
Easterner Keith Whitney, son of a wealthy Senator, heads west where he ends up a drunk at a border cafe. Read More »
Daily Archives: April 16, 2017
Hitler’s Madman (1943) Douglas Sirk, Patricia Morison, John Carradine, Alan Curtis, Howard Freeman, Drama, War

Somewhat fictionalized account of the destruction of the village of Lidice in Czechoslovakia and the events leading up to it. Read More »
Femmes femmes (1974) Paul Vecchiali, Hélène Surgère, Sonia Saviange, Huguette Forge, Comedy, Drama

The fantasies and dreams of two over-the-hill actresses are intertwined with their realities, as the two roommates struggle to survive their day-to-day lives Read More »
Edge of Eternity (1959) Don Siegel, Cornel Wilde, Victoria Shaw, Mickey Shaughnessy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Helped by socialite Janice Kendon and barkeeper Scott O’Brien, Arizona deputy sheriff Les Martin works to solve three brutal murders in and around the Grand Canyon. Read More »
Appointment with Venus (1951) Ralph Thomas, David Niven, Glynis Johns, George Coulouris, Comedy, Drama, War

At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can’t prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands. Read More »
A Summer Place (1959) Delmer Daves, Richard Egan, Dorothy McGuire, Sandra Dee, Drama, Romance

The Hunter family has long owned a mansion on Pine Island, a summer resort located off the Maine coast. Read More »
36 Chowringhee Lane (1981) Aparna Sen, Jennifer Kendal, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Debashree Roy, Drama, Romance

After the marriage of her niece, Rosemary, Anglo-Indian school-teacher Violet Stoneham lives a lonely life in her single room flat located at 36 Chowringhee Lane in Calcutta, with only a tom cat for company. Read More »
Arnold (1973) Georg Fenady, Stella Stevens, Roddy McDowall, Elsa Lanchester, Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Upon his death, Arnold marries his lover, Karen, in spite of his widow, and leaves deathtraps accompanied by audiotapes and his preserved and articulate corpse for those who cared only for his money.
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On aura tout vu / The Bottom Line (1976) Georges Lautner, Pierre Richard, Miou-Miou, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Comedy

An advertising photographer (Francois) has agreed to sell the poetic script of one of his friends to a porn-maker without his knowledge. Read More »
Oklahoma Crude (1973) Stanley Kramer, George C. Scott, Faye Dunaway, John Mills, Comedy, Drama, Western

It’s oil boom time in Oklahoma and Lena Doyle, a hard-bitten, cyncial feminist has a fight on her hands: the big oil companies don’t like the fact that she’s working a potentially profitable wildcat rig. Read More »