In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk to the big time Read More »
Comedy
Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006) Goran Dukic, Patrick Fugit, Shea Whigham, Tom Waits
Despondent over his breakup with Desiree, Zia slashes his wrists and goes to an afterlife peopled by suicides Read More »
The Girl of Your Dreams AKA La niña de tus ojos (1998) Fernando Trueba, Penélope Cruz, Antonio Resines, Jorge Sanz
During the Spanish Civil War, a movie troupe goes from Spain to Berlin for a joint production with UFA. Read More »
Kaleidoscope (1966) Jack Smight, Warren Beatty, Susannah York, Clive Revill
Romantic comedy which has Barney Lincoln and Angel McGinnis as a pair of amorous adventurers Read More »
Don’t Touch the White Woman! AKA Touche pas à la femme blanche (1974) Marco Ferreri, Marcello Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli
Director Mario Fererri reenacts the events leading up to the Battle of the Little Big Horn in this wild Read More »
Black Peter AKA Cerný Petr (1964) Milos Forman, Ladislav Jakim, Pavla Martinkova, Jan Vostrcil
Petr is 17 years old and starts work. Incredibly (for Czechoslovakia in 1963) this is as a security worker against shoplifting in a busy self-service shop. Read More »
The African AKA L’Africain (1983) Philippe de Broca, Catherine Deneuve, Philippe Noiret, Jean-François Balmer
A travel agent travels to Africa intending to start a resort hotel only to encounter her crusty ex-husband and ivory smugglers. Read More »
Cafe Society (1939) Edward H. Griffith, Madeleine Carroll, Fred MacMurray, Shirley Ross
A wealthy young lady marries a reporter on a bet, but things might not work out so well when he finds out the truth. Read More »
Destry Rides Again (1939) George Marshall, Marlene Dietrich, James Stewart, Mischa Auer
Kent, the unscrupulous boss of Bottleneck has Sheriff Keogh killed when he asks one too many questions Read More »
The Gold of Naples AKA L’oro di Napoli (1954) Vittorio De Sica, Silvana Mangano, Sophia Loren, Eduardo De Filippo
Tribute to Naples, where director De Sica spent his first years, this is a collection of 6 Neapolitan episodes Read More »
Judy Berlin (1999) Eric Mendelsohn, Barbara Barrie, Bob Dishy, Edie Falco
A lonely, but talented teacher enjoys a flirtation with the (married) principal of the school Read More »
Here Comes the Groom (1934) Edward Sedgwick, Jack Haley, Mary Boland, Neil Hamilton
Piccolo player Mike Scanlon loses his girl due to his unexciting lifestyle, so he decides to commit a robbery to gain notoriety. Read More »
Happiness (1998) Todd Solondz, Jane Adams, Jon Lovitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman
A woman breaks up with her boyfriend, he thinks it’s because he’s fat. Read More »
Dracula and Son AKA Dracula père et fils (1976) Édouard Molinaro, Christopher Lee, Bernard Menez, Marie-Hélène Breillat
Son grows up with father, leaves to go to big city in 1979. Father follows and tries to survive as a vampire in a modern world. Read More »
Barking Dogs Never Bite AKA Flandersui gae (2000) Bong Joon Ho, Doona Bae, Sung-Jae Lee, Ho-jung Kim
The disconnections of urban life. Yun-ju is diffident, almost without affect; his wife is pregnant Read More »