A fast-paced comedy about a young Belgian car nut and hairdresser’s apprentice Read More »
Romance
The Deep Blue Sea (1955) Anatole Litvak, Vivien Leigh, Kenneth More, Eric Portman
A woman unhappy in her passionless marriage leaves her husband for a younger and more ardent lover. Read More »
Desert Bloom (1986) Eugene Corr, Jon Voight, JoBeth Williams, Annabeth Gish
The story involves Rose Chismore’s youth. She flashes back and remembers her coming-of-age. Read More »
Only the Lonely (1991) Chris Columbus, John Candy, Maureen O’Hara, Ally Sheedy
Danny, a cop, meets and falls in love with Theresa. They get engaged, despite sneaking around behind his mother’s back Read More »
Lightnin’ (1925) John Ford, Jay Hunt, Madge Bellamy, Ethel Clayton
Lightnin’ Bill Jones, a man partial to the bottle, does chores and odd jobs around the Calivada Hotel Read More »
I’ll Be Seeing You (1944) William Dieterle, George Cukor, Ginger Rogers, Joseph Cotten, Shirley Temple
Mary Marshall, serving a six year term for accidental manslaughter, is given a Christmas furlough Read More »
This England (1941) David MacDonald, Emlyn Williams, John Clements, Constance Cummings
This British- National-Anglo American production reinforces the theme that whoever assails Read More »
That Certain Woman (1937) Edmund Goulding, Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, Anita Louise
Mary Donnell was married at sixteen to a gangster and soon widowed. Read More »
Be My Star AKA Mein Stern (2001) Valeska Grisebach, Nicole Gläser, Monique Gläser, Jeanine Gläser
A girl’s everyday life at the end of her school days, trying to find a way into society and her own life. Read More »
Lady on a Train (1945) Charles David, Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, Edward Everett Horton
While waiting at a train station, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder from a nearby building. Read More »
711 Ocean Drive (1950) Joseph M. Newman, Edmond O’Brien, Joanne Dru, Otto Kruger
A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. Read More »
Bitterness of Youth AKA Seishun no satetsu (1974) Tatsumi Kumashiro, Ken’ichi Hagiwara, Kaori Momoi, Fumi Dan
A footballing law student tutors an undergraduate, developing into a romance that soon enough goes awry. Read More »
First Name: Carmen AKA Prénom Carmen (1983) Jean-Luc Godard, Maruschka Detmers, Jacques Bonnaffé, Myriem Roussel
Carmen is a member of a terrorist gang who falls in love with a young police officer guarding a bank that she and her cohorts try to rob. Read More »
Last Harem AKA L’ultimo harem (1981) Sergio Garrone, Corinne Cléry, George Lazenby, Daniela Poggi
Laura, a beautiful, famous and expensive photographic model, arrives in Cannes to pose for a series of photos by a well-known photographer. Read More »
Amateur Crook (1937) Sam Katzman, Bruce Bennett, Joan Barclay, Monte Blue
Jerry Cummings, a mining engineer, has pledged a large diamond on a short-term note to a pair of crooked loan sharks Read More »