A green lieutenant volunteers five men to carry out a mission Read More »
Daily Archives: December 8, 2021
Germany Pale Mother AKA Deutschland bleiche Mutter (1980) Helma Sanders-Brahms, Eva Mattes, Ernst Jacobi, Elisabeth Stepanek
Germany 1939. Hans and Lene marry the day before the war breaks out Read More »
The Angel and the Beasts AKA Teufelscamp der verlorenen Frauen (1978) Hubert Frank, Patricia Adriani, Bárbara Rey, José Antonio Ceinos
A beautiful young girl parachutes onto a remote, isolated island Read More »
Walter Defends Sarajevo AKA Valter brani Sarajevo (1972) Hajrudin Krvavac, Velimir ‘Bata’ Zivojinovic, Rade Markovic, Ljubisa Samardzic
Retreating German armies are in desperate need of fuel. Read More »
Nil by Mouth (1997) Gary Oldman, Ray Winstone, Kathy Burke, Charlie Creed-Miles
Raymond, his wife Val, and her brother Billy live in a working-class London district. Read More »
The Smugglers AKA Nan zi han (1973) Chia-Wen Sun, Jason Piao Pai, Ingrid Yin-Yin Hu, Chun-Ku Lu
A man sets out to take revenge against the drug gang that murdered his brother. Read More »
Atlantis (1913) August Blom, Olaf Fønss, Ida Orloff, Ebba Thomsen
After Dr. Friedrich’s wife becomes mentally unstable and his research papers are rejected, he leaves the country to respite. Read More »
The Beast Must Die AKA La bestia debe morir (1952) Román Viñoly Barreto, Narciso Ibáñez Menta, Guillermo Battaglia, Milagros de la Vega
“La bestia debe morir” is a taut, smartly crafted Argentinian noir that packs an emotional punch. Read More »
La fumeria d’oppio (1947) Raffaello Matarazzo, Emilio Ghione Jr., Mariella Lotti, Paolo Stoppa
A young woman is murdered and robbed in broad daylight. A young man is arrested Read More »
How to Rob the Bank of Italy AKA Come svaligiammo la banca d’Italia (1966) Lucio Fulci, Franco Franchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Lena von Martens
Dim-wits Franco and Cicco try to come up with a plan to rob the safes of the Bank of Italy Read More »