The 1920’s and 30’s career of singer Helen Morgan is followed from her early days singing outdoors in a carnival Read More »
Monthly Archives: October 2020
The Great O’Malley (1937) William Dieterle, Pat O’Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Sybil Jason
Officer O’Malley arrests John Phillips for a traffic violation and costs him a chance at a good job. Read More »
Daniel (1983) Sidney Lumet, Timothy Hutton, Mandy Patinkin, Lindsay Crouse
The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson Read More »
Thomas Harlan – Wandersplitter (2007) Christoph Hübner, Thomas Harlan, Gabriele Voss
A sanatory in the south of Germany, a room with a view to the Bavarian Alpes. Read More »
Singapore (1947) John Brahm, Fred MacMurray, Ava Gardner, Roland Culver
After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Read More »
The Water Magician AKA Taki no shiraito (1933) Kenji Mizoguchi, Takuaki Seiryô, Tokihiko Okada, Ichirô Sugai, Bontarô Miake
Taki no Shiraito is a very independent young woman with a famous water juggling act in a travelling carnival troupe. Read More »
Golden Eels AKA Zlatí úhori (1979) Karel Kachyna, Vladimír Mensík, Miroslava Hozová, Rudolf Hrusínský
A little boy, named Prdelka, traveled with his father from Prague to the country during the Second World War. Read More »
Waterberry Tears (2010) Adrian Aldaz, Raul Rodriguez, Juan Loaiza, Marisol Reyes
This is a coming of age story about a gay boy in a Mexican family Read More »
Cool Hand Luke (1967) Stuart Rosenberg, Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Strother Martin
Luke Jackson is a cool, gutsy prisoner in a Southern chain gang Read More »
Yakuza Goddess of Mercy: Mistress Jingi AKA Yakuza kannon: Iro Jingi (1973) Tatsumi Kumashiro, Jirô Okazaki, Nozomi Yasuda, Chizuyu Azami
Monk Seigen saves Misako the daughter of an area Yakuza boss from some tough guys. Read More »