
An adaptation of the anonymous sixteenth century novel Lazarillo de Tormes (1554), it tells the story of Lazarillo Read More »
Monthly Archives: October 2024
Journal of a Crime (1934) William Keighley, Ruth Chatterton, Adolphe Menjou, Claire Dodd

A wife shoots her husband’s mistress. Afterwards, she is tormented by guilt when someone else is blamed for the crime. Read More »
An Inn at Osaka (1954) Heinosuke Gosho, Shûji Sano, Nobuko Otowa, Mitsuko Mito

An Inn at Osaka, rarely seen outside Japan, follows the story of an insurance company Read More »
Salvo (2013) Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza, Saleh Bakri, Luigi Lo Cascio, Sara Serraiocco

An assassin for the Sicilian mafia, Salvo is solitary, cold and ruthless. Read More »
And I’ll Run to the Ends of the Earth (1979) Peter Solan, Anetka Lakatosová, Ivan Mistrík, Hana Pastejríková

Majka “Chatterbox” is a girl entering adolescence. She was born with a minor disability. Read More »
Detective Malone / Black Cobra 4 (1991) Umberto Lenzi, Fred Williamson, Bruno Bilotta, Bobby Rhodes

A gang of terrorists kidnap an electronics engineer, hold him hostage Read More »
Navy Blues (1941) Lloyd Bacon, Ann Sheridan, Jack Oakie, Martha Raye

On a layover in Hawaii two conniving Navy seamen borrow money to lay down bets Read More »
Augustin, King of Kung-Fu (1999) Anne Fontaine

Augustin Dos Santos is back. He still wants to be an actor and, this time Read More »
Pine Flat (2006) Sharon Lockhart, Amy Bates, Jessica Blain, Matthew Blain

Set in a small town in the Sierra Nevadas, Pine Flat is a look at youth and a meditation on nature, socialization, and solitude. Read More »
Prawdziwy koniec wielkiej wojny / Real End of the Great War (1957) Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Lucyna Winnicka, Roland Glowacki, Andrzej Szalawski

Sweethearts Juliusz (Roland Glowacki) and Roza (Lucyna Winnicka) meet just prior Read More »