The setting is a farm. Kate Smith and Sally Blane play sisters Read More »
Monthly Archives: June 2023
I Am a Thief (1934) Robert Florey, Mary Astor, Ricardo Cortez, Dudley Digges
An insurance company hurt by a string of jewel thefts decides to smoke out the international community Read More »
Changing Trains AKA Ombyte av tåg (1943) Hasse Ekman, Sonja Wigert, Georg Rydeberg
An actress is in desperate need of work. She is looking up a director. Read More »
Zelda (1993) Pat O’Connor, Natasha Richardson, Timothy Hutton, Rutanya Alda
Famous 1920s modernist US writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and his eccentric Flapper socialite wife Zelda Sayre’s Read More »
Tomorrow at Seven (1933) Ray Enright, Chester Morris, Vivienne Osborne, Frank McHugh
People in an old, dark mansion are menaced by a maniac called “The Black Ace.” Read More »
The Place Without Limits AKA El lugar sin límites (1978) Arturo Ripstein, Roberto Cobo, Fernando Soler, Lucha Villa
Family honor, greed, machismo, homophobia, and the dreams of whores collide in a Mexican town. Read More »
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 AKA 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 »