
Family honor, greed, machismo, homophobia, and the dreams of whores collide in a Mexican town. Read More »
Monthly Archives: June 2023
The Peacemaker (1956) Ted Post, James Mitchell, Rosemarie Stack, Jan Merlin

A former gunfighter who went to prison but then took up religion arrives in a western town as the new preacher. Read More »
Deep Crimson / Profundo carmesí (1996) Arturo Ripstein, Regina Orozco, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Sherlyn

Set in 1940s northern Mexico, this film re-tells the story of “The Lonely Hearts Killers” Read More »
The Wings of the Dove (1997) Iain Softley, Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache, Alex Jennings

Kate Croy’s (Helena Bonham Carter’s) mother was born to wealth and privilege Read More »
Thrilling Love (1989) Maurizio Pradeaux, Tony Kendall, Sharon Kane, Michel Durand

A man, sexually maimed by his former wife, lives vicariously through her affairs. Read More »
A Star Is Born (1954) George Cukor, Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson

Norman Maine, a movie star whose career is on the wane, meets showgirl Esther Blodgett Read More »
To Matthieu / 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 / 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 / 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 »
