Business at The Pavilion bar is down so Pete and Rags decide that the best way to get The Pavilion off the skids is to turn it into a strip joint. Read More »
Monthly Archives: November 2020
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs AKA Onna ga kaidan wo agaru toki (1960) Mikio Naruse, Hideko Takamine, Tatsuya Nakadai, Masayuki Mori
This is the story of Mama, a.k.a. Keiko, a middle-aged bar hostess who must choose to either get married or buy a bar of her own. Read More »
All the Invisible Children (2005) Mehdi Charef, Emir Kusturica, Adama Bila, Elysée Rouamba, Rodrigue Ouattara
Seven short films – each one focused on the plight of a different child protagonist. Read More »
Black (2005) Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Amitabh Bachchan, Rani Mukerji, Shernaz Patel
Based in Simla, the McNallys are an Anglo-Indian family consisting of Paul and his wife, Catherine. Read More »
Greenery Will Bloom Again / Torneranno i prati (2014)
World War I, Italian north-eastern front after the 1917 bloody battles on the Altipiano. Read More »
Uniform / Zhifu (2003) Yi’nan Diao, Kai Han, Hongli Liang, Hua Qin
Economic unrest roils central China’s Shaanxi Province: local factories are merging, thugs threaten managers Read More »
Broadminded (1931) Mervyn LeRoy, Joe E. Brown, Ona Munson, William Collier Jr.
Jack’s father is sending Jack away to keep him from the gambling, booze, girls and late nights. Read More »
The Scarlet Coat (1955) John Sturges, Cornel Wilde, Michael Wilding, George Sanders
In 1780 Major John Boulton is recruited by Colonial intelligence as a counterspy who will feign desertion to the British forces. Read More »
The Great Impostor (1961) Robert Mulligan, Tony Curtis, Karl Malden, Edmond O’Brien
Based on a true story, a bright young man who hasn’t the patience for the normal way of advancement finds Read More »
The Best Man Wins (1935) Erle C. Kenton, Edmund Lowe, Jack Holt, Bela Lugosi
A diver saves his best friend’s life but loses his own arm in doing so. Read More »