Eben Adams is a talented but struggling artist in Depression era New York who has never been able to find inspiration for a painting. Read More »
Tag Archives: USA
Play It As It Lays (1972) Frank Perry, Tuesday Weld, Anthony Perkins, Tammy Grimes
Maria Wyeth, an ex-model and B-movie actress, strolls on the grounds of a mental hospital Read More »
Happiness Ahead (1934) Mervyn LeRoy, Dick Powell, Josephine Hutchinson, John Halliday
Joan’s parents want her to marry young Travis, but Joan has no interest in him. Read More »
The Blue Bird (1940) Walter Lang, Shirley Temple, Spring Byington, Nigel Bruce
Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, a woodchopper’s children, are led by the Fairy Berylune on a magical trip through the past Read More »
Low Tide (2012) Roberto Minervini, Daniel Blanchard, Melissa McKinney, Vernon Wilbanks
A 12 year old boy and his single mother live parallel lives. The boy spends his days alone while his mother works and goes out with her friends. Read More »
Spies Like Us (1985) John Landis, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Forrest
Looking for a way out of their mundane government jobs, Austin Millbarge (Dan Aykroyd) Read More »
Pete, Pearl and the Pole AKA Piazza pulita (1973) Luigi Vanzi, Tony Anthony, Adolfo Celi, Lucretia Love
In 1931, when the late American Prohibition major bosses have now divided the territory to exploit, the family of one of them – killed in a clash Read More »
The Subject Was Roses (1968) Ulu Grosbard, Patricia Neal, Jack Albertson, Martin Sheen
When Timmy Cleary (Sheen), comes home from soldiering, he’s greeted by the open but strained arms Read More »
Susan’s Plan (1998) John Landis, Nastassja Kinski, Billy Zane, Michael Biehn
Susan wants her reprehensible ex-husband dead and, in several bungled attempts by henchmen, tries to accomplish the deed. Read More »
Boss Nigger (1974) Jack Arnold, Fred Williamson, D’Urville Martin, William Smith
Two black bounty hunters ride into a small town out West in pursuit of an outlaw. Read More »
Vegas: Based on a True Story (2008) Amir Naderi, Mark Greenfield, Alexis Hart, Nancy La Scala
The film takes place away from the glittering strip of mega casinos, but the greed of Sin City is just as pervasive on the desert outskirts. Read More »
Love and Money (1981) James Toback, Ray Sharkey, Ornella Muti, Klaus Kinski
A billionaire businessman hires a man to influence a South American dictator. Read More »
City Girl (1930) F.W. Murnau, Charles Farrell, Mary Duncan, David Torrence
Lem goes to Chicago to sell the wheat his family has grown on their farm in Minnesota. Read More »
The Bear AKA L’ours (1988) Jean-Jacques Annaud, Tchéky Karyo, Bart the Bear, Youk the Bear
An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters. Read More »
Hurricane (1979) Jan Troell, Jason Robards, Mia Farrow, Max von Sydow
The desperate love affair between a young Samoan chief and an American painter, against the will of her father. Read More »