In World War II, the Jewish French musician and cabaret singer Fania Fenelon Goldstein Read More »
Monthly Archives: November 2021
Haunted Gold (1932) Mack V. Wright, Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising, John Wayne, Duke, Sheila Terry
John Mason returns to the Sally Ann mine to claim his half share. Read More »
The Impossible Spy (1987) Jim Goddard, John Shea, Eli Wallach, Sasson Gabay
Young Israeli husband Eli Cohen is recruited by the Mossad in the early 1960’s and sent to Syria. Read More »
Gagarine (2020) Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh, Alseni Bathily, Lyna Khoudri, Jamil McCraven
Yuri fights to save his home town – which he shares with his namesake, Yuri Gagarin – from demolition. Read More »
Rana’s Wedding / Al qods fee yom akhar (2002) Hany Abu-Assad, Clara Khoury, Khalifa Natour, Ismael Dabbag
About a Palestinian girl of 17 who wants to get married to the man of her own choosing. Read More »
Satan Met a Lady (1936) William Dieterle, Bette Davis, Warren William, Alison Skipworth
Sardonic detective Shane, thrown out of one town for bringing trouble Read More »
San Antone (1953) Joseph Kane, Rod Cameron, Arleen Whelan, Forrest Tucker
After the Civil War, a cowboy who’s a former Union soldier leads a cattle Read More »
The New Country / Det nya landet (2000) Geir Hansteen Jorgensen, Mike Almayehu, Ingrid Luterkort, Michalis Koutsogiannakis
A 15 year old Somalian boy meets a 40 year old Iranian man on a refugee camp in Skåne Read More »
Sword of Desperation / Hisshiken torisashi (2010) Hideyuki Hirayama, Etsushi Toyokawa, Chizuru Ikewaki, Kôji Kikkawa
A talented but troubled Edo Period swordsman, Kanemi Sanzaemon. Read More »
Campus Rhythm (1943) Arthur Dreifuss, Johnny Downs, Gale Storm, Robert Lowery
Radio singer Joan Abbott, known as the “Crunchy-Wunchy Thrush” Read More »