Honey, a young entertainer on a carnival boat, is in love with Buck but Buck’s father is against the romance. Read More »
Daily Archives: April 26, 2024
Girl of the Rio (1932) Herbert Brenon, Dolores Del Río, Leo Carrillo, Norman Foster
The heroine is a cabaret dancer who attracts the eye of her boss, slick gambler Read More »
The Death of a Lumberjack AKA La mort d’un bûcheron (1973) Gilles Carle, Carole Laure, Willie Lamothe, Daniel Pilon
Marie Chapdelaine leaves her rural Quebec village and travels to Montrea Read More »
The Singing Detective (1986) Jon Amiel, Michael Gambon, Patrick Malahide, Joanne Whalley
Re-working material from his first novel, “Hide and Seek” (1973), and folding this into a prismatic blend Read More »
Lipstick on Your Collar (1993) Renny Rye, Giles Thomas, Ewan McGregor, Louise Germaine
During the Suez Crisis of 1956, two young clerks at the stuffy Foreign Office Read More »
The Face of the Jellyfish AKA El rostro de la medusa (2022) Melisa Liebenthal, Rocío Stellato, Vladimir Durán, Federico Sack
One day, Marina no longer recognizes herself. Is she ill, a different person, prettier? Read More »