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Daily Archives: May 21, 2025
Railroaded! (1947) Anthony Mann, John Ireland, Sheila Ryan

Sexy beautician Clara Calhoun, who has a bookie operation in her back room, connives with her boyfriend Read More »
The Spaniard’s Curse (1958) Ralph Kemplen, Tony Wright

A man is convicted of murder. He denies murder, and uses an ancient curse to threaten those responsible for sentencing him to death. Read More »
The Right Hand of the Devil (1963) Aram Katcher

This is a bizarre but highly effective vanity project from a balding Read More »
Les innocents (1987) André Téchiné, Sandrine Bonnaire

The lines between love, sex, and politics become hopelessly blurred in this French drama. Read More »
The Romance of Book and Sword (1987) Ann Hui, Nuo Ai

The story is based on the popular novel developed from folk legend. Read More »
Snow falling on Cedars (1999) Scott Hicks, Ethan Hawke

Ishmael is a local reporter covering a murder trial involving the 1954 death of a fisherman in a small island community in the Pacific Northwest. Read More »
Take Care, Red Riding Hood (1970) Shirô Moritani

Tokyo, February 9th, 1969. Kaoru is a high school graduate from a rich family. Read More »
Gentle 12 / Juninin no yasashii nihonjin (1991)

Shun Nakahara directs this comic take on Sidney Lumet’s 1957 classic Twelve Angry Men. Read More »
Faces of Women / Visages de femmes (1985) Désiré Ecaré

At a festival, a chorus of women sing and dance as two stories unfold. Read More »