
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 »
Monthly Archives: October 2020
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 »
Le 6 juin à l’aube (1946) Jean Grémillon

The film starts by a visit to bucolic Normandy before the events. Read More »
Roaring Fire AKA Hoero tekken (1981) Norifumi Suzuki, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shin’ichi Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi

Joji learns a dark secret from his dying father; he learns he has a twin brother and a sister. Read More »
Salem’s Lot (1979) Tobe Hooper, David Soul, James Mason, Lance Kerwin

The successful writer Benjamin “Ben” Mears returns to his hometown Salem’s Lot, Maine Read More »
Last Light (1993) Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Clancy Brown

Awaiting execution, Denver Bayliss gains an unlikely friend and confidant in Fred Whitmore Read More »