A sometimes sappy, yet effective melodrama about a woman who tries to make amends with her teenage daughter Read More »
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Poppy (1936) A. Edward Sutherland, W.C. Fields, Rochelle Hudson, Richard Cromwell
Poppy, daughter of carnival medicine salesman Professor McGargle, falls in love with the Mayor’s son. Read More »
Activists AKA Aktivistit (1939) Risto Orko, Helena Kara, Tuulikki Paananen, Uuno Laakso
In 1916, Finland is still a part of Russian Empire. Eugen Schauman murders the governor Read More »
Gang vs. G-Men AKA Gyangu tai G-men (1962) Kinji Fukasaku, Kôji Tsuruta, Yoshiko Sakuma, Tetsurô Tanba
Two rival gangs of gangsters clash for dominance of a neighborhood. Read More »
The Frightened City (1961) John Lemont, Herbert Lom, Sean Connery, John Gregson
A small time thief is recruited by a mobster to help with the racketeering. Read More »
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004) Daniel Anker, Gene Hackman, Norma Barzman, Jack Benny
The history of Hollywood’s handling of the Nazis and its later depiction of the Holocaust they perpetrated. Read More »
Finsterworld (2013) Frauke Finsterwalder, Gisela Aderhold, Christoph Bach, Margit Carstensen
A number of individuals in Germany whose lives are connected in some ways Read More »
Private Crimes AKA Delitti privati (1993) Sergio Martino, Edwige Fenech, Ray Lovelock, Victoria Vera
The story, set in Lucca, sees the death of a businessman, Marco Pierboni Read More »
Crime, Inc. (1945) Lew Landers, Leo Carrillo, Tom Neal, Martha Tilton
A crusading reporter uses his friendship with a mobster to expose the machinations of organized crime in his city. Read More »
Exit to Eden (1994) Garry Marshall, Dana Delany, Dan Aykroyd, Rosie O’Donnell
Elliot heads for the sexual fantasy island, Eden. Read More »