A man contemplates life and compares it to a pear tree in his yard which stops producing fruit. Read More »
Romance
Catherine the Great (1996) Marvin J. Chomsky, John Goldsmith, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Paul McGann, Ian Richardson
In this romanticized biography, a small German principality’s inexperienced princess, Catherine Read More »
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) Michael Curtiz, Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland
This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England Read More »
Goodbye Emmanuelle (1977) François Leterrier, Sylvia Kristel, Umberto Orsini, Jean-Pierre Bouvier
Emmanuelle and her architect husband continue their amoral lifestyle in the Seychelles. Read More »
Madame Bovary (1991) Claude Chabrol, Isabelle Huppert, Jean-François Balmer, Christophe Malavoy
In nineteenth-century France, the romantic daughter of a country squire (Emma Rouault) marries a dull country doctor (Charles Bovary). Read More »
Limelight (1952) Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce
Chaplin’s final American film tells the story of a fading music hall comedian’s effort to help a despondent Read More »
The Lacemaker AKA La dentellière (1977) Claude Goretta, Isabelle Huppert, Yves Beneyton, Florence Giorgetti
Timid, discreet, and humble, the guileless nineteen-year-old assistant hairdresser, Pomme, lives with her doting mother and works in a Parisian beauty salon. Read More »
Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1938) Henry King, Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche
Roger Grant, a classical violinist, disappoints his family Read More »
Deep Valley (1947) Jean Negulesco, Ida Lupino, Dane Clark, Wayne Morris
Uneducated and poor, Libby lives a sheltered life in a broken down shack with her unloving parents. Read More »
Bugambilia (1945) Emilio Fernández, Dolores del Rio, Pedro Armendáriz, Julio Villarreal
A tragic love story between the daughter of a rich miner Read More »
Goldie Gets Along (1933) Malcolm St. Clair, Lili Damita, Charles Morton, Sam Hardy
Goldie is a young girl who was taken in by her aunt after her mother died in Paris , brought to USA and lived until 19 with her aunts family. Read More »
Till the End of Time (1946) Edward Dmytryk, Dorothy McGuire, Robert Mitchum, Guy Madison
Three former marines have a hard time readjusting to civilian life. Perry can’t deal with the loss of the use of his legs. Read More »
The Awful Truth (1937) Leo McCarey, Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy
Before their divorce becomes final, Jerry and Lucy Warriner both do their best to ruin each other’s plans for remarriage Read More »
Seven Guns to Mesa (1958) Edward Dein, Charles Quinlivan, Lola Albright, James Griffith
A band of outlaws, led by “Papa” Clellan, hold up in a ghost town as they plan an attack on a wagon train loaded with gold. Read More »
Badlands of Montana (1957) Daniel B. Ullman, Rex Reason, Margia Dean, Beverly Garland
Steven Brewster (Rex Reason), a candidate for mayor is ran out of a Montana town Read More »