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Monthly Archives: December 2021
The Fan / Der Fan (1982) Eckhart Schmidt, Désirée Nosbusch, Bodo Staiger, Simone Brahmann
The hero-worship that Simone has for a pop singer is built to a crescendo until Read More »
God of Gamblers II / Dou hap (1990) Jing Wong, Andy Lau, Stephen Chow, Man-Tat Ng
Wong Jing’s sequel to All for the Winner and spin-off to God of Gamblers Read More »
A Feather in Her Hat (1935) Alfred Santell, Pauline Lord, Basil Rathbone, Louis Hayward
A loving mother tells her son that he isn’t hers so that the boy will be able to climb out of their poor surroundings. Read More »
Hot Tip (1935) James Gleason, Ray McCarey, Zasu Pitts, Margaret Callahan
Jane McGill has fallen in love with Ben Johnson and would like to marry him. Read More »
The Time to Die / Le temps de mourir (1970) André Farwagi, Anna Karina, Bruno Cremer, Jean Rochefort
Topfer Max discovers a picture that depicts his own murder. Read More »
Adoration (2008) Atom Egoyan, Devon Bostick, Rachel Blanchard, Louca Tassone
Simon, a Toronto high school student, has been raised by his maternal Uncle Tom since Simon’s parents Read More »
The Fluffer (2001) Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland, Scott Gurney, Michael Cunio, Roxanne Day
The story, set in the world of adult entertainment, centers around three characters: Read More »
Escape from the ‘Liberty’ Cinema / Ucieczka z kina ‘Wolnosc’ (1990) Wojciech Marczewski, Janusz Gajos, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Teresa Marczewska
The film is set just before Poland’s communist regime came to an end, and the central character is a provincial censor (Janusz Gajos) Read More »