On holiday with their mother in the Lake District in 1929 four children are allowed Read More »
Daily Archives: September 23, 2023
The Yellow Muffler AKA Yu nu xi chun (1972) Umetsugu Inoue, Betty Ting Pei, Hua Tsung, Paul Chun
Two sisters, Ching-ping (Irene Chen I-ling) and Pai-hung (Betty Ting Pei) struggle to find Read More »
The Shadow of a Gunman (1972) Joseph Hardy, Frank Converse, Brendan Dillon, Richard Dreyfuss
Donal Davoren is a poet but the folks in his tenement building think he’s an IRA gunman laying low. Read More »
John and Julie (1955) William Fairchild, Colin Gibson, Lesley Dudley, Noelle Middleton
John and Julie are two children, aged about 9 and 6, who live in Dorset. Read More »
Blue (1993) Derek Jarman, Tilda Swinton, John Quentin
In his final-and most daring-cinematic statement, Jarman the romantic meets Jarman Read More »
Bruce Lee Against Supermen AKA Meng long zheng dong (1975) Chia-Chun Wu, Bruce Li, Fei Lung, Lu Wen Lu
Scientist Dr Ting has invented a secret formula that will help the world’s food crisis Read More »
The Assassination Bureau (1969) Basil Dearden, Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas
The Assassination Bureau has existed for decades (perhaps centuries) until Sonya Winter Read More »
Respiro (2002) Emanuele Crialese, Valeria Golino, Vincenzo Amato, Francesco Casisa
Grazia is a mother of three who spends suffocating days packing fish while her husband Pietro is at sea. Read More »
Thor and the Amazon Women AKA Le gladiatrici (1963) Antonio Leonviola, Susy Andersen, Joe Robinson, Harry Baird
A race of Amazon warriors is enslaving the men of a country Read More »
The Alibi AKA L’alibi (1937) Pierre Chenal, Erich von Stroheim, Albert Préjean, Jany Holt
Paris, 1937. Winckler kills his enemy Gordon, a Chicago mobster Read More »