
In nineteenth-century France, the romantic daughter of a country squire (Emma Rouault) marries a dull country doctor (Charles Bovary). Read More »
Daily Archives: October 9, 2020
Limelight (1952) Charles Chaplin, Claire Bloom, Nigel Bruce

Chaplin’s final American film tells the story of a fading music hall comedian’s effort to help a despondent Read More »
Visible Secret AKA You ling ren jian (2001) Ann Hui, Eason Chan, Qi Shu, Anthony Chau-Sang Wong

An unemployed hairdresser and a strange nurse, meet at a club and start a romance. Read More »
A Simple Event AKA Yek Etefagh sadeh (1974) Sohrab Shahid Saless, Hedayatollah Navid, Hibibollah Safarian, Ane Mohammad Tarikhi

The story of a ten years old Iranian schoolboy living with his mother and his father in Northern coasts of Iran. Read More »
The Lacemaker AKA La dentellière (1977) Claude Goretta, Isabelle Huppert, Yves Beneyton, Florence Giorgetti

Timid, discreet, and humble, the guileless nineteen-year-old assistant hairdresser, Pomme, lives with her doting mother and works in a Parisian beauty salon. Read More »
The Naked City (1948) Jules Dassin, Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart

Amid a semi-documentary portrait of New York and its people, Jean Dexter Read More »
Alexander’s Ragtime Band (1938) Henry King, Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche

Roger Grant, a classical violinist, disappoints his family Read More »
Flesh and Fury (1952) Joseph Pevney, Tony Curtis, Jan Sterling, Mona Freeman

Deaf boxer Paul Callan captures the interest of gold-digging blonde Sonya Bartow Read More »
The Black Bird (1975) David Giler, George Segal

The son of famous detective Sam Spade carries on the family tradition of getting involved with the Maltese Falcon Read More »
Rio, Zona Norte (1957) Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Grande Otelo, Jece Valadão, Malu Maia

A talented songwriter of sambas is forced to face the social injustices of the city around him. Read More »