Poetic documentary about the polar expedition of S. A. Andrée (1897) which Troell had dramatized in “Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd” (1982). Read More »
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The Screentest Girls (1969) Zoltan G. Spencer, Bonnie Cooper, Ron Dyer, Mary Jane Shippen
Two naive young women, Sue and Linda, arrive in Hollywood seeking acting jobs and meet Mr. Zoltan, a producer of adult movies. Read More »
When Animals Dream (2014) Jonas Alexander Arnby, Sonia Suhl, Lars Mikkelsen, Sonja Richter
The outsider Marie lives with her parents in a remote fishing village on the north coast of Denmark. Read More »
August in the Water (1995) Gakuryû Ishii, Rena Komine, Shinsuke Aoki, Reiko Matsuo
A teenage girl gains supernatural power after an accident and comes to understand her place in the universe. Read More »
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) Frank Capra, Cary Grant, Priscilla Lane, Raymond Massey
Mortimer Brewster is a newspaperman and author known for his diatribes against marriage. Read More »
The Judge Steps Out (1948) Boris Ingster, Alexander Knox, Ann Sothern, George Tobias
A Boston judge bored with his life leaves his family and heads off for adventure. Read More »
Show Boat (1936) James Whale, Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger
Adaptation of the Broadway musical. Magnolia Hawks is the lovely but protected, and thus very naive Read More »
Juno and the Paycock (1930) Alfred Hitchcock, Sara Allgood, Edward Chapman, Barry Fitzgerald
During the Irish revolution, a family earns a big inheritance. Read More »
Elstree Calling (1930) André Charlot, Jack Hulbert, Tommy Handley, Gordon Begg, Teddy Brown
A series of nineteen musical and comedy “vaudeville” sketches presented in the form of a live broadcast hosted by Tommy Handley (as himself) Read More »
Eros Perversion (1978) Luigi Batzella, Derek Ford, Enzo Monteduro, Karin Well, Ajita Wilson
Mondo style fake documentary, revolving around the antics of comedian and voyeur Domenico. Read More »