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Monthly Archives: November 2020
Der Bettler vom Kölner Dom (1927) Rolf Randolf, Henry Stuart, Elza Temary, Carl de Vogt

Policeman Tom Wilkins is the man of a thousand masks and disguises. Read More »
Beau Brummel (1924) Harry Beaumont, John Barrymore, Mary Astor, Willard Louis

George Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord Alvanley. Read More »
Skin Game (1971) Paul Bogart, Gordon Douglas, James Garner, Louis Gossett Jr., Susan Clark

Quincy Drew and his black friend Jason O’Rourke have pulled off every dodge known for conning a well-heeled sucker Read More »
The Year of the Cannibals AKA I cannibali (1970) Liliana Cavani, Britt Ekland, Pierre Clémenti, Tomas Milian

On the streets of a damp metropolis lie the corpses of hundreds and hundreds of boys and girls. Read More »
The Skin AKA La pelle (1981) Liliana Cavani, Marcello Mastroianni, Ken Marshall, Alexandra King

After the Allies liberate Naples in 1943, the life for the locals is not much easier, especially for women. Read More »
Tokijiro of Kutsukake AKA Kutsukake Tokijiro – yukyo ippiki (1966) Tai Katô, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Junko Ikeuchi

Tokijiro has the unfortunate duty according to the code of the gamblers to join in the fighting when afforded a night’s stay and meals at the home of a town boss. Read More »
Beyond Mombasa (1956) George Marshall, Cornel Wilde, Donna Reed, Leo Genn

During the 1950s, American adventurer Matt Campbell arrives in Kenya to join his brother George. Read More »
Spider and Rose (1994) Bill Bennett, Ruth Cracknell, Simon Bossell, Max Cullen

Spider and Rose are on the road to Coonabarabran. It’s Spider’s last day working as an ambo, and he’s in a hurry. Read More »
Sparkle’s Tavern (1985) Curt McDowell, Marion Eaton, Peter Paskos, Melinda McDowell

A brother and sister who run a bordello worry that their conservative mother will find out what they do for a living. Read More »