
After Polly Fisher, a circus aerialist, is injured while acting, she’s brought to the home of a nearby ministry, John Hartley. Read More »
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The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks (1924) Lev Kuleshov, Porfiri Podobed, Boris Barnet, Aleksandra Khokhlova, Comedy

The movie chronicles the experiences of an American,”Mr. West,” along with his loyal bodyguard and slave Jeddie, as they see the territory of the dreadful, evil Bolsheviks. Read More »
Professor Hannibal (1956) Zoltán Fábri, Ernö Szabó, Noémi Apor, Emmi Buttykay, Comedy, Drama

Every time a Latin instructor publishes an informative article on the Carthaginian General Hannibal Read More »
A Price Above Rubies (1998) Boaz Yakin, Renée Zellweger, Christopher Eccleston, Julianna Margulies, Drama, Romance

About a young lady who’s married to a devout Jew as well as the issues that trouble Read More »
That Most Important Thing: Love (1975) Andrzej Zulawski, Romy Schneider, Fabio Testi, Jacques Dutronc, Drama, Romance

Servais Mont, a photographer, matches Nadine Chevalier who makes her cash starring in economical soft-core films. Read More »
The Sea Bat (1930) Lionel Barrymore, Wesley Ruggles, Raquel Torres, Charles Bickford, Nils Asther, Action, Romance, Thriller

The West Indies island of Portuga is chiefly for sponge diving. Read More »
The Key (1934) Michael Curtiz, William Powell, Edna Best, Colin Clive, Drama

British officer is assigned to duty in Ireland and has embroiled in Anglo-Irish conflicts and old woman friend who’s currently married to an Irishman. Read More »
The Bridesmaid (2004) Claude Chabrol, Benoît Magimel, Laura Smet, Aurore Clément, Thriller, Drama, Romance

A middle class household in Loire, in which matters look only a bit off kilter. Read More »
Just Imagine (1930) David Butler, El Brendel, Maureen O’Sullivan, John Garrick, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance, Sci-Fi

New York, 1980: planes have substituted automobiles, numbers have substituted titles, tablets have replaced meals Read More »
Chariots of Fire (1981) Hugh Hudson, Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nicholas Farrell, Biography, Drama, Sport

In the class-obsessed and religiously divided United Kingdom of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Read More »