Mendoza ruthlessly controls the valley of San Fernando and his men guard the only entrance. Read More »
Monthly Archives: May 2022
Water Drops on Burning Rocks / Gouttes d’eau sur pierres brûlantes (2000) François Ozon, Bernard Giraudeau, Malik Zidi, Ludivine Sagnier
Germany in the 1970s. Whilst waiting for his girlfriend, a young student, Franz Read More »
European Nights / Europa di notte (1959) Alessandro Blasetti, Alba Arnova, The Princesse Badia, Dolly Bell
A tour of the nightlife in Rome, Paris, London, Madrid, Vienna, Brussels and more. Read More »
Dinah East (1970) Gene Nash, Ultra Violet, Andy Davis, Reid Smith
A glamorous movie queen of the 1950s is revealed to be a man Read More »
A Midsummer Night’s Dream / Sen noci svatojánské (1959) Jirí Trnka, Joss Ackland, Ann Bell, Richard Burton
The first puppet kinescope in the world. It is based on the famous poetic comedy by William Shakespeare. Read More »
Grumpy (1930) George Cukor, Cyril Gardner, Cyril Maude, Phillips Holmes, Frances Dade
The titular character is a temperamental but lovable retired London barrister now living in the country with his granddaughter Virginia. Read More »
The Penny Pool (1937) George Black, Douglas Wakefield, Billy Nelson, Chuck O’Neil
A young factory worker is fired for filling out her pools form at work. Read More »
The Royal Bed (1931) Lowell Sherman, Mary Astor, Anthony Bushell
The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend Read More »
Joan of Ozark (1942) Joseph Santley, Judy Canova, Joe E. Brown, Eddie Foy Jr.
Ozark thrush Judy Hull inadvertently shoots a pigeon carrying a message from a secret Nazi spy Read More »
The People’s Enemy (1935) Crane Wilbur, Preston Foster, Lila Lee, Melvyn Douglas
Money was what gangster Vince M. Falcone wanted most Read More »