Episodes in the novelist’s life: In 1890, young Jack London quits a cannery job to try oyster piracy. Read More »
Hotel by the Hour AKA Das Stundenhotel von St. Pauli (1970) Rolf Olsen, Curd Jürgens, Andrea Rau, Corny Collins
Despite the oppressive burden that his son has to survive in the hospital a dangerous operation Read More »
Hell Below Zero (1954) Mark Robson, Alan Ladd, Joan Tetzel, Basil Sydney
Duncan Craig signs on a whaling ship, partly because his own business deal has fallen through Read More »
Louise (1939) Abel Gance, Grace Moore, Georges Thill, André Pernet
Louise, a young seamstress, has fallen in love with Julien, her neighbor Read More »
My Life and Times with Antonin Artaud AKA En compagnie d’Antonin Artaud (1993) Gérard Mordillat, Sami Frey, Marc Barbé, Julie Jézéquel
May, 1946, in Paris young poet Jacques Prevel meets Antonin Artaud, the actor, artist, and writer just released from a mental asylum. Read More »
His Master’s Voice AKA La voix de son maître (1978) Gérard Mordillat, Nicolas Philibert
Jacques Lemonnier of IBM France, Francois Dalle of L’Oreal and other ultrapowerful French moguls Read More »
Hugo and Josephine AKA Hugo och Josefin (1967) Kjell Grede, Fredrik Becklén, Marie Öhman, Beppe Wolgers
Josefin is a six year old girl who lives isolated in the countryside, where her father is a priest. Read More »
Stormy Night AKA O noapte furtunoasa (1943) Jean Georgescu, Stefan Baroi, Radu Beligan, Elena Bulandra
Bucharest, 1876. Don Dumitrache instructs his trusted man, Chiriac, to watch his young wife, Veta. Read More »
Pau and His Brother AKA Pau i el seu germà (2001) Marc Recha, David Selvas, Nathalie Boutefeu, Marieta Orozco
After his brother commits suicide, a man informs his mother and friends about the death. Read More »
Over the Garden Wall (1950) John E. Blakeley, Norman Evans, Jimmy James, Dan Young
In Over the Garden Wall, a working class couple (Jimmy James and Norman Evans) Read More »
The Prickly-mouthed Geisha AKA Beran me-e geisha (1959) Eiichi Koishi, Hibari Misora, Shinjirô Ebara, Takashi Shimura
Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. Read More »
By Player AKA Sanmon yakusha (2000) Kaneto Shindô, Naoto Takenaka, Keiko Oginome, Hideko Yoshida
Film inspired by the life of Japanese actor Taiji Tonoyama, with whom Kaneto Shindo Read More »
The Lone Wolf Returns (1935) Roy William Neill, Melvyn Douglas, Gail Patrick, Tala Birell
Once a jewel thief always a jewel thief? Yes and no. Yes if you consider the fact Read More »
Spring on Leper’s Island AKA Kojima no haru (1940) Shirô Toyoda, Shizue Natsukawa, Ichirô Sugai, Haruko Sugimura
Based on actual events, taken from a woman doctor’s story of life in a remote leper colony. Read More »
Three Bites of the Apple (1967) Alvin Ganzer, David McCallum, Sylva Koscina, Tammy Grimes
A woman (Sylva Koscina) offers to help a British tour guide (David McCallum) avoid paying taxes on his Italian casino winnings. Read More »