The Lady (or Signora) of the title is a mysterious matron who lives in a crumbling mansion. Read More »
Monthly Archives: April 2023
The Arbor (2010) Clio Barnard, Manjinder Virk, Christine Bottomley, Natalie Gavin
Clio Barnard’s film tells the powerful true story of the playwright Andrea Dunbar Read More »
Preparation for the Festival AKA Matsuri no junbi (1975) Kazuo Kuroki, Jun Etô, Haruko Mabuchi, Hajime Hana
A young Japanese man comes to the realization that he must leave Read More »
Evil Spirits of Japan AKA Nippon no akuryo (1970) Kazuo Kuroki, Yôsuke Enomoto, Tatsumi Hijikata, Eiko Horii
Murase is a bodyguard in a yakuza group. Ochiai is a police officer who once was a student activist. Read More »
Gunmen and the Holy Ghost AKA Spirito Santo e le 5 magnifiche canaglie (1972) Roberto Mauri, Vassili Karis, Remo Capitani, Maria Francesca
The authorities of Springfield ask Spirito Santo/Holy Ghost, which in turn will require the help of Diego Read More »
Zorba the Greek AKA Alexis Sorbas (1964) Mihalis Kakogiannis, Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Papas
Traveling to inspect an abandoned mine his father owns in Crete, English author Basil (Alan Bates) Read More »
Over the Years AKA Über die Jahre (2015) Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Over the span of ten years, between 2004 and 2014, Nikolaus Geyrhalter portrays the workers Read More »
What Max Said AKA Las palabras de Max (1978) Emilio Martínez Lázaro, Ignacio Fernández de Castro, Myriam De Maeztu, Gracia Querejeta
Disquieting portrait of loneliness and isolation, concentrating on a middle-aged man (Fernandez de Castro) Read More »
Return of the Holy Ghost AKA Bada alla tua pelle Spirito Santo! (1972) Roberto Mauri, Vassili Karis, Remo Capitani, Maria Francesca
A crook masquerading as an Army Colonel in charge of gold shipments, replaces gold ingots with fakes. Read More »
Baxter! (1973) Lionel Jeffries, Patricia Neal, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Britt Ekland
A young American boy unable to overcome a speech defect is disturbed by the constant bickering Read More »