In this football drama, a college gridiron star attempts to leave the game Read More »
Monthly Archives: September 2021
They Were Five AKA La belle équipe (1936) Julien Duvivier, Charles Vanel, Jean Gabin, Raymond Aimos
Those five are unemployed penniless workers. Together they win 100,000 Francs with the national lottery. Read More »
Penda’s Fen (1974) Alan Clarke, Spencer Banks, John Atkinson, Georgine Anderson
Through a series of real and imagined encounters with angels, demons Read More »
Litan (1982) Marie-José Nat, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Nino Ferrer
An innocent couple who were observing the “color” of a local festival begin to feel afraid because Read More »
A Woman Alone AKA Kobieta samotna (1987) Agnieszka Holland, Maria Chwalibóg, Boguslaw Linda, Pawel Witczak
A story of a middle-aged woman, Irena, living alone on the outskirts of Wroclaw with her 8-year old son. Read More »
The Ugly (1997) Scott Reynolds, Paolo Rotondo, Paul Glover, Chris Graham
Simon is a confessed serial killer who spent the last five years in a mental hospital because of his state. Read More »
The Organiser AKA I compagni (1963) Mario Monicelli, Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Gabriella Giorgelli
The story of exploited textile factory workers in Turin, Italy at the turn of the century Read More »
The Terrorizers AKA Kong bu fen zi (1986) Edward Yang, Cora Miao, Li-Chun Lee, Shih-Chieh King
A metaphysical mystery about the lives of three couples in Taipei that continually intersect over a span of several weeks. Read More »
The Round-Up AKA Szegénylegények (1966) Miklós Jancsó, János Görbe, Zoltán Latinovits, Tibor Molnár
In Hungary, the national movement led by Kossuth has been crushed and the Austrian hegemony re-established Read More »
The Riddle of the Sands (1979) Tony Maylam, Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Simon MacCorkindale
In the early years of the 20th Century, two British yachtsmen (Michael York and Simon MacCorkindale) Read More »