
Following the death of her fiancé, Margot Weston is left pregnant and unmarried. Read More »
Daily Archives: April 7, 2025
The Lady Eve (1941) Preston Sturges, Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn

Returning from a year up the Amazon studying snakes, the rich but unsophisticated Charles Pike meets con-artist Jean Harrington on a ship. Read More »
The Hidden Blade (2004) Yôji Yamada, Masatoshi Nagase, Takako Matsu, Hidetaka Yoshioka

Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. Read More »
Hoodlum Priest and the Gold Mint (1968) Kazuo Ikehiro, Shintarô Katsu, Kayo Matsuo, Taketoshi Naitô

The rogue Ryuzen priest is now not only gambling, fornicating, fighting, drinking Read More »
Escape to Burma (1955) Allan Dwan, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan, David Farrar

A local prince in British Burma has been killed, apparently by his prospecting partner Jim Brecan. Read More »
Tokyo Family / Tôkyô kazoku (2013) Yôji Yamada, Isao Hashizume, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Masahiko Nishimura

An old married couple Shukichi Hirayama and Tomiko live on a small island in the Inland Sea. Read More »
Stella Dallas (1937) King Vidor, Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Anne Shirley

Working-class Stella Martin marries high-end Stephen Dallas and soon they have a daughter named Laurel. Read More »
Secrets of a Nurse / Bisturi, la mafia bianca (1973) Luigi Zampa, Gabriele Ferzetti, Senta Berger, Enrico Maria Salerno

The surgeon Daniel Vallotti owns a luxurious private clinic, where patients admitted selling according to financial resources. Read More »
Betelnut Beauty / Ai ni ai wo (2001) Cheng-sheng Lin, Chang Chen, Angelica Lee, Chen-Nan Tsai

A cute coed leaves her mother’s home and gets involved with a pastry chef who just finish his military service. Read More »
Bim (1951) Albert Lamorisse, Jacques Prévert, Udo Langhoff

On an island in an Eastern country, a poor young boy only has a little donkey, Bim, who shares all his games. Read More »