Gert and Daisy volunteer to escort a group of evacuee children to the country Read More »
Comedy
It’s in the Bag (1944) Herbert Mason, Elsie Waters, Doris Waters, Ernest Butcher
The popular British music hall and radio team of Gert and Daisy (Elsie and Doris Waters) heads the cast of It’s in the Bag. Read More »
Cop or Hood AKA Flic ou voyou (1979) Georges Lautner, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Georges Géret, Jean-François Balmer
When the local police inspector was found dead in a prostitute’s house Read More »
The Payoff AKA La mazzetta (1978) Sergio Corbucci, Nino Manfredi, Paolo Stoppa, Marisa Laurito
Sasá Iovine, a small-time Neopolitan operator, finds himself in the thick of a multi-murder Read More »
A Woman of Distinction AKA Eine Frau von Format (1928) Fritz Wendhausen, Mady Christians, Peter C. Leska, Hans Thimig
A sparkling Ruritanian comedy starring two great actresses: Mady Christians is an ambassador Read More »
The Passionate Thief AKA Risate di gioia (1960) Mario Monicelli, Anna Magnani, Totò, Ben Gazzara
On New Year’s Eve, an insecure, struggling actress (Anna Magnani) has nothing to do. Read More »
Mame (1974) Gene Saks, Lucille Ball, Robert Preston, Bea Arthur
It’s the late 1920s. Upon the death of wealthy Chicagoan Edward Dennis, his nine-year old son Patrick Dennis Read More »
Squint Your Eyes AKA Zmruz oczy (2002) Andrzej Jakimowski, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Olga Prószynska, Rafal Guzniczak
The story of a spirited ten-year-old girl who has run away from her proudly affluent parents in town Read More »
My Little Business AKA Ma petite entreprise (1999) Pierre Jolivet, Vincent Lindon, François Berléand, Roschdy Zem
Ivan is the owner of a carpentry business which has been in his family for three generations. Read More »
Eat and Run (1987) Christopher Hart, Ron Silver, Sharon Sharth, Pat Ryan
A humanoid alien lands on earth, and soon discovers he likes to eat Italian. Italian people, that is. Read More »
Twice Round the Daffodils (1962) Gerald Thomas, Juliet Mills, Donald Sinden, Donald Houston
A group of male patients must remain in a tuberculosis sanatorium for a considerable time Read More »
Twinky (1970) Richard Donner, Charles Bronson, Orson Bean, Honor Blackman
A middle-aged author of pornographic novels meets and falls in love with a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl. Read More »
The Lambeth Walk (1939) Albert de Courville, Lupino Lane, Sally Gray, Seymour Hicks
When Bill Snibson, a Lambeth cockney, discovers that he is a descendant Read More »
The Rachel Papers (1989) Damian Harris, Dexter Fletcher, Ione Skye, Jonathan Pryce
Charles Highway (Dexter Fletcher) is in control of his life; he is about to finish sixth Read More »
The Miracle of Father Malachia AKA Das Wunder des Malachias (1961) Bernhard Wicki, Horst Bollmann, Richard Münch, Christiane Nielsen
A monk is struggling with the consequences of a miracle that he prayed for. Read More »