
A day in the life of Ben Butley. But definitely not a day to remember for this T.S. Eliot scholar at the University of London. Read More »
Daily Archives: June 11, 2024
Fassbinder: To Love Without Demands (2015) Christian Braad Thomsen, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Irm Hermann, Harry Baer

Thomsen presents previously unseen interview footage recorded with Fassbinder throughout Read More »
Golgotha / Behold the Man (1935) Julien Duvivier, Harry Baur, Jean Gabin, Robert Le Vigan

Robert le Vigan plays the Son of God, but as often happens in films of this nature he is upstaged by the villains Read More »
Rififi / Du rififi chez les hommes (1955) Jules Dassin, Jean Servais, Carl Möhner, Robert Manuel

After making such American noir classics as Brute Force and The Naked City Read More »
Genghis Khan and His Mongols / Kogan no misshi (1959) Tai Katô, Hashizô Ôkawa, Yoshio Yoshida, Jun Tazaki

Over 1,000 years ago, Mt. Fumi violently erupted, sending fiery fumes Read More »
Unnatural / Alraune (1952) Arthur Maria Rabenalt, Hildegard Knef, Erich von Stroheim, Karlheinz Böhm

A scientist creates a beautiful “perfect woman”, but since she is artificial Read More »
The Testimony / Il testimone (1946) Pietro Germi, Roldano Lupi, Marina Berti, Ernesto Almirante

A man, standing trial for robbery with murder, faces the death penalty. The testimony of an old civil servant will be crucial. Read More »
Jealousy / Gelosia (1953) Pietro Germi, Marisa Belli, Erno Crisa, Alessandro Fersen

A Sicilian nobleman is very jealous of his mistress and when she gets married Read More »
Other People’s Letters / Chuzhie pisma (1976) Ilya Averbakh, Irina Kupchenko, Svetlana Smirnova, Sergei Kovalenkov

Zina is sixteen. She is a manipulative schoolgirl living in a small Russian town among sincere and simple people. Read More »
The Green Mare / La jument verte (1959) Claude Autant-Lara, Bourvil, Francis Blanche, Sandra Milo

The story is set during the latter half of the 19th century and follows two feuding peasant families. Read More »