A scientist who swore off playing chess after a nervous breakdown as a boy wunderkind Read More »
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Rosa la rose, fille publique (1986) Paul Vecchiali, Marianne Basler, Jean Sorel, Pierre Cosso
Rosa la Rose is a Parisian hooker who works in Les Halles area. Read More »
Petrel Hotel Blue AKA Kaien Hoteru · burû (2012) Kôji Wakamatsu, Hitomi Katayama, Gô Jibiki, Arata Iura
Based upon a novel of the same name by Yoichi Funado, Petrel Hotel Blue is about friends Read More »
House of Dracula (1945) Erle C. Kenton, Onslow Stevens, John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr.
Dracula arrives at Dr. Edelman’s office asking for a cure to his vampirism. Read More »
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961) José Quintero, Vivien Leigh, Warren Beatty, Coral Browne
Critics and the public say Karen Stone is too old — as she approaches 50 Read More »
Asakusa Kid (2002) Makoto Shinozaki, Suidôbashi Hakase, Sujitarô Tamabukuro, Saburô Ishikura
A night sleeping on the streets persuades the young Takeshi (Suidobashi Hakase) to swap his leather jacket Read More »
Traviata ’53 (1953) Vittorio Cottafavi, Barbara Laage, Armando Francioli, Eduardo De Filippo
Updated version of the Camille melodrama: An engineer has a romance with the mistress Read More »
Marty (1955) Delbert Mann, Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Esther Minciotti
Stuck as the last of six children at home with an overbearing Italian mother Read More »
Young Ahmed AKA Le jeune Ahmed (2019) Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Idir Ben Addi, Olivier Bonnaud, Myriem Akheddiou
A Belgian teenager hatches a plot to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Quran. Read More »
The Fugitive Kind (1960) Sidney Lumet, Marlon Brando, Joanne Woodward, Anna Magnani
Having fled New Orleans to avoid arrest, the undeniably alluring Valentine “Snakeskin” Xavier (Val) Read More »
Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears AKA Moskva slezam ne verit (1980) Vladimir Menshov, Vera Alentova, Aleksey Batalov, Irina Muravyova
This is a life story of three girlfriends from youth to autumn ages. Read More »
Offside AKA Dar Alanda Kisa Paslasmalar (2000) Serdar Akar, Savas Dinçel, Erkan Can, Müjde Ar
Thirtysomething Suat still lives with his parents and works at his father’s store Read More »
Carrot Top AKA Poil de carotte (1925) Julien Duvivier, Henry Krauss, Charlotte Barbier-Krauss, André Heuzé
François’ mother, Mme Lepic, hates him and she nicknames him “Poil de Carotte” (Carrot hair). Read More »
Three Loves AKA Mittsu no ai (1954) Masaki Kobayashi, Isuzu Yamada, Kô Mishima, Yûnosuke Itô
In a mountain village, Heita, a translator’s son, is a gifted boy but is shunned by the villagers. Read More »
Vaya con Dios (2002) Zoltan Spirandelli, Michael Gwisdek, Daniel Brühl, Traugott Buhre
The story begins in a fictional monastery somewhere in northern Germany, of the “Cantorianer” order. Read More »