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Monthly Archives: December 2025
Another Thin Man (1939) W.S. Van Dyke, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey

In this adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s “The Farewell Murder”, Nick and Nora (and their dog Asta) Read More »
Past and Present (1972) Manoel de Oliveira, Maria de Saisset, Manuela de Freitas, Bárbara Vieira

This is an intriguing avant-garde look at what motivates the leisurely classes in Portugal, for better or worse, by director Manoel de Oliveira. Read More »
Flucht ins Schilf / Brutality (1953) Kurt Steinwendner, Heinz Altringen, Kurt Jaggberg, Ilka Windish

Am Neusiedlersee wird die Leiche eines Postboten gefunden, die Ermittlungen ergeben Read More »
Meshi / Repast (1951) Mikio Naruse, Ken Uehara, Setsuko Hara, Yukiko Shimazaki

Michiyo moved to Osaka two years ago, when her husband Hatsunosuke who works Read More »
Kyo mo mata kakute ari nan / Thus Another Day (1959) Keisuke Kinoshita, Teiji Takahashi, Yoshiko Kuga, Kanzaburô Nakamura, Drama, Romance

A young wife looses patience with her career-minded husband and returns to her parents’ home Read More »
Dokuritsu gurentai / Desperate Outpost (1959) Kihachi Okamoto, Makoto Satô, Izumi Yukimura, Misa Uehara

When Sergeant Okubo’s brother is murdered at a Japanese outpost in Northern China during the Second World War Read More »
Embrace the Darkness 2 (2002) Robert Kubilos, Jezebelle Bond, Tristen Coeur D’Alene, April Flowers

Jennifer slain has been unwillingly indoctrinated into eternal life as a vampire. Read More »
Emile’s Boat (1962) Denys de La Patellière, Annie Girardot, Lino Ventura, Michel Simon

Charles-Edmond, the eldest of the Larmentiel brothers decides to return to his hometown La Rochelle to die. Read More »
The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995) James Keach, Robert Duvall, Aidan Quinn, Frances Fisher

The setting is early America during the oil boom. An elderly, down on his luck “oil man”, Mr. Cox (Robert Duvall) Read More »