Nancy Courtney, a once wealthy socialite, has had to struggle to maintain Read More »
Daily Archives: April 8, 2024
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929) Reginald Barker, Richard Dix, Miriam Seegar, Margaret Livingston
Writer William Magee accepts a wager that he can finish writing a book in 24 hours Read More »
Before the Revolution / Prima della Rivoluzione (1964) Bernardo Bertolucci, Adriana Asti, Francesco Barilli, Allen Midgette
Parma, 1962. Fabrizio, a young student, warns of the difficulty of reconciling the middle Read More »
Bright Future / Akarui mirai (2003) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Joe Odagiri, Tadanobu Asano, Tatsuya Fuji
Two young guys work in a plant that manufactures oshibori (those moist hand-towels found in some Japanese restaurants). Read More »
The Hit-and-Run Family / Hikinige Family (1992) Toshiyuki Mizutani, Kyôzô Nagatsuka, Mie Nakao, Chiharu
It was a dark and rainy night. Momentarily distracted, salaryman Motomura runs over a young lady Read More »
Frozen / Jidu hanleng (1996) Xiaoshuai Wang, Hongsheng Jia, Xiaoqing Ma, Yu Bai
A young performance artist decides to make his own suicide his last work of art. Read More »
Drifters / Er di (2003) Xiaoshuai Wang, Yihong Duan, Yan Shu, Zhi-Liang Wang
The young adult life of Hong Yunsheng, nicknamed Little Brother, is seen as somewhat of a failure by those that know him. Read More »
Captain Lechi / Kapetan Lesi (1960) Zivorad ‘Zika’ Mitrovic, Aleksandar Gavric, Petar Prlicko, Dimitar Kostarov
Kosmet in the fall of 1944. The Partisans have successfully liberated the town of Prizren Read More »
Lethal Obsession / Der Joker (1987) Peter Patzak, Peter Maffay, Tahnee Welch, Bernard Freyd
Several known criminals already have been murdered by a professional killer Read More »
Forgery and the Use of Forgeries / Faux et usage de faux (1990) Laurent Heynemann, Philippe Noiret, Robin Renucci, Laure Killing
Fleeing fame, the writer Anatole Hirsch decides to publish his new book Read More »