The Corta project arises from my interest in the cane cutters who work in the southwestern region of Colombia. Read More »
History
The Baron of Arizona (1950) Samuel Fuller, Vincent Price, Ellen Drew, Vladimir Sokoloff
The U.S. government recognizes land grants made when the West was under Spanish rule. Read More »
The Cardinal (1936) Sinclair Hill, Matheson Lang, Eric Portman, Robert Atkins
Set in 15th-century Italy, The Cardinal stars Matheson Lang as one Cardinal de Medici. Read More »
Giant of Marathon (1959) Jacques Tourneur, Bruno Vailati, Steve Reeves, Mylène Demongeot, Sergio Fantoni
This classical peplum tells a fictitious story set in 490 BC, the time of the Medic Wars during which Persian armies sweep the Ancient world. Read More »
Red Persimmon (1997) Tung Wang, Shih Chang, Jing-ping Chao, Cheer Chen
In 1949, the Communists take over mainland. The refugees and the military arrive in the Keelung Harbor in Taiwan. Read More »
Strawman (1987) Tung Wang, Chun-Fang Chang, Po-Chou Chang, Sheng Li Cho
During the last years of Japanese occupation in Taiwan, as tenants from the preceding generation Read More »
Sword of Islam (1961) Enrico Bomba, Andrew Marton, Lobna Abdel Aziz, Ahmed Mazhar, Farid Shawqi
Set in the 14th century, under their leader Timur, the Tartar hordes invade the Middle East and take over areas as widespread as Persia, Egypt, and Syria. Read More »
Sins of Rome (1953) Riccardo Freda, Massimo Girotti, Ludmilla Tchérina, Yves Vincent
74 B.C. Somewhere in the Roman Empire, Spartacus, a young officer, is condemned to be a slave because he hit a superior. Read More »
1776 (1972) Peter H. Hunt, William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard
The film version of the Broadway musical comedy of the same name. In the days leading up to July 4, 1776 Read More »
The Fall of Otrar (1991) Ardak Amirkulov, Dokhdurbek Kydyraliyev, Tungyshpai Zhamankulov, Bolot Beyshenaliev
This historical epic charts political intrigue among the Kipchaks Read More »
The Flowers of St. Francis (1950) Roberto Rossellini, Aldo Fabrizi, Gianfranco Bellini, Peparuolo
The film dramatizes about a dozen vignettes from the life of St. Francis and his early followers Read More »
Elizabeth I (2005) Helen Mirren, Hugh Dancy, Toby Jones
Emmy-winner Helen Mirren and Oscar-winner Jeremy Irons star in Elizabeth I, a two-part HBO Films miniseries event that explores the intersection of the private and public life of Elizabeth I (Mirren) in the latter half of her reign Read More »
Louise Michel (2009) Sólveig Anspach, Sylvie Testud, Nathalie Boutefeu, Alexandre Steiger
A fiercely active Communard, Louise Michel is condemned for taking arms against Bismarck. Read More »
De Sade (1969) Cy Endfield, Roger Corman, Keir Dullea, Senta Berger, Lilli Palmer
Hounded by the police on charges of inflammatory writing, the once handsome Marquis De Sade seeks refuge in an abandoned family mansion. Read More »
The Man in Grey (1943) Leslie Arliss, Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Phyllis Calvert
At an estate auction in WWII England, two strangers meet and muse about their families’ history and possible connections. Read More »