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Daily Archives: December 16, 2019
Retreat from Kiska (1965) Seiji Maruyama, Toshirô Mifune, Sô Yamamura, Makoto Satô

In 1943, the Aleutian island of Kiska was fortified by a small contingent of Japanese soldiers. Read More »
Pete ‘n’ Tillie (1972) Martin Ritt, Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett, Geraldine Page

Unassuming and single thirty-three year old Tillie Shlain is at that phase of her life of being known as a soon to be spinster if she doesn’t marry soon. Read More »
The Merry Widow (1952) Curtis Bernhardt, Lana Turner, Fernando Lamas, Una Merkel

Marshovia, a small European kingdom, is on the brink of bankruptcy but the country may be saved if the wealthy American Crystal Radek Read More »
Four Minutes (2006) Chris Kraus, Hannah Herzsprung, Monica Bleibtreu, Vadim Glowna

In Germany, the elder Frau Traude Krueger gives piano classes in a prison for a few prisoners and the security guard Mütze. Read More »
Little Fugitive (1953) Ray Ashley, Morris Engel, Richard Brewster, Winifred Cushing, Jay Williams

Joey, a young boy, runs away to Coney Island after he is tricked into believing he has killed his older brother. Read More »
Law and Order (1969) Frederick Wiseman, Richard Nixon

LAW & ORDER surveys the wide range of work the police are asked to perform: enforcing the law, maintaining order Read More »
The Fan (1949) Otto Preminger, Jeanne Crain, Madeleine Carroll, George Sanders, Comedy, Romance

Lord Windermere appears to all -including to his young wife Margaret – as the perfect husband. Read More »
The Gentleman from Epsom (1962) Gilles Grangier, Jean Gabin, Madeleine Robinson, Frank Villard

The story takes place in the racecourses around Paris. A so-called major sells his tips to naive characters. Read More »
The Fatal Flying Guillotine (1977) Raymond Lui, Carter Wong, Sing Chen, Shao-Peng Chen

Those rascally Shaolin monks are at it again, and this time they’re tracking down some vitriolic villains who have heisted a sacred book. Read More »