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Monthly Archives: August 2019
The Hoodlum Priest (1967) Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Shintarô Katsu, Mayumi Ogawa, Hôsei Komatsu

The first of two films in the Ryuzen series, a rogue martial arts practicing, fornicating, alcohol drinking Read More »
Endless Waltz (1995) Kôji Wakamatsu, Leona Hirota, Kou Machida, Haruko Sagara

Koji Wakamatsu’s biopic about a Japanese free jazz/improvisation saxophonist named Kaoru Abe. Read More »
Unchain (2000) Toshiaki Toyoda, Unchain Kaji, Chihara Junia

Documentary on the Japanese boxer Unchain Kaji, who retired from the ring at the age of 30 with an eye injury and a losing record. Read More »
The Rehearsal (1974) Jules Dassin, Melina Mercouri, Mikis Theodorakis, Olympia Dukakis

A recreation of how the Greek military junta that started in 1967 tragically affected university students. Read More »
Fatal Passion (1995) T.L. Lankford, Lisa Comshaw, Clayton Norcross, Lawrence Tierney

An artist with a rather unusual art-style literally uses all the men she likes for her artworks. Read More »
China Clipper (1936) Ray Enright, Pat O’Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Beverly Roberts

Inspired by Lindbergh’s flight, Dave Logan sets out with a Washington-Philadelphia airline but suffers financial problems. Read More »
Living on the River Agano (1992) Makoto Satô

In 1964, a chemical factory in Niigata Prefecture dumped mercury into the Agano River Read More »
Our Hospitality (1923) John G. Blystone, Buster Keaton, Natalie Talmadge, Joe Keaton

After her husband John McKay is killed in an ongoing feud with the Canfield family Read More »
Strike (1925) Sergei M. Eisenstein, Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Maksim Shtraukh, Mikhail Gomorov

In Russia’s factory region during Czarist rule, there’s restlessness and strike planning among workers Read More »