By the late 1920’s aircraft designer R.J. Mitchell feels he has achieved all he wants Read More »
Biography
Lola Montès (1955) Max Ophüls, Martine Carol, Peter Ustinov, Anton Walbrook
The film tells the tragic story of Lola Montès, a great adventurer who becomes the main attraction Read More »
Klondike Kate (1943) William Castle, Ann Savage, Tom Neal, Glenda Farrell
Molly and her troupe of dancing girls and “entertainers”, sent for by saloon owner “Sometime” Smith Read More »
Young Dr. Freud (1976) Axel Corti, Karlheinz Hackl, Guido Wieland, Sylvia Haider
The film probes deeply into the ways in which Freud’s own experiences Read More »
The Age of the Medici (1972) Roberto Rossellini, Marcello Di Falco, Virgilio Gazzolo, Adriano Amidei Migliano
This is a lengthy exposition of the social and political history of renaissance Florentine history Read More »
Creation (2009) Jon Amiel, Paul Bettany, Jennifer Connelly, Ian Kelly
What happens when a world-renowned scientist, crushed by the loss of his eldest daughter Read More »
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977) Larry Cohen, Broderick Crawford, James Wainwright, Michael Parks
The story of the late J. Edgar Hoover, who was head of the FBI from 1924-1972. Read More »
St. Francis of Assisi (1989) Liliana Cavani, Mickey Rourke, Helena Bonham Carter, Andréa Ferréol
The life of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) as related by followers who gather after his death Read More »
Witchfinder General (1968) Michael Reeves, Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies
England is torn in civil strife as the Royalists battle the Parliamentary Party for control. Read More »
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) John Cromwell, Raymond Massey, Gene Lockhart, Ruth Gordon
Biopic of Abe Lincoln, 16th President of he United States, from his early days in backwoods Kentucky to his election as President. Read More »