
The oft-filmed tale of real-life yakuza boss Shimizu no Jirocho is told this time by Masahiro Makino Read More »
The Great White Hope (1970) Martin Ritt, James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Lou Gilbert
Boxer Jack Jefferson (James Earl Jones) is the world’s reigning heavyweight boxing champion. Read More »
A Woman Alone (1936) Eugene Frenke, Anna Sten, Henry Wilcoxon, Viola Keats
A peasant girl working as a maid in 19th-century Russia has a dangerous love affair with a military officer. Read More »
They Live by Night (1948) Nicholas Ray, Cathy O’Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard Da Silva
Chickamaw, T-Dub and Bowie have just escaped from prison. While Chickamaw and T-Dub are hardened criminals Read More »
Side Street (1950) Anthony Mann, Farley Granger, Cathy O’Donnell, James Craig
Joe Norson, a poor letter carrier with a sweet, pregnant wife, yields to momentary temptation Read More »
Men… AKA Männer (1985) Doris Dörrie, Heiner Lauterbach, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Ulrike Kriener
A successful, womanizing middle-aged man decides to move out of the house he shares Read More »
Home for Christmas (1978) Rick Hancox
Here is the quintessential Hancox ‘personal documentary,’ a film in which both the production Read More »
Love Crazy (1941) Jack Conway, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Gail Patrick
Steve and Susan Ireland are about to celebrate their 4th wedding anniversary by re-enacting their first date. Read More »
Helpless (1996) Shinji Aoyama, Tadanobu Asano, Ken Mitsuishi, Yôichirô Saitô
Yasuo is a gangster just released from jail. Believing his boss double-crossed him Read More »
Sylvia Plath: Inside the Bell Jar (2018) Teresa Griffiths, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Tristine Skyler, Frieda Hughes
The story of Sylvia Plath’s seminal novel The Bell Jar as well as the parallels between her life and the book. Read More »
Sad Vacation (2007) Shinji Aoyama, Tadanobu Asano, Kaori Fujimitsu, Eri Ishida
Kenji, abandoned by his mother, scrapes out a meager existence doing odd jobs including driving Read More »