Mussolini’s Italy, late 1930s: the Finzi-Contini are one of the leading wealthy Jewish families. Read More »
History
Last Hero in China AKA Wong Fei Hung V: Tit gai dau ng gung (1993) Jing Wong, Woo-Ping Yuen, Jet Li, Sharla Cheung, Dicky Cheung
Jet Li stars in this comic spectacle as a Chinese “Robin Hood” who stumbles upon Read More »
Special Section AKA Section spéciale (1975) Costa-Gavras, Louis Seigner, Roland Bertin, Michael Lonsdale
In occupied France during the WWII, a German officer is murdered. Read More »
The Countess (2009) Julie Delpy, Daniel Brühl, William Hurt
A 17th century Hungarian countess embarks on a murderous undertaking Read More »
Heimat 2: Chronicle of a Generation AKA Die Zweite Heimat – Chronik Einer Jugend (1992) Robert Busch, Edgar Reitz, Henry Arnold, Salome Kammer, Frank Röth
The movie consist of 13 separate episodes each handling a period between 1960 and 1970. Read More »
When Martin Was Fourteen AKA Als Martin vierzehn war (1964) Walter Beck, Ulrich Balko, Erik Veldre, Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
Martin and his friend Kathrin find their youth abruptly ended in March 1920 Read More »
Man of Conquest (1939) George Nichols Jr., Richard Dix, Gail Patrick, Joan Fontaine
The story of Sam Houston, hero of the Texas revolution, statesman, and first president of the Republic of Texas. Read More »
Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) Delmer Daves, Victor Mature, Susan Hayward, Michael Rennie
The story picks up at the point where “The Robe (1953)” ends, following the martyrdom of Diana and Marcellus. Read More »
Mad Love AKA Juana la Loca (2001) Vicente Aranda, Pilar López de Ayala, Daniele Liotti, Rosana Pastor
Juana is married off by her pious parents, the Catholic kings Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille Read More »
The Decameron AKA Il Decameron (1971) Pier Paolo Pasolini, Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Jovan Jovanovic
An adaptation of nine stories from Bocaccio’s “Decameron”: A young man from Perugia is swindled twice in Naples Read More »
Goltzius and the Pelican Company (2012) Peter Greenaway, Ramsey Nasr, F. Murray Abraham, Hendrik Aerts
The life of Hendrik Goltzius, a late 16th-century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints. Read More »
The Beggar’s Opera (1953) Peter Brook, Laurence Olivier, Hugh Griffith, George Rose
Authentic rendering of John Gay’s 18th century musical, filmed in Technicolor Read More »
Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land AKA An lian tao hua yuan (1992) Stan Lai, Brigitte Lin, Shih-Chieh King, Pao-Ming Ku
Two drama companies happened to share one auditorium for rehearsal. Read More »
The Organiser AKA I compagni (1963) Mario Monicelli, Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Gabriella Giorgelli
The story of exploited textile factory workers in Turin, Italy at the turn of the century Read More »
The Round-Up AKA Szegénylegények (1966) Miklós Jancsó, János Görbe, Zoltán Latinovits, Tibor Molnár
In Hungary, the national movement led by Kossuth has been crushed and the Austrian hegemony re-established Read More »