A young man, Kazuo, joins a new cult religion even though he sees through the initial recruitment pretense Read More »
Monthly Archives: February 2021
The Geisha AKA Yôkirô (1983) Hideo Gosha, Ken Ogata, Kimiko Ikegami, Atsuko Asano
1933. 20 years before, Katsuzo was in love with a geisha who gave him a daughter. Read More »
Lautrec (1998) Roger Planchon, Régis Royer, Elsa Zylberstein, Anémone
Life, passion, love…all these were part of Toulouse-Lautrec’s art. Read More »
The Passion AKA La passione (2010) Carlo Mazzacurati, Silvio Orlando, Giuseppe Battiston, Kasia Smutniak
To avoid being sued, a film director reluctantly agrees to set up and direct the Good Friday celebrations in a small Tuscan town. Read More »
A Quiet Passion (2016) Terence Davies, Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle, Duncan Duff
A Quiet Passion is Terence Davies’ biographical drama detailing the life of Emily Dickinson her loves, her struggles and her magnificent poetry. Read More »
As Tears Go By AKA Wong gok ka moon (1988) Kar Wai Wong, Andy Lau, Maggie Cheung, Jacky Cheung
A low-level triad “big brother” has a hot-tempered “little brother” who can’t keep out of trouble Read More »
Hibiscus Town AKA Fu rong zhen (1986) Jin Xie, Wen Jiang, Linian Liu, Xiaoqing Liu
Based on a novel by the same name written by Gu Hua, a melodrama about the life Read More »
Serenade for Two Spies AKA Serenade für zwei Spione (1965) Michael Pfleghar, Alberto Cardone, Wolfgang Neuss, Hellmut Lange, Barbara Lass
An international gang of gun dealers in the USA has stolen the prototype of a laser rifle from a German laboratory. Read More »
The Sicilian Clan AKA Le clan des Siciliens (1969) Henri Verneuil, Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Lino Ventura
A young, ambitious mobster plans an elaborate diamond heist while seducing Read More »
Love & Rage (1999) Cathal Black, Greta Scacchi, Daniel Craig, Stephen Dillane
Agnes MacDonnell (Greta Scacchi), a strong and self-confident Englishwoman in her forties Read More »