The story of Elizabeth Taylor’s rise to stardom, beginning in Los Angeles 1942. Read More »
Monthly Archives: February 2024
Nikita (1990) Luc Besson, Anne Parillaud, Marc Duret, Patrick Fontana
Nikita is the sole survivor of a bloody shoot out between police and a band Read More »
Double Deal (1950) Abby Berlin, Marie Windsor, Richard Denning, Taylor Holmes
A young woman inherits an oil field, and hires an engineer to help her drill a well. Read More »
The 47 Ronin / Chûshingura (1962) Hiroshi Inagaki, Yûzô Kayama, Chûsha Ichikawa, Tatsuya Mihashi
A young lord attempts to combat the corruption endemic to the Shogunate bureaucracy Read More »
Barnacle Bill (1941) Richard Thorpe, Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main, Leo Carrillo
A grumpy old fisherman tries to avoid marriage, contend with a daughter Read More »
10 to 11 / 11’e 10 kala (2009) Pelin Esmer, Nejat Isler, Mithat Esmer, Laçin Ceylan
10 to 11 is the story of a passionate collector Mithat and the concierge of the building, Ali. Read More »
American Passages (2011) Ruth Beckermann
Initially, there’s that moment of happiness: an African-American celebrating in Harlem cheers “We’re free!” Read More »
The Incident / Jiken (1978) Yoshitarô Nomura, Keiko Matsuzaka, Shinobu Ôtake, Toshiyuki Nagashima
The body of Sakai Hatsuko, a woman of 23 who has been slain with a knife Read More »
Introspection Tower / Mikaheri no tô (1941) Hiroshi Shimizu, Chimura Enoki, Teruo Furuya, Mamiko Harada
Problem kids come to a reformatory school where they live, study and work. Read More »
Mission: Africa (1968) Charles Nizet, April Adams, Chuck Alford, Dennis Ebard
The plot concerns a team of five US commandos, each chosen for a special skill Read More »