In a surreal puzzler, this story of a fantasy lived by a disparate group of four men captures Read More »
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Lady Into Lassie AKA Baryshnya-krestyanka (1995) Aleksey Sakharov, Elena Korikova, Dmitriy Shcherbina, Leonid Kuravlyov
Based on a famous short story by Pushkin, this film tells of a youthful Read More »
Cider with Rosie (1971) Claude Whatham, Rosemary Leach, Stephen Grendon, Philip Hawkes
Helen Thornhill and Rosemary Leach star in this classic BBC drama, based on novel by Laurie Lee. Read More »
Husbands and Lovers AKA La villa del venerdì (1991) Mauro Bolognini, Julian Sands, Joanna Pacula, Tchéky Karyo
Young cinematographer Stefano and his wife Alina, who cannot have children, sincerely love each other Read More »
Going Home AKA Oeroeg (1993) Hans Hylkema, Jeroen Krabbé, Rik Launspach, Martin Schwab
Johan Ten Berghe joins the Dutch army when the Dutch East Indies unilaterally declare independence as Indonesia. Read More »
Assa (1987) Sergey Solovyev, Natan Eidelman, Anatoly Slivnikov, German Shorr
ASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mobster’s Read More »
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson: King of Blackmailers AKA Korol shantazha (1980) Igor Maslennikov, Vasiliy Livanov, Vitali Solomin, Rina Zelyonaya
Holmes and Watson return from Manor House to London by train and discuss the newly discovered crime Read More »
Don’t Go to Sleep (1982) Richard Lang, Dennis Weaver, Valerie Harper, Robin Ignico
A young girl (Mary) and her family move into a new home along with her Grandmother. Read More »
Caroline and the Rebels AKA Le fils de Caroline Cherie (1955) Jean-Devaivre, Jean-Claude Pascal, Alfred Adam, Daniel Ceccaldi
A young, innocent Brigitte Bardot plays the sister of the handsome French officer Juan D’Arandra. Read More »
Thrist of Passion AKA Zazda strasti (1991) Andrey Kharitonov, Evgeniy Bakhar, Mikhail Dolgopolov, Igor Kostolevskiy
The heroine has no name. She is passion itself, materialized in her sick imagination. Read More »
Can-Can (1960) Walter Lang, Frank Sinatra, Shirley MacLaine, Maurice Chevalier
Montmartre, 1896: the Can-Can, the dance in which the women lift their skirts, is forbidden. Read More »
Burnt by the Sun AKA Utomlennye solntsem (1994) Nikita Mikhalkov, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Oleg Menshikov
Russia, 1936: revolutionary hero Colonel Kotov is spending an idyllic summer in his village Read More »
Sour Grape AKA Hndzan (1974) Bagrat Oganesyan, A. Isahakyan, Sos Sargsyan, H. Azizyan
Far behind the lines Vahe receives the news of his father’s death. Read More »
House of Tolerance AKA L’Apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close) (2011) Bertrand Bonello, Noémie Lvovsky, Hafsia Herzi, Céline Sallette
Life in an elegant Parisian brothel in the early twentieth century. Read More »
Constantine the Great AKA Costantino il grande (1961) Lionello De Felice, Irving Rapper, Cornel Wilde, Belinda Lee, Massimo Serato
Somewhat fictionalized dramatic account of Late Roman Emperor Constantine Read More »