Norman Maine, a movie star whose career is on the wane, meets showgirl Esther Blodgett Read More »
Daily Archives: June 14, 2023
Flashback (1969) Raffaele Andreassi, Fred Robsahm, Pilar Castel, Dada Gallotti
Heinz Prulier (Fred Robsahm) is a German soldier stationed as a sniper overlooking his own army from a tree. Read More »
To Matthieu AKA Selon Matthieu (2000) Xavier Beauvois, Benoît Magimel, Nathalie Baye, Antoine Chappey
Matthieu and Eric are two brothers who work at the same factory as their father in Normandy. Read More »
Mother AKA Mat (1990) Gleb Panfilov, Inna Churikova, Viktor Rakov, Liubomiras Laucevicius
Based on Maxim Gorky’s novel about a woman torn between her loyalties to husband and son in the years of the Revolution. Read More »
A Star is Born (1937) William A. Wellman, Jack Conway, Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou
Esther Blodgett is another starry-eyed farm child trying to break into the films. Read More »
The Sleazy Uncle AKA Lo zio indegno (1989) Franco Brusati, Vittorio Gassman, Giancarlo Giannini, Andréa Ferréol
This wickedly funny Italian comedy centers upon a lascivious, fun-loving old uncle who hands out blood-test Read More »
Bring It Inside AKA Trago Comigo (2013) Tata Amaral, Gustavo Brandão, Georgina Castro, Maria Helena Chira
Telmo is a retired theater director that realizes he doesn’t remember the time Read More »