The Days is Wang Xiaoshuai’s 1993 debut. Filmed in black-and-white, The Days follows Read More »
Monthly Archives: March 2023
Angel’s Holiday (1937) James Tinling, Jane Withers, Joan Davis, Sally Blane
With the help of a young newspaperman Jane rescues a movie star who is caught held for ransom when she visits her hometown. Read More »
The New Voyage AKA Gakko III (1998) Yôji Yamada, Shinobu Ôtake, Yûki Kuroda, Nenji Kobayashi
A widow who has single-handedly raised her autistic son loses her job and begins Read More »
Pepper (1936) James Tinling, Jane Withers, Irvin S. Cobb, Slim Summerville
Young Pepper Jolly enters the life of sour old millionaire John Wilkes. Read More »
The Holy Terror (1937) James Tinling, Jane Withers, Tony Martin, Leah Ray
“Corky” Wallace (Jane Withers) is the daughter of a U.S. Navy flying service officer Read More »
Uncle Kruger AKA Ohm Krüger (1941) Hans Steinhoff, Karl Anton, Emil Jannings, Lucie Höflich, Werner Hinz
Rousing biopic of Paul Kruger, the Boer guerilla fighter turned statesman and first president of South Africa. Read More »
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996) Frank Martin, Raquel Welch, Jason Alexander, Dan Aykroyd
From the moment Thomas Edison shocked the public with May Irwin’s unabashed kiss Read More »
Forget Love for Now AKA Koi mo wasurete (1937) Hiroshi Shimizu, Michiko Kuwano, Shûji Sano, Jun Yokoyama
The lives of unhappy children and women, particularly mothers Read More »
The Desolute Beach AKA Nirjan Saikate (1963) Tapan Sinha, Anil Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Chhayadevi
On his way to Puri by train, a writer gets acquainted with a group Read More »
Ward 6 AKA Paviljon broj VI (1973) Lucian Pintilie, Slobodan ‘Cica’ Perovic, Zoran Radmilovic, Slavko Simic
A study of the mental breakdown of a doctor in a remote rural village. Read More »