
A peasant girl working as a maid in 19th-century Russia has a dangerous love affair with a military officer. Read More »
Monthly Archives: June 2021
Home for Christmas (1978) Rick Hancox

Here is the quintessential Hancox ‘personal documentary,’ a film in which both the production Read More »
Love Crazy (1941) Jack Conway, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Gail Patrick

Steve and Susan Ireland are about to celebrate their 4th wedding anniversary by re-enacting their first date. Read More »
Helpless (1996) Shinji Aoyama, Tadanobu Asano, Ken Mitsuishi, Yôichirô Saitô

Yasuo is a gangster just released from jail. Believing his boss double-crossed him Read More »
Sylvia Plath: Inside the Bell Jar (2018) Teresa Griffiths, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Tristine Skyler, Frieda Hughes

The story of Sylvia Plath’s seminal novel The Bell Jar as well as the parallels between her life and the book. Read More »
Sad Vacation (2007) Shinji Aoyama, Tadanobu Asano, Kaori Fujimitsu, Eri Ishida

Kenji, abandoned by his mother, scrapes out a meager existence doing odd jobs including driving Read More »
A Married Couple (1969) Allan King, Billy Edwards, Antoinette Edwards, Bogart Edwards

An “actuality drama” about a real-life marriage in crisis, in which the couple attempts Read More »
The Banquet / Ho moon yeh yin (1991) Alfred Cheung, Tung Cho ‘Joe’ Cheung, Eric Tsang, Carol ‘Do Do’ Cheng, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung

Film with a weak plot about an businessman trying to clinch a deal for the reconstruction of Kuwait after the Gulf War from a Kuwaiti prince. Read More »
Highway 13 (1948) William Berke, Robert Lowery, Pamela Blake, Clem Bevans

Hank Wilson is a driver for a truck for a big transportation company which is in financial straits. Read More »
The Oldest Profession / Le plus vieux métier du monde (1967) Claude Autant-Lara, Mauro Bolognini, Michèle Mercier, Enrico Maria Salerno, Gabriele Tinti

A collection of sketches on prostitution through the ages. Read More »