Inspector Palmu investigates the death of an old astronomer, whose body is found Read More »
Monthly Archives: July 2023
The Moth Diaries (2011) Mary Harron, Sarah Bolger, Sarah Gadon, Lily Cole
A vulnerable student is filled with a sense of foreboding about a mysterious new arrival Read More »
Bronco Buster (1952) Budd Boetticher, John Lund, Scott Brady, Joyce Holden
A veteran rodeo rider takes on a young apprentice in order to “teach him the ropes”, and winds up competing against him. Read More »
Protocol (1984) Herbert Ross, Goldie Hawn, Chris Sarandon, Richard Romanus
The US needs to convince the visiting emir Khala’ad of Othar to allow an American military base in his strategic realm. Read More »
Agitator AKA Araburu tamashii-tachi (2001) Takashi Miike, Taisaku Akino, Mickey Curtis, Yoshiyuki Daichi
A fearless Yakuza captain’s loyalty is tested as two ambitious Read More »
Assigned to Danger (1948) Budd Boetticher, Gene Raymond, Noreen Nash, Robert Bice
A gang of ex-convicts pull and holdup in an office building and the night-watchman is killed. Read More »
Germany Year Zero AKA Germania anno zero (1948) Roberto Rossellini, Edmund Moeschke, Ernst Pittschau, Ingetraud Hinze
Edmund, a young boy who lives in war-devastated Germany after the Second World War Read More »
Desperate Decision AKA La jeune folle (1952) Yves Allégret, Danièle Delorme, Henri Vidal, Jean Debucourt
1922: Irish Revolution. Catherine, a servant in a convent goes to Dublin to meet Read More »
The Marriage of Mademoiselle Beulemans AKA Le mariage de Mademoiselle Beulemans (1927) Julien Duvivier, Andrée Brabant, Jean Dehelly, Gustave Libeau
The daughter of a Brussels restaurant proprietor prefers the company Read More »
The Maelstrom of Paris AKA Le tourbillon de Paris (1928) Julien Duvivier, Lil Dagover, Léon Bary, Gaston Jacquet
An opera singer,restless in her marriage to an elderly Scottish lord Read More »