An art student is thrown out of college. Depressed, he comes up with the Party of Dynamic Erection Read More »
Monthly Archives: May 2024
Safe Conduct AKA Laissez-passer (2002) Bertrand Tavernier, Jacques Gamblin, Denis Podalydès, Charlotte Kady
In occupied France, German-run Continental Films calls the shots in the movie business. Read More »
Two Thoroughbreds (1939) Jack Hively, Jimmy Lydon, Joan Leslie, Arthur Hohl
A group of gangsters steal the valuable brood-mare “Larkspur” from the Conway Ranch in Arizona. Read More »
The Scarlet Camellia AKA Goben no tsubaki (1964) Yoshitarô Nomura, Shima Iwashita, Yoshi Katô, Sachiko Hidari
A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father’s condition. Read More »
The Queen of Spades AKA La dame de pique (1965) Léonard Keigel, Dita Parlo, Michel Subor, Simone Bach
A countess married to Russia’s envoy to the court of Louis XVI is a gambling addict Read More »
Screamplay (1984) Rufus Butler Seder, Eugene Seder, Cheryl Hirshman
This is the story of aspiring sreenwriter Edgar Allen (Rufus Seder) as he arrives in Hollywood Read More »
Netchaiev Is Back AKA Netchaïev est de retour (1991) Jacques Deray, Yves Montand, Vincent Lindon, Patrick Chesnais
Freshly landed in Paris, Daniel Laurençon, who calls himself Netchaïev Read More »
Cold Water AKA L’eau froide (1994) Olivier Assayas, Virginie Ledoyen, Cyprien Fouquet, László Szabó
Gilles and Christine a boy and a girl live in the outskirts of Paris Read More »
The Hunchback AKA Le bossu (1944) Jean Delannoy, Pierre Blanchar, Paul Bernard, Yvonne Gaudeau
A wealthy aristocrat disguises himself as a poor, deformed hunchback in order to avenge a murder. Read More »
Beatriz: Between Pain and Nothingness AKA Beatriz: Entre a Dor e o Nada (2015) Alberto Graça, Marjorie Estiano, Sergio Guizé, Beatriz Batarda
In Lisbon, Marcelo writes a novel, using the life of his own wife, Beatriz Read More »