One of the gems of the czechoslovak new wave. Impressionism on a film screen inspired by Maupassant’s Mouchette. Read More »
Monthly Archives: March 2024
633 Squadron (1964) Walter Grauman, Cliff Robertson, George Chakiris, Maria Perschy
633 Squadron of the RAF is tasked with an operation that is vital to the Allied invasion of France. Read More »
The Paper Will Be Blue AKA Hîrtia va fi albastrã (2006) Radu Muntean, Paul Ipate, Adi Carauleanu, Dragos Bucur
Out of enthusiasm, a Militia soldier abandons his platoon and decides to fight for the cause of the Revolution. Read More »
Escape by Night (1953) John Gilling, Bonar Colleano, Andrew Ray, Sidney James
An Italian racketeer on the run in London holes up in a disused theatre with a hard-drinking journalist out to get the full story. Read More »
One Hundred Lei AKA 100 Lei (1973) Mircea Saucan, Ion Dichiseanu, Ileana Popovici, Violeta Andrei
In 1970s Romania rebellious and erratic teenager Petre Pantea is struggling to win Read More »
Squint Your Eyes AKA Zmruz oczy (2002) Andrzej Jakimowski, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Olga Prószynska, Rafal Guzniczak
The story of a spirited ten-year-old girl who has run away from her proudly affluent parents in town Read More »
The Year of the Discovery AKA El año del descubrimiento (2020) Luis López Carrasco
In 1992, when the Olympics and the Expo at last presented Spain as an emerging new democracy Read More »
My Little Business AKA Ma petite entreprise (1999) Pierre Jolivet, Vincent Lindon, François Berléand, Roschdy Zem
Ivan is the owner of a carpentry business which has been in his family for three generations. Read More »
Eat and Run (1987) Christopher Hart, Ron Silver, Sharon Sharth, Pat Ryan
A humanoid alien lands on earth, and soon discovers he likes to eat Italian. Italian people, that is. Read More »
Twice Round the Daffodils (1962) Gerald Thomas, Juliet Mills, Donald Sinden, Donald Houston
A group of male patients must remain in a tuberculosis sanatorium for a considerable time Read More »