It doesn’t take Boston physician Julia Garth long to experience the genuine West after Read More »
Monthly Archives: August 2023
Cup Fever (1965) David Bracknell, Bernard Cribbins, Sonia Graham, Dermot Kelly
The children of Barton United are trying to win the cup in their local football league. Read More »
Promised Land AKA Ha-Aretz Hamuvtachat (2004) Amos Gitai, Rosamund Pike, Diana Bespechni, Hanna Schygulla
“Promised Land” tells the story of a group of young unwitting Estonian girls Read More »
The Great McGinty (1940) Preston Sturges, Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus, Akim Tamiroff
Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited Read More »
The Loves of Carmen (1948) Charles Vidor, Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Ron Randell
Following the plot of the opera, “Carmen,” this story follows the wild gypsy’s Read More »
Christmas in July (1940) Preston Sturges, Dick Powell, Ellen Drew, Raymond Walburn
An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune Read More »
20 Fingers AKA 20 Angosht (2004) Mania Akbari, Bijan Daneshmand
A film in several episodes with Bijan Daneshmand and Mania Akbari Read More »
Life Is for the Living AKA Manoos (1939) Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, Shahu Modak, Shanta Hublikar, Sundarabai
A love tragedy featuring a policeman, Ganpat (Modak) and a prostitute, Mainal (Hublikar). Read More »
Vacation in Reno (1946) Leslie Goodwins, Jack Haley, Anne Jeffreys, Wally Brown
Jack Carroll and his wife have a phony argument to teach their friends a lesson Read More »
Maybe It’s Love (1930) William A. Wellman, Joe E. Brown, Joan Bennett, James Hall
A college football player (Joe E. Brown) persuades a beautiful young woman (Joan Bennett) Read More »