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Monthly Archives: March 2020
Masquerade in Vienna (1934) Willi Forst, Paula Wessely, Anton Walbrook, Peter Petersen

Vienna 1905: After a carnival party the famous painter Heidenick draws his otherwise engaged girlfriend Anita Helfer with very few clothes on, only blurs her face. Read More »
No Name on the Bullet (1959) Jack Arnold, Audie Murphy, Charles Drake, Joan Evans

Cool, cultured John Gant rides into Lordsburg. Gant is a professional killer Read More »
Duel at Silver Creek (1952) Don Siegel, Audie Murphy, Faith Domergue, Stephen McNally

A gang of claim jumpers is infesting the territory, gaining ownership of undermanned mining operations through extortion…and leaving no live witnesses. Read More »
The Way I Spent the End of the World AKA Cum mi-am petrecut sfârsitul lumii (2006) Cãtãlin Mitulescu, Dorotheea Petre, Timotei Duma, Ioan Albu

Bucharest 1989 – the last year of Ceausescu’s dictatorship. Eva lives with her parents and her 7 year old brother, Lalalilu. Read More »
The Strike AKA Siréna (1947) Karel Steklý, Josef Bek, L. Bohác, Josef Dekoj

The first Czechoslovak film to receive the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, The Strike is a cornerstone example of political agitprop. Read More »
Moby Dick (1956) John Huston, Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn

This classic story by Herman Melville revolves around Captain Ahab and his obsession with a huge whale, Moby Dick. Read More »
Manon (1949) Henri-Georges Clouzot, Serge Reggiani, Michel Auclair, Cécile Aubry

An adaptation of Abbe Prevost’s classic French novel ‘Manon Lescaut’, updated to post-World War II France Read More »
What’s New About Love? AKA O que Há de Novo no Amor? (2011) Hugo Alves, Mónica Santana Baptista, Joana Santos, João Cajuda, Nuno Casanovas

Six friends meet every evening in a basement to make music. Read More »
The Hills Run Red AKA Un fiume di dollari (1966) Carlo Lizzani, Thomas Hunter, Henry Silva, Dan Duryea

After the Civil War ends, two soldiers return home with a cache of stolen money. Read More »