The life of boisterous entertainer Texas Guinan is recalled from her poor childhood with a down-on-his-luck father Read More »
Daily Archives: February 23, 2021
The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941) William Keighley, James Cagney, Bette Davis, Stuart Erwin
Oil heiress Joan is going to elope with bandleader Allen whom she’s known four days. Read More »
The Girl with a Pistol AKA La ragazza con la pistola (1968) Mario Monicelli, Monica Vitti, Stanley Baker, Corin Redgrave
A Sicilian woman, “dishonored” by her lover, goes to England with a pistol intending to murder him. Read More »
Battle of the Bulge (1965) Ken Annakin, Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan
In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. Read More »
An Obsession / Tsumetai chi (1997) Shinji Aoyama, Ryo Ishibashi, Yôzaburô Itô, Eiko Nagashima
An Obsession is Aoyama’s remake for the 1990s of Akira Kurosawa’s Stray Dog (“Nora inu,” 1949). Read More »
Somebody to Love (1994) Alexandre Rockwell, Rosie Perez, Harvey Keitel, Anthony Quinn
Mercedes is a taxi dancer who wants to be an actress. She’s involved with the married Harry Read More »
Grimm (2003) Alex van Warmerdam, Teresa Berganza, Johan Leysen, Halina Reijn
One winter’s day Jacob and his sister Marie are left behind in the woods by their unemployed father. Read More »
La Très Très Grande Entreprise (2008) Pierre Jolivet, Roschdy Zem, Marie Gillain, Jean-Paul Rouve
Zak, Mélanie, Denis et Kevin ont tout perdu au moment où le lac qui les faisait vivre a subi une importante pollution. Read More »