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Monthly Archives: May 2020
Baghead (2008) Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass, Ross Partridge, Steve Zissis, Greta Gerwig

Four struggling actors retreat to a cabin in Big Bear, California in order to write a screenplay that will make them all stars. Read More »
Northern Patrol (1953) Rex Bailey, Kirby Grant, Chinook, Marian Carr

This entry in the series featuring RCMP Rod Webb and his wonder dog, Chinook, has a larger cast than usual Read More »
Street of Shame AKA Akasen Chitai (1956) Kenji Mizoguchi, Machiko Kyô, Aiko Mimasu, Ayako Wakao

Five prostitutes work at Dreamland, in Tokyo’s Yoshiwara district. As the Diet considers a ban on prostitution, the women’s daily dramas play out. Read More »
The Life of Oharu AKA Saikaku Ichidai Onna (1952) Kenji Mizoguchi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsukie Matsuura, Ichirô Sugai

A fifty-year-old prostitute, no longer able to attract men, looks back on her sad life. Read More »
The Holy Man AKA Mahapurush (1965) Satyajit Ray, Charuprakash Ghosh, Robi Ghosh, Prasad Mukherjee

A retired lawyer meets a holy man Birinchi Baba (Charuprakash Ghosh) and his assistant (Robi Ghosh) Read More »
Number One (1985) Les Blair, Bob Geldof, Mel Smith, Alison Steadman

A down on his luck Irishman in London decides to play snooker for money. Read More »
My Lovely Sister AKA Ahoti Hayafa (2011) Marco Carmel, Reymonde Amsallem, Moris Cohen, Evelin Hagoel

A love story between Rahma, her husband Robert, and the ghost of Rahma’s beautiful sister Mary. Mary died from the pain of banishment, because she chose an Arab. Read More »
A Woman’s Secret (1949) Nicholas Ray, Maureen O’Hara, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Grahame

Susan is in the hospital with a bullet near her heart. Marian has told the police that she shot Susan in a rage as Susan was giving up singing. Read More »
The Missing Lady (1946) Phil Karlson, Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, George Chandler

A jade statue, the “missing lady”, is stolen and its owner killed. Read More »