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Monthly Archives: February 2019
Rough Winds (2006) Gerardo Herrero, José Luis García Pérez, Cuca Escribano, Carme Elias

Dr. Juan (40) has survived a shipwreck, from which he was only able to save his pre-teen niece (or daughter?) Read More »
The Citadel (1938) King Vidor, Robert Donat, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Richardson

Andrew Manson, a young, enthusiastic doctor takes his first job in a Welsh mining town Read More »
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (1917) Chester M. Franklin, Sidney Franklin, Francis Carpenter, F.A. Turner, Virginia Lee Corbin

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp was another of Fox’s lavishly produced “Sunset Kiddies” series, wherein most of the principal roles were enacted by children. Read More »
Alila (2003) Amos Gitai, Yaël Abecassis, Hana Laszlo, Uri Klauzner

In Tel Aviv, the gloomy Ezra hires foreign workers without permits to build an addition to a homely block of flats Read More »
She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps (1985) Philippe Garrel, Mireille Perrier, Jacques Bonnaffé, Anne Wiazemsky

A young film director is turning a movie with his friend Christa (reminds us of the real-life relationship between Garrel and Nico). Read More »
Changes in the Village (1963) Lester James Peries, Punya Hiendeniya, Henry Jayasena, Wickrema Bogoda

Piyal (Henry Jayasena) is a handsome young teacher who is hired to teach English to Nanda (Punya Heendeniya), a member of a high class family. Read More »
Baron Olavo, the Horrible (1970) Júlio Bressane, Rodolfo Arena, Helena Ignez, Isabella

Bressane’s first color film, shot in the home of the artist Elyseu Visconti. Read More »
Nuan (2003) Jianqi Huo, Xiaodong Guo, Teruyuki Kagawa, Jia Li

Like Huo’s Postmen in the Mountains, Nuan is a rural drama. The film follows Lin Jinghe, a young man who Read More »
Winter Soldier (1972) Rusty Sachs, Joe Bangert, Scott Shimabukuro

For three days in 1971, former US soldiers who were in Vietnam testify in Detroit about their war experiences. Read More »