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 »
Comedy
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 »
Ah Wilderness! (1935) Clarence Brown, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore, Aline MacMahon
Young idealist Richard Miller is selected as valedictorian for his New England high school commencement class of 1906 Read More »
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) John Huston, Paul Newman, Ava Gardner, Roy Jenson
A no account outlaw establishes his own particular brand of law and order and builds a town on the edges of civilization in this farcical western. Read More »
Dream with the Fishes (1997) Finn Taylor, David Arquette, Brad Hunt, Cathy Moriarty
Terry is a suicidal voyeur who doesn’t seem to be able to kill himself. Read More »
Fall In (1942) Kurt Neumann, William Tracy, Joe Sawyer, Robert Barrat
Captain Gillis (Frank Faylen) puts Sergeant “Dodo” Doubleday (William Tracy), because of his photographic memory Read More »
Tempest (1982) Paul Mazursky, John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Susan Sarandon
A sobering mid-life crisis fuels dissatisfaction in Philip Dimitrius, to the extent where the successful architect trades Read More »