At the urging of her curmudgeon old grandfather Jerome Cedric (C. Aubrey Smith) Read More »
Drama
The Ware Case (1938) Robert Stevenson, Clive Brook, Jane Baxter, Barry K. Barnes
In this taut drama, a wealthy financier is tried for the murder of his brother-in-law Read More »
Zenne Dancer (2012) Caner Alper, Kerem Can, Giovanni Arvaneh, Erkan Avci
A feature film about an unusual trio: Daniel, a German photo-journalist in Istanbul without much knowledge about Turkish values. Read More »
The Shame AKA La vergüenza (2009) David Planell, Natalia Mateo, Alberto San Juan, Marta Aledo
The Shame occurs in a single morning. The morning when Pepe and Lucía, a modern Read More »
The Dead Tree AKA L’arbre mort (1988) Joseph Morder, Philippe Fano, Marie Serrurier, Rosette
The veneer of the story is a tale of chance love: two French expatriates strike up a chance romance Read More »
Under the Volcano (1984) John Huston, Albert Finney, Jacqueline Bisset, Anthony Andrews
Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death Read More »
Late Bloomer AKA Osoi hito (2004) Gô Shibata, Ariko Arita, Toshihisa Fukunaga, Naozô Hotta
A wheelchair bound man goes on a killing spree to ease his hurt when a local college coed rebuffs his amorous advances. Read More »
The Mating Season (1951) Mitchell Leisen, Gene Tierney, John Lund, Miriam Hopkins
Ellen McNulty leaves her New Jersey hamburger stand and heads west to pay a surprise visit to her son and his new bride. Read More »
The Competition (1980) Joel Oliansky, Richard Dreyfuss, Amy Irving, Lee Remick
The movie centers on a piano competition whose winner is assured of success. Read More »
The Track AKA La traque (1975) Serge Leroy, Mimsy Farmer, Jean-Luc Bideau, Michael Lonsdale
A young tourist is sexually assaulted by two men in the countryside. Read More »
As Tears Go By AKA Zolgot Hadma’ot Me’atzman (1996) Eitan Green, Avi Grainik, Yael Almog, Shir Ben Yunes
Yaakov Tcherniak and his son Yitzhak have a small company that organizes parties and events. Read More »
A Quiet Life AKA Una Vita Tranquilla (2010) Claudio Cupellini, Toni Servillo, Marco D’Amore, Francesco Di Leva
The story of a man who murdered thirty-two people, gained power Read More »
Georgica (1998) Sulev Keedus, Evald Aavik, Mait Merekülski, Ülle Toming
Quiet Tarkovskian drama about an old man who lives alone on a deserted island which the Soviet fighter planes use for nighttime target practicing. Read More »
Descent (2007) Talia Lugacy, Rosario Dawson, Chad Faust, Marcus Patrick
In the winter of her senior year, Maya talks to Jared at a frat party Read More »
The Plant (1995) Jonathan Lewis, Valentine Pelka, Tamio Okada, Yasuko Okada
Strange tale of an alien who moves to a leafy London suburb. Read More »