Author Maurice Shadbolt went before the cameras to play father to the main character Read More »
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 AKA 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 AKA 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, Siri Neal
Rose Sellars (Kim Novak) is a middle-aged woman who falls in love with a widower (Sir Ben Kingsley). Read More »
The Intruder AKA Les passagers (1977) Serge Leroy, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mireille Darc, Bernard Fresson
A man and his stepson driving across Europe are terrorized by a man following them in a pickup truck. 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 »