
The wife of Nasim, an Afghan immigrant in Iran, is gravely ill. He needs money to pay for her care, but his day labor digging wells does not pay enough. Read More »
Monthly Archives: June 2020
Lust, Caution AKA Se, jie (2007) Ang Lee, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Wei Tang, Joan Chen

Frustrated in his attempts to assassinate Yee, who is an important official in Japanese-ruled Shanghai Read More »
Lady Chatterley (1993) Ken Russell, Joely Richardson, Sean Bean, James Wilby

Lady Constance Chatterley is married to the handicapped Sir Clifford Chatterley, who was wounded in the First World War. Read More »
Bandini (1963) Bimal Roy, Ashok Kumar, Nutan, Dharmendra

Dr. Devendra is an eligible young man, employed with the local prison for women. Read More »
My Stills, 1952-2002 (2003) David Perlov

My Stills, 1952-2002, David Perlov’s last film, is based on his still photographs. Read More »
Back in the Saddle (1941) Lew Landers, Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Mary Lee

Gene returns from the East with new ranch owner Tom Bennett to find everyone’s cattle dying. Read More »
Without Orders (1936) Lew Landers, Frances Sage, Robert Armstrong, Sally Eilers

At Portland, Oregon, playboy pilot Len Kendrick (Vinton Haworth) lands at the end of a cross-country record flight Read More »
Powwow Highway (1989) Jonathan Wacks, Gary Farmer, A Martinez, Joanelle Romero

Depicts the struggles of reservation-dwelling Native Americans in the North Central United States. Read More »
Anantaram (1987) Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Mammootty, Asokan, Shobana

The film develops through a commentary by Ajayan (Ashokan) about himself in the first person. Read More »
Lamb (2015) Yared Zeleke, Rediat Amare, Kidist Siyum, Welela Assefa

When Ephraim, an Ethiopian boy, is sent from his homeland to live with distant relatives, he takes his beloved sheep with him. Read More »