Kon Ichikawa’s rich adaptation of Natsume Soseki’s classic novel depicts a complex relationship between a student and an older man he calls “sensei.” Read More »
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The Lady Vanishes (1938) Alfred Hitchcock, Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Mystery, Thriller
In Alfred Hitchcock’s most quick-witted and devilish comic thriller, the beautiful Margaret Lockwood, traveling across Europe by train Read More »
Hiroshima (1953) Hideo Sekigawa, Eiji Okada, Yumeji Tsukioka, Yoshi Katô, Drama
“Hiroshima” is a feature film directed by Hideo Sekigawa and was independently produced outside of major studio system in 1953. Read More »
Rebecca (1940) Alfred Hitchcock, Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Film-Noir, Mystery, Drama
Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. Read More »
Circuitry Man (1990) Steven Lovy, Jim Metzler, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Lu Leonard, Action, Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi
In a future where most humans have moved underground to escape the pollution, one of the few pleasures left is a kind of narcotic in the form of chips which can be plugged directly into the brain. Read More »
They Came to Cordura (1959) Robert Rossen, Gary Cooper, Rita Hayworth, Van Heflin, Adventure, Drama, History
After a cavalry charge during the 1916 U.S. “war against Pancho Villa,” unheroic awards officer Tom Thorn (who is obsessed with the nature of courage) recommends 4 men for the Medal of Honor. Read More »
O Costa do Castelo (1943) Arthur Duarte, António Silva, Maria Matos, Milú, Comedy, Romance
This is a most entertaining movie that is made better by the outstanding performance of Antonio Silva. Read More »
Hurensohn / The Whore’s Son (2004) Michael Sturminger, Chulpan Khamatova, Predrag ‘Miki’ Manojlovic, Stanislav Lisnic, Drama
Ozren is raised in Vienna by his mother Silvija, who works as a prostitute, and his aunt and uncle. Read More »
L’as des as / Ace of Aces (1982) Gérard Oury, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Marie-France Pisier, Rachid Ferrache, Adventure, Comedy, Sport
In this action comedy the French boxer Jo Cavalier is charmed on the train to Berlin for the Olympics in Hitler’s Germany by the little boy Simon Rosenblum who asks his autograph Read More »
War of the Buttons (1994) John Roberts, Gregg Fitzgerald, Gerard Kearney, Darragh Naughton, Adventure, Drama, Family
The children of Ballydowse & Carrickdowse engage in battles in which they cut off the buttons, shoe-laces, belts and braces of their captured opponents. Read More »
Les émotifs anonymes / Romantics Anonymous (2010) Jean-Pierre Améris, Benoît Poelvoorde, Isabelle Carré, Lorella Cravotta, Comedy, Romance
What happens when a man and a woman share a common passion? They fall in love. And this is what happens to Jean-René, the boss of a small chocolate factory Read More »
Eliza Fraser (1976) Tim Burstall, Susannah York, John Waters, John Castle, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
An old captain & his young wife share a lot of adventures after they’re shipwrecked and captured by Aborigines on an island near Australia.
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Ranbô to taiki / Vengeance Can Wait (2010) Masanori Tominaga, Tadanobu Asano, Minami, Eiko Koike, Drama
Director Tominaga Masanori (Pandora’s Box) brings Motoya Yukiko’s offbeat play Ranbo to Taiki to the big screen in a juicy, neurotic tangle of love, hate and voyeurism. Read More »
Zhi fa xian feng / Righting Wrongs (1986) Corey Yuen, Biao Yuen, Cynthia Rothrock, Melvin Wong, Action, Crime, Thriller
Yuen Biao plays Jason Chan a lawyer, angry at the way the law seems to protect the bad guys, he decides to take the law into his own hands Read More »
La coupure / Torn Apart (2006) Jean Châteauvert, Jean-François Boisvenue, Manon Brunelle, Valérie Cantin, Drama
Two people are caught up in an all-consuming and forbidden love in this drama, the first feature from director Jean Chateuvert. Read More »