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Daily Archives: June 20, 2023
Stardom (2000) Denys Arcand, Jessica Paré, Victoria Snow, Jessica Mackenzie

A sports photographer in rural Canada sends a picture of a high school athlete Read More »
Bugsy (1991) Barry Levinson, Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel

New York gangster Ben Bugsy Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. Read More »
The Player / Der Spieler (1938) Gerhard Lamprecht, Eugen Klöpfer, Lída Baarová, Hedwig Bleibtreu

Quite a fine and engaging interpretation of Dostoevsky’s novel. Read More »
A Private Function (1984) Malcolm Mowbray, Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott

1947 in a small town in England. The war has been over for two years Read More »
Still Crazy (1998) Brian Gibson, Stephen Rea, Billy Connolly, Jimmy Nail

“Strange Fruit” had everything that makes a legendary rockband: money, fame, success Read More »
The Pearl / La perla (1947) Emilio Fernández, Pedro Armendáriz, María Elena Marqués, Fernando Wagner

Quino is a Mexican diver who discovers a pearl at the bottom of the sea. Read More »
The Children (1990) Tony Palmer, Ben Kingsley, Kim Novak

Rose Sellars (Kim Novak) is a middle-aged woman who falls in love with a widower (Sir Ben Kingsley).  Read More »
Say Amen, Somebody (1982) George T. Nierenberg, Willie May Ford Smith, Thomas A. Dorsey, Sam Benford

Documentary about the American gospel music scene, focusing on two of the movement’s pioneering forces Read More »
Caroline Cherie / Un caprice de Caroline chérie (1953) Jean Devaivre, Martine Carol, Jacques Dacqmine, Marthe Mercadier

Caroline de Bienre, the 16-year-old daughter of French nobility, meets the handsome rogue Read More »