
In the Ancient Greek city of Thebes, King Oedipus killed his father and married his mother Jocasta, having two sons – Eteocles and Polynieces – and two daughters – Ismene and Antigone. Read More »
Monthly Archives: June 2017
All That Heaven Allows (1955) Douglas Sirk, Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Drama, Romance

Cary Scott is a widow with two grown children. She’s been leading a quiet life since her husband died, socializing with a small circle of friends. Read More »
Le quattro giornate di Napoli / The Four Days of Naples (1962) Nanni Loy, Raffaele Barbato, Charles Belmont, Regina Bianchi, Drama, History, War

The film shows the history of the Neapolitan popular revolt against the invading Germans, during the second world war. Read More »
Shûbun / Scandal (1950) Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Shirley Yamaguchi, Yôko Katsuragi, Drama

Ichiro Aoye, a young painter, encounters a famous singer, Miyako Saijo, while on holiday in the mountains. Read More »
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) Karel Reisz, Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts, Drama, Romance

Arthur, one of Britain’s angry young men of the 1960s, is a hardworking factory worker who slaves all week at his mindless job for his modest wages. Read More »
Out of the Clouds (1955) Basil Dearden, Anthony Steel, Robert Beatty, David Knight

A busy day at London Airport. Follow the lives and loves of the crew and passengers. Read More »
Ewa chce spac / Eva Wants to Sleep (1958) Tadeusz Chmielewski, Barbara Lass, Stanislaw Mikulski, Stefan Bartik, Comedy

Ewa Bonecka, a young student about to start school in a new place finds herself without a place to sleep after she is declined a room in a women-only hotel. Read More »
Blowup (1966) Michelangelo Antonioni, David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. Read More »
Never Wave at a WAC (1953) Norman Z. McLeod, Rosalind Russell, Paul Douglas, Marie Wilson, Adventure, Comedy, Romance

A divorced socialite decides to join the Army because she hopes it will enable her to see more of her boyfriend, a Colonel. Read More »
King of the Mounties (1942) William Witney, Allan Lane, Gilbert Emery, Russell Hicks, Action, Adventure

The chapter-crunched version of this 196 minutes, 12-episode serial from Republic finds Canada being bombed mercilessly by a mysterious-enemy plane (shaped like a boomerang) called the Falcon Read More »