The life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned Officer Read More »
Comedy
Blue in the Face AKA Brooklyn Boogie (1995) Paul Auster, Wayne Wang, Harvey Keitel, Lou Reed, Michael J. Fox
Director Wayne Wang and screenwriter Paul Auster had enough storylines and characters left over from their charming comedy Smoke to make another film Read More »
Conduct Report on Professor Ishinaka AKA Ishinaka sensei gyôjôki (1950) Mikio Naruse, Ryô Ikebe, Yûji Hori, Toshirô Mifune
Ishinaka is a famous novelist living in Aomori Prefecture and witnessed in local events. Read More »
Waiting for the Hearse AKA Esperando la carroza (1985) Alejandro Doria, Luis Brandoni, China Zorrilla, Antonio Gasalla
Mamá Cora (Antonio Gasalla) is about 80 years old and she has three sons and a daughter. Read More »
The French Line (1953) Lloyd Bacon, Jane Russell, Gilbert Roland, Arthur Hunnicutt
Texas heiress Mary ‘Mame’ Carson strikes oil twice in one day, and her wealth scares away her fiance Read More »
The Cruise of the Jasper B (1926) James W. Horne, Rod La Rocque, Mildred Harris, Snitz Edwards
The film stars actor Rod La Rocque as ‘Jerry Cleggert’, a good-natured descendant of an infamous clan of pirates Read More »
Good Morning AKA Ohayô (1959) Yasujirô Ozu, Keiji Sada, Yoshiko Kuga, Chishû Ryû
This movie takes a look at a Westernized suburban area in Japan in the late ’50s. Read More »
No. 3 AKA Songneunghan (1997) Neung-han Song, Eun-hee Bang, Min-sik Choi, Suk-kyu Han
With just a knife in his hand, Tae-ju has been a gangster for 15 years. Read More »
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962) Henry Koster, James Stewart, Maureen O’Hara, Fabian
St. Louis based banker Roger Hobbs is writing a letter to his wife, Peggy Hobbs Read More »
Hotel for Strangers AKA Hotel pro cizince (1967) Antonín Mása, Petr Cepek, Tána Fischerová, Marta Krásová
Once, a young poet (Petr Cepek) has been killed in the Art Nouveau setting of the castle The World. Read More »
By the Pricking of My Thumbs AKA Mon petit doigt m’a dit… (2005) Pascal Thomas, Catherine Frot, André Dussollier, Geneviève Bujold
Prudence and Belisaire are what can be called an eccentric couple. How can you bear such impossible Christian (?) names in the first place? Read More »
L’atalante (1934) Jean Vigo, Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Michel Simon
When Juliette marries Jean, she comes to live with him as he captains a river barge. Read More »
Zero for Conduct AKA Zéro de conduite: Jeunes diables au collège (1933) Jean Vigo, Jean Dasté, Robert le Flon, Louis Lefebvre
Bruel, Caussat and Colin are three students at a boarding school. Read More »
Just You and Me, Kid (1979) Leonard Stern, George Burns, Brooke Shields, Lorraine Gary
George Burns stars as a former vaudevillian who befriends a young runaway Read More »
O.C. and Stiggs (1985) Robert Altman, Daniel Jenkins, Neill Barry, Jane Curtin
O.C. and Stiggs aren’t your average unhappy teenagers. They not only despise their suburban surroundings, they plot against it. Read More »