Sonia, a beautiful gold digger, mistakes Antonio, a waiter in a Neapolitan hotel Read More »
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The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair / I banchieri di Dio – Il caso Calvi (2002) Giuseppe Ferrara, Omero Antonutti, Pamela Villoresi, Giancarlo Giannini
This movie attempts to reconstruct the bankruptcy of the Banco Ambrosiano bank Read More »
Morning for the Osone Family / Ôsone-ke no ashita (1946) Keisuke Kinoshita, Haruko Sugimura, Toshinosuke Nagao, Shin Tokudaiji
Kinoshita’s first film after the end of World War II is a wrenching, superbly wrought Read More »
The Eleventh Commandment (1933) George Melford, Marian Marsh, Theodore von Eltz, Alan Hale
A wealthy but unmarried woman dies, and since no heirs can be found, her estate will automatically go to her attorney. Read More »
Never Love a Stranger (1958) Robert Stevens, John Drew Barrymore, Lita Milan, Robert Bray
Frankie Kane is brought up in a Catholic orphanage and befriends Martin Cabell Read More »
Bengal Brigade (1954) Laslo Benedek, Rock Hudson, Arlene Dahl, Ursula Thiess
The muscular physique of Rock Hudson is given plenty of screen exposure in the British-India actioner Bengal Brigade. Read More »
War Drums (1957) Reginald Le Borg, Lex Barker, Joan Taylor, Ben Johnson
Mexican girl Riva comes between two friends, Apache chief Mangas and trader Fargo, both of whom love the girl. Read More »
Gray Sunset / Hana ichimonme (1985) Shunya Itô, Yukiyo Toake, Minoru Chiaki, Teruhiko Saigô, Yumiko Nogawa
Gray Sunset is a 1985 Japanese film directed by Shunya Ito. It was Japan’s submission Read More »
The Other Side / A Outra Margem (2007) Luís Filipe Rocha, Filipe Duarte, Maria d’Aires, Tomás Almeida
Ricardo is a transvestite in a bar whose boyfriend has committed suicide. Read More »
Headin’ for God’s Country (1943) William Morgan, William Lundigan, Virginia Dale, Harry Davenport
Alaskan villagers make preparations after they are warned about an impending war between the United States and Japan. Read More »