
Witty narration follows the history of Versailles Palace; founded by Louis XIII, enlarged by autocratic Louis XIV Read More »
Monthly Archives: April 2020
The Blue Bird (1940) Walter Lang, Shirley Temple, Spring Byington, Nigel Bruce

Mytyl and her brother Tyltyl, a woodchopper’s children, are led by the Fairy Berylune on a magical trip through the past Read More »
Toto Who Lived Twice AKA Totò che visse due volte (1998) Daniele Ciprì, Franco Maresco, Marcello Miranda, Carlo Giordano, Pietro Arciadiacono

The film has three stories. First is about local village idiot Paletta, who can not afford the services of a whore Read More »
Low Tide (2012) Roberto Minervini, Daniel Blanchard, Melissa McKinney, Vernon Wilbanks

A 12 year old boy and his single mother live parallel lives. The boy spends his days alone while his mother works and goes out with her friends. Read More »
Spies Like Us (1985) John Landis, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Forrest

Looking for a way out of their mundane government jobs, Austin Millbarge (Dan Aykroyd) Read More »
Genocide AKA Konchû daisensô (1968) Kazui Nihonmatsu, Keisuke Sonoi, Yûsuke Kawazu, Emi Shindô

All the insects on Earth become wild and attack humans, causing Armageddon. Read More »
A Hard Day AKA Kkeut-kka-ji-gan-da (2014) Seong-hun Kim, Sun-kyun Lee, Jin-woong Cho, Man-sik Jeong

Detective Go Geon-soo is having a hard day Read More »
The Farm in the Small Marsh AKA Salas u Malom Ritu (1976) Branko Bauer, Slavko Stimac, Miodrag Radovanovic, Pavle Vuisic

War arrives to a small secluded village in Vojvodina. The Germans take a group of hostages through the village Read More »
At Ellen’s Age AKA Im Alter von Ellen (2010) Pia Marais, Jeanne Balibar, Stefan Stern, Georg Friedrich

A woman puts herself through some remarkable changes in this drama from director Pia Marais. Read More »
Slaughter in the Snow (1973) Kazuo Ikehiro, Hajime Araki, Kai Atô, Takamori Gen

In feudal Japan, women are vulnerable, in need of protection, and capable of deception. Read More »