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Daily Archives: April 25, 2020
Captain Blood AKA Le capitan (1960) André Hunebelle, Jean Marais, Bourvil, Elsa Martinelli

The young King Louis XIII is dominated by his mother Marie de Medici and her favorite Concino Concini. Read More »
Private Parts (1972) Paul Bartel, Ayn Ruymen, Lucille Benson, John Ventantonio

When Cheryl and her roommate quarrel, Cheryl moves into her aunt’s skid-row hotel in downtown L.A. rather than return home to Ohio. Read More »
Portrait of Jennie (1948) William Dieterle, Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore

Eben Adams is a talented but struggling artist in Depression era New York who has never been able to find inspiration for a painting. Read More »
Ruslan and Ludmila AKA Ruslan i Lyudmila (1972) Aleksandr Ptushko, Valeri Kozinets, Natalya Petrova, Vladimir Fyodorov

Based on Russian poet Alexander Pushkin’s fairy tale poem of the same name. Read More »
The 4th Man AKA De vierde man (1983) Paul Verhoeven, Jeroen Krabbé, Renée Soutendijk, Thom Hoffman

The morbid Catholic writer Gerard Reve who is bisexual, alcoholic and has frequent visions of death Read More »
Play It As It Lays (1972) Frank Perry, Tuesday Weld, Anthony Perkins, Tammy Grimes

Maria Wyeth, an ex-model and B-movie actress, strolls on the grounds of a mental hospital Read More »
The Berlin Affair AKA Interno berlinese (1985) Liliana Cavani, Gudrun Landgrebe, Kevin McNally, Mio Takaki

Set in 1938 Berlin, Louise Von Hollendorf is the wife of a young Nazi diplomat who meets Read More »
The Future AKA Il Futuro (2013) Alicia Scherson, Manuela Martelli, Luigi Ciardo, Rutger Hauer

When their parents die, Bianca starts to smoke and Tomas is still a virgin. Read More »
Black Orpheus AKA Orfeu Negro (1959) Marcel Camus, Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira

In the heady atmosphere of Rio’s carnival, two people meet and fall in love. Read More »