Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan’s famous Broadway night spot. Read More »
Daily Archives: August 11, 2022
Gumshoe (1971) Stephen Frears, Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay
Ginley (Albert Finney) is a nightclub bingo caller eager for a career change. Read More »
The Revolt AKA Dôran (1980) Shirô Moritani, Ken Takakura, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Masakane Yonekura
When a young solider is killed while trying to prevent his younger sister, Kaoru, from being sold into a life of prostitution Read More »
A Confucian Confusion AKA Du li shi dai (1994) Edward Yang, Li-Mei Chen, Shiang-chyi Chen, Yi-wen Chen
After firing a colleague, the head of a PR company begins to question her lifestyle and values. Read More »
Okatsu the Fugitive AKA Yôen dokufu-den: Okatsu kyôjô tabi (1969) Nobuo Nakagawa, Junko Miyazono, Reiko Ônobuta, Tôru Abe
Okatsu: a “tomboy” who is good with a sword. Her father has found her a man to marry Read More »
13 Frightened Girls! (1963) William Castle, Murray Hamilton, Joyce Taylor, Hugh Marlowe
An international bevy of beautiful teenage girls represent their countries as the daughters of diplomats. Read More »
The Slugger’s Wife (1985) Hal Ashby, Michael O’Keefe, Rebecca De Mornay, Martin Ritt
Darryl Palmer (Michael O’Keefe) is a major league baseball player who meets Read More »
25 Fireman’s Street AKA Tüzoltó utca 25. (1973) István Szabó, Lucyna Winnicka, Margit Makay, Károly Kovács
On one hot summer night, the residents of a Hungarian apartment house slated Read More »
Silent Witness (1985) Michael Miller, Valerie Bertinelli, John Savage, Chris Nash
Michael, son of a prestigious family, and his friends rape the young alcoholic Patty Read More »
Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid AKA Zeisters (1986) John Golden, Mark Alfred, Joan Allen, Ted Bardi
Two brothers befriend an escaped mental patient “the fat guy”) and accompany him on his misadventures in the big city. Read More »