Although the Indians were assured their lands adjacent to the Black Hills by contract, the Whites want to expel them. Read More »
Monthly Archives: July 2022
Timeslip AKA The Atomic Man (1955) Ken Hughes, Gene Nelson, Faith Domergue, Peter Arne
An atomic scientist is found floating in a river with a bullet in his back Read More »
Fireman, Save My Child (1932) Lloyd Bacon, Joe E. Brown, Evalyn Knapp, Lilian Bond
Joe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small hometown. Read More »
Watch It, Sailor! (1961) Wolf Rilla, Marjorie Rhodes, Cyril Smith, Vera Day
A sailor named Albert is late for his own wedding, but a bigger problem occurs when he gets a message Read More »
A Woman Crying in Spring (1933) Hiroshi Shimizu, Akiko Chihaya, Ryuko Fuji, Shizue Hyôdô
Described by David Bordwell as ‘probably the greatest revelation’ of the retrospective of Shochiku’s Read More »
Eclipse AKA Kinkanshoku (1934) Hiroshi Shimizu, Mitsugu Fujii, Hiroko Kawasaki, Michiko Kuwano
The story is centered around the devastating experiences of two villagers, Osaki Shuichi Read More »
Hero of Swallow AKA San tau jin zi lei saam (1996) Sang Siu, Biao Yuen, Athena Chu, You Ge
Yuen Biao plays the Hero Swallow, a sort of Robin Hood, in this wonderful tale about poverty Read More »
Tarot (1986) Rudolf Thome, Vera Tschechowa, Rüdiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler
A film director, his fiancée, a scriptwriter and a student interact and discuss their emotions, at length. Read More »
System Without Shadow AKA System ohne Schatten (1983) Rudolf Thome, Bruno Ganz, Dominique Laffin, Hanns Zischler
Computer operator Faber works on securing computers for big companies and banks. Read More »
Slow Dancing in the Big City (1978) John G. Avildsen, Paul Sorvino, Anne Ditchburn, Nicolas Coster
An aging out of shape reporter falls for a pretty but seriously ill ballerina. Read More »