
Director Wayne Wang and screenwriter Paul Auster had enough storylines and characters left over from their charming comedy Smoke to make another film Read More »
Monthly Archives: June 2020
The Son AKA Le fils (2002) Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Olivier Gourmet, Morgan Marinne, Isabella Soupart

Olivier – meticulous, careful, even-handed – teaches carpentry at a vocational school in Liège. Read More »
Rosetta (1999) Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Émilie Dequenne, Fabrizio Rongione, Anne Yernaux

The first scene, like almost all others, is a fighting scene. A girl, about 18, is sacked from her factory work because her trial period is over. Read More »
Pearl of the South Pacific (1955) Allan Dwan, Virginia Mayo, Dennis Morgan, David Farrar

Two beachcombers with a yacht join woman-with-a-past Rita on a quest for black pearls on a secret island. Read More »
Condemned! (1929) Wesley Ruggles, Ronald Colman, Ann Harding, Dudley Digges

Suave thief Colman is sent to Devil’s Island, where he becomes romantically involved with the wife of sadistic warden Digges. Read More »
Friendly Enemies (1942) Allan Dwan, Charles Winninger, Charles Ruggles, James Craig

During World War I, two German men friends who emigrated to the US and become millionaires agree on most things Read More »
The Wild Geese (1978) Andrew V. McLaglen, Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris

A British multinational seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. Read More »
In Jackson Heights (2015) Frederick Wiseman

Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City is one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse communities in the United States and the world. Read More »
Aviva, My Love AKA Aviva Ahuvati (2006) Shemi Zarhin, Assi Levy, Rotem Abuhab, Levana Finkelstein

Aviva, a hard-working hotel cook in the small northern Israeli town of Tiberias, is on the brink of finally fulfilling her lifelong dream. Read More »
Cabin Fever AKA Når nettene blir lange (2000) Mona J. Hoel, Svein Scharffenberg, Gørild Mauseth, Zbigniew Zamachowski

A large family is going to the mountain for their christmas vacation, in a rented cabin. Read More »