Richard Wagner’s last opera has remained controversial since its first performance for its unique, and, for some, unsavory blending of religious Read More »
Drama
Native Son (1951) Pierre Chenal, Richard Wright, Jean Wallace, Nicholas Joy
In 1940s Chicago, a young black man takes a job as a chauffeur to a white family Read More »
Luxurious Bone AKA Zeitaku na hone (2001) Isao Yukisada, Kumiko Asô, Tsugumi, Masatoshi Nagase
Two young women and a sex date who turns out to be an alright guy. Read More »
Four Sons (1928) John Ford, James Hall, Margaret Mann, Charles Morton
In Burgendorf, Bavaria, Mother Bernle has four sons. Franz is in the army, Johann works at the forge, Andreas tends the sheep. Read More »
Jesse James (1939) Henry King, Irving Cummings, Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly
The railroads are squeezing farmers off their land. When a railroad agent kills their mother Read More »
Air Force (1943) Howard Hawks, John Garfield, John Ridgely, Gig Young
On December 6, 1941 nine B-17 bomber set off on a flight from San Francisco to Hawaii. Read More »
Days to Remember AKA Die Verliebten (1987) Jeanine Meerapfel, Barbara Sukowa, Horst-Günter Marx, Velimir ‘Bata’ Zivojinovic
Katharina, a German journalist of Yugoslavian origin, comes to Podgorica to prepare a material for her TV-show. Read More »
Regular Lovers AKA Les amants réguliers (2005) Philippe Garrel, Louis Garrel, Clotilde Hesme, Julien Lucas
1968 and 1969 in Paris: during and after the student and trade union revolt. Read More »
Vapors (1965) Andy Milligan, Robert Dahdah, Gerald Jacuzzo, Hal Sherwood
New York City, 1965. Thomas is a curious young gay man who decides to take a walk on the wild side Read More »
Distant Journey AKA Daleká cesta (1950) Alfréd Radok, Blanka Waleská, Otomar Krejca, Viktor Ocásek
Distant Journey follows Hana, a Jewish eye doctor who falls in love and marries a Gentile named Toník. Read More »
Satan Never Sleeps (1962) Leo McCarey, David W. Orton, William Holden, Clifton Webb, France Nuyen
A priest (William Holden) arrives at a mission-post in China accompanied by a young native girl Read More »
Faithless Marijka AKA Marijka nevernice (1934) Vladislav Vancura, Hana Maria Pravda
Portrait of customs and vicissitudes of the Ruthenian and subcarpáticos Jews in the 30s of last century. Read More »
Osmanthus Alley AKA Gui hua xiang (1987) Kun-Hou Chen, Hsiao-Fen Lu, Hsiu-Ling Lin, Simon Yam
Ti Hung’s parents die when she is twelve. When she is sixteen, she determines to change her fate, swearing to forget about the poverty. Read More »
Freedom AKA La libertad (2001) Lisandro Alonso, Misael Saavedra, Humberto Estrada, Rafael Estrada
A man chop down trees, organizes the trunks, clean them, stops to defecate, lunch, nap and continues to sell its timber. Read More »
A Place Among the Living AKA Une place parmi les vivants (2003) Raoul Ruiz, Christian Vadim, Thierry Gibault, Valérie Kaprisky
Paris 1958. “Existentialist” crimes are being committed in the eighteenth arrondissement of Paris. Read More »