
Known as one of the pioneers to establish the Nikkatsu “mood action” genre, Mio Ezaki incorporates road movie scenes with a new theme song sung by Tetsuya Watari Read More »
Monthly Archives: November 2018
Strangers in Love (1932) Lothar Mendes, Fredric March, Kay Francis, Stuart Erwin

In the film, March briefly plays a double role as brothers who hate each other. Read More »
Photographic Memory (2011) Ross McElwee, Adrian McElwee

Filmmaker Ross McElwee (Sherman’s March, Bright Leaves) finds himself in frequent conflict with his son Read More »
Ossessione (1943) Luchino Visconti, Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Dhia Cristiani

Gino, a young and handsome tramp, stops in a small roadside inn run by Giovanna. Read More »
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956) Jean Delannoy, Gina Lollobrigida, Anthony Quinn, Jean Danet

Paris, 1482. Today is the festival of the fools, taking place like each year in the square outside Cathedral Notre Dame. Read More »
Trouble in the Glen (1954) Herbert Wilcox, Margaret Lockwood, Orson Welles, Forrest Tucker

Major Jim “Lance” Lansing, an American ex-pilot of the U.S. Air Corps Read More »
Verdict (1974) André Cayatte, Sophia Loren, Jean Gabin, Julien Bertheau

A French judge try to acquit a man who is accused of murdering his lover. Read More »
The Possessor (1975) Franco Lo Cascio, Angelo Pannacciò, Richard Conte, Françoise Prévost, Patrizia Gori

This movie starts with the teenager Peter (Jean-Claude Verne) who takes a picture of a mysterious naked woman (Mimma Monticelli) near a pastoral waterfall. Read More »
The Ghost Ship (1943) Mark Robson, Richard Dix, Russell Wade, Edith Barrett

Tom Merriam signs on the ship Altair as third officer under Captain Stone. Read More »
Strongroom (1962) Vernon Sewell, Colin Gordon, John Chappell, Ann Lynn

During a bank robbery, the manager and a cashier are locked in the strongroom while the crooks escape. Read More »