After a young girl’s mother dies, she is cared for by Glico, a brassy hooker, who gives the girl the name “Ageha” (Butterfly). Read More »
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Beyond the Clouds (1995) Michelangelo Antonioni, Wim Wenders, Fanny Ardant, Chiara Caselli, Irène Jacob
Made of four short tales, linked by a story filmed by Wim Wenders. Read More »
Mother (1952) Mikio Naruse, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kyôko Kagawa, Eiji Okada
Adopted from a prize-winning school essay on the subject of ‘My Mother,’ upon being widowed a mother with Read More »
Oda Nobunaga (1992) Sadao Nakajima, Shin’ichi Chiba, Mariko Fuji, Rino Katase
Among the great ‘Warlords’ in Japanese history, Oda Nobunaga holds a unique place. In effect, his military success led to the ultimate unification of the country. Read More »
Sügis (1990) Arvo Kruusement, Margus Lepa, Liina Tennosaar, Anne Reemann
In the follow-up of Estonian classics “Kevade” (1969) and “Suvi” (1976) the same characters have reached their middle-age. Read More »
Summer (1976) Arvo Kruusement, Aare Laanemets, Riina Hein, Margus Lepa
Characters familiar from Kevade are now in their 20s. In the beginning of the 20th century, Joosep Toots has returned from Russia, where he learned agriculture. Read More »
The Dress (1996) Alex van Warmerdam, Henri Garcin, Ingeborg Elzevier, Khaldoun Elmecky
The Dress is a tale filled with sex, violence, comedy and drama as it follows the life of a dress. Read More »
In July (2000) Fatih Akin, Moritz Bleibtreu, Christiane Paul, Mehmet Kurtulus
Daniel is a young teacher in-spe, who in contrast to everyone else plans to stay in Hamburg for the summer. Read More »
The Joy of Living (1961) René Clément, Alain Delon, Barbara Lass, Gino Cervi, Comedy
Ulisse is a naive young man out looking for a job after being released from the army. Read More »
The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954) Don Weis, John Derek, Elaine Stewart, Thomas Gomez, Action, Adventure, Romance
Back in Ispahan, Persia, Hajji Baba is departing his father’s store to seek out a larger chance, although the Princess Fawzia is hoping to speak her daddy Read More »
East Side, West Side (1927) Allan Dwan, George O’Brien, Virginia Valli, J. Farrell MacDonald, Drama, Romance, Sport
Following his mom and stepfather were murdered in a barge crash, John Breen is rescued from a East Side toughs from the Lipvitches. Read More »
Daughter of Deceit (1951) Luis Buñuel, Fernando Soler, Alicia Caro, Fernando Soto, Comedy, Drama
After discovering he’s being cheated on by his wife María, Quintin kicks her out of the house. Read More »
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976) Alain Tanner, Myriam Boyer, Jean-Luc Bideau, Miou-Miou, Drama
The European equivalent of “The Return of the Secaucus 7,” this Swiss film looks at the lives of several men and women in their 30s as they confront the slim gains of the “revolutionary” sixties. Read More »
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (1935) Denison Clift, Bela Lugosi, Shirley Grey, Arthur Margetson, Drama, Horror, Mystery
During a horrific storm at sea, the crew realizes that there is a murderer among them who is killing them off one by one. Read More »
Joy of Fatherhood / Vaterfreuden (2014) Matthias Schweighöfer, Torsten Künstler, Isabell Polak, Friedrich Mücke, Comedy, Romance
Felix enjoys his single life to the fullest and is happy without a family and kids until his annoying brother Henne moves in with him, bringing along his honey-obsessed pet ferret Karsten. Read More »