Moishe Oysher, the renowned cantor and star of Yiddish radio, stars in Edgar G. Ulmer’s musical version Read More »
Monthly Archives: February 2023
The Light Ahead (1939) Henry Felt, Edgar G. Ulmer, David Opatoshu, Helen Beverly, Isidore Cashier
Impoverished and disabled lovers Fishke and Hodel dream of life in the big city of Odessa Read More »
I Was Nineteen AKA Ich war neunzehn (1968) Konrad Wolf, Jaecki Schwarz, Vasiliy Livanov, Aleksey Eybozhenko
April 1945: Gregor Hecker, 19 years of age, reaches the outskirts of Berlin Read More »
Weary River (1929) Frank Lloyd, Richard Barthelmess, Betty Compson, William Holden
Jerry Larabee (Richard Barthelmess)is a gangster who can play piano and sing Read More »
Crazy Horse (2011) Frederick Wiseman, Philippe Decouflé, Naamah Alva, Daizy Blu
In Crazy Horse, he pulls back the curtain on Le Crazy Horse de Paris Read More »
Her Third AKA Der Dritte (1972) Egon Günther, Jutta Hoffmann, Barbara Dittus, Rolf Ludwig
Margit is a single mother in her mid-thirties with two daughters by different men. Read More »
Pursuit (1935) Edwin L. Marin, Chester Morris, Sally Eilers, Scotty Beckett
“Mitch” Mitchell is an aviator who has been hired to take a child in a guardianship suit out of California into Mexico. Read More »
There’s Going to Be a Party AKA Ça va être ta fête (1960) Pierre Montazel, Eddie Constantine, Barbara Laage, Stefan Schnabel
FBI agent John Lewis travels in Europe, from Paris to Lisbon, trying to locate a disappeared fellow secret-agent, Mark Lemoine. Read More »
Snake Shadow Rivals AKA Fierce Among Strong (1975) Yeung Yee-Muk, Hong Hoi, Lung Fei, Got Heung-Ting
The film begins when Peng’s father refuses to give over his rabbit to the the local overlord Chen Tao Read More »
Target Frankie AKA Feuer frei auf Frankie (1967) José Antonio de la Loma, Joachim Fuchsberger, Erika Blanc, Rik Battaglia
A secret agent/International playboy who “just happens” to look like a famous scientist Read More »