
In Minas Gerais hinterland Bastú has just lost her husband Feliciano. Read More »
Monthly Archives: May 2022
The Impatient Years (1944) Irving Cummings, Jean Arthur, Lee Bowman, Charles Coburn

Standing before a divorce court judge are Sergeant Andy Anderson and Janie Anderson asking him to dissolve their marriage. Read More »
The Boss (1956) Byron Haskin, John Payne, William Bishop, Gloria McGehee

Political corruption is vividly depicted as a ruthless WWI veteran Read More »
Tomorrow We Move / Demain on déménage (2004) Chantal Akerman, Sylvie Testud, Aurore Clément, Jean-Pierre Marielle

The late Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman brings us an intellectual comedy about a mother Read More »
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen (1974) Michael Snow, Chantal Akerman, Steve Anker, Anne-Marie

Described (rather cheekily) by director Michael Snow as a musical comedy, this deft probing of sound/image relationships Read More »
The Columnist / De Kuthoer (2019) Ivo van Aart, Katja Herbers, Genio de Groot, Achraf Koutet

A columnist must continuously deal with threats and negative comments on her social-media pages. Read More »
And Agnes Chose to Die / L’Agnese va a morire (1976) Giuliano Montaldo, Ingrid Thulin, Stefano Satta Flores, Michele Placido

An old couple, Agnes and Palita, lulled by their quiet routine Read More »
Erotic Witchcraft / La goulve (1972) Mario Mercier, Bepi Fontana, Hervé Hendrickx, César Torres, Anne Varèze

Axel, the magician, raises a boy into adulthood. When Axel dies, it’s the young man Read More »
Alimony (1949) Alfred Zeisler, Martha Vickers, John Beal, Hillary Brooke

Small town girl Kitty Traves comes to New York with the idea of getting rich fast. Read More »
The M.P. Case / De zaak M.P. (1960) Bert Haanstra, Albert Mol, Ko van Dijk, Julia de Gruyter

A comedy in which a student steals the statue of Manneken Pis, a Belgian national icon Read More »