
A conscientious attorney who is a member of the State Parole Board, finds his own son, using an alias, up for parole and makes the decision to cast the approving vote. Read More »
Daily Archives: November 17, 2024
Ballad of a Worker (1962) Keisuke Kinoshita, Hideko Takamine

A demobilized soldier becomes a day laborer with a road construction gang, and his wife goes to work to bolster their income. Read More »
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1972) Luigi Comencini

Based on Carlo Collodi’s classic novel, this mini-series is about an animated puppet named Pinocchio and his father, a poor woodcarver named Geppetto. Read More »
Marrakesh Cult (1979) Eddy Matalon, Patrice Valota

The crime squad follows a track that leads to a Moroccan drug and prostitution ring. They end up involved into an international school to form a mercenary Read More »
In the King of Prussia (1982) Emile de Antonio

Dramatization of the trial of Christian anti-war activists, known collectively as the “Plowshares Eight”. In September 1980, they broke into a General Electric weapons Read More »