Kurotokage (1962, aka Black Lizard) has its origins in a 1934 detective novel Read More »
Monthly Archives: January 2023
The Ghost Camera (1933) Bernard Vorhaus, Henry Kendall, Victor Stanley, John Mills
When a photograph is taken at the scene of a murder, the camera is tossed out of a castle window to destroy the evidence Read More »
The Battle of the Rails / La bataille du rail (1946) René Clément, Marcel Barnault, Jean Clarieux, Jean Daurand
This movie is a story about French railroad workers who were Read More »
Beggars of Life (1928) William A. Wellman, Wallace Beery, Richard Arlen, Louise Brooks
After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. Read More »
The Day the Earth Froze / Sampo (1959) Aleksandr Ptushko, Urho Somersalmi, Anna Orochko, Ivan Voronov
Based on Finnish mythology, this movie traces the exploits of Lemminkäinen as he woos Read More »
The Stone Flower / Kamennyy tsvetok (1946) Aleksandr Ptushko, Vladimir Druzhnikov, Yekaterina Derevshchikova, Tamara Makarova
Aging master gemcutter Prokopych is forced to take up a young apprentice against his will. Read More »
Phantom Beirut / Ashbah Beyrouth (1998) Ghassan Salhab, Aouni Kawas, Darina Al Joundi, Rabih Mroue
Late in the 1980s it seems like the Lebanese conflict will never end. Read More »
Growing Up Female (1971) Jim Klein, Julia Reichert
Focuses on the socialization of American females. It tells the story of six women and girls. Read More »
The Nocturnal Demon / Yeh moh sin sang (1990) Ricky Lau, Alfred Cheung, Moon Lee, Anthony Chan
Tin bears an uncanny resemblance to a psychotic serial killer Read More »
Night and the City (1950) Jules Dassin, Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers
Harry Fabian is a London hustler with ambitious plans that never work out. Read More »