Although she is known as a patron of the arts, a graceful duchess nevertheless refuses her nephew to marry an enterprising actress in this German melodrama starring Kathe Dorsch and silent screen legend Henny Porten. Read More »
Drama
The Saga of Khayal (1989) Kumar Shahani, Mangal Dhillon, Rajat Kapoor, Mita Vasisht
The film is presented in an abstract format, where a music student (Mangal Dhillon) listens to stories Read More »
Fantomas Against Fantomas (1914) Louis Feuillade, René Navarre, Georges Melchior, Laurent Morléas
The mystery of the drama is the appearance of the finger-print of a dead artist upon the neck of Princess Sonia Danidoff Read More »
The Liquidator (1965) Jack Cardiff, Rod Taylor, Trevor Howard, Jill St. John
Colonel Mostyn is the chief of a section of the British Security Services when they are embarrassed by the number of spies and defections. Read More »
Genghis Khan (1965) Henry Levin, Stephen Boyd, Omar Sharif, James Mason
Mostly fictionalized account of the life of Ghenghis Khan, the Mongol warlord whose 13th century armies conquered much of the known world. Read More »
We Who Are Young (1940) Harold S. Bucquet, Lana Turner, John Shelton, Gene Lockhart
Two young office workers working at the same large firm secretly marry and defy their employer’s policy against coworker fraternization. Read More »
Pirates of Monterey (1947) Alfred L. Werker, Maria Montez, Rod Cameron, Mikhail Rasumny
Captain Phillip Kent, a soldier of fortune, and his friend Sergeant Pio, journey from Mexico City to Monterey on a secret mission. Read More »
Behind the Rising Sun (1943) Edward Dmytryk, Margo, Tom Neal, J. Carrol Naish
Cornell-educated Taro Seki returns to Japan just as the war party gains control. Read More »
The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood (1990) Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Manuchehr Esmaili, Mojgan Naderi, Parvaneh Goharani
An embittered Professor and his daughter (whose job it is to nurse sucidal patients) try to deal with life in Iran before and after the fall of the Shah. Read More »
The Mutants (1998) Teresa Villaverde, Ana Moreira, Alexandre Pinto, Nelson Varela
A bleak drama about street children abandoned by the Portuguese juvenile system, Os Mutantes/The Mutants was immediately controversial in Portugal Read More »
Racing Lady (1937) Wallace Fox, Ann Dvorak, Smith Ballew, Harry Carey
In a film advertised and sold as a Damon Runyon story, but actually combined elements from his “All Scarlet” and another story written by J. Robert Bren and Norman Houston called “Odds Are Even” Read More »
… And Justice For All (1979) Norman Jewison, Al Pacino, Jack Warden, John Forsythe
When a judge is charged with rape, Arthur Kirkland is forced to defend him. Read More »
Passage Home (1955) Roy Ward Baker, Anthony Steel, Peter Finch, Diane Cilento
Cargo Ship takes on a female passenger. Can the Captain contain the crew and himself as they hit stormy conditions and emotions explode? Read More »
The Devils Brigade (1968) Andrew V. McLaglen, William Holden, Cliff Robertson, Vince Edwards
During World War II, a special fighting unit is formed that combines a crack Canadian Army unit and a conglomeration of U.S. Army misfits who had previously served time in military jails. Read More »
The Lucky Adventurer Oda Nobunaga (1959) Toshikazu Kôno, Katsuo Nakamura, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Eitarô Shindô
Oda Nobunaga (1534–1582) was a major daimyo during the Warring State period of Japanese history. Read More »