Bill Crane, a private detective with no weakness as an investigator but large ones for blondes and straight-whiskey, gets a call from his attorney friend Read More »
Comedy
Nishi Ginza Station / Nishi Ginza ekimae (1958) Shôhei Imamura, Frank Nagai, Shin’ichi Yanagisawa, Hisano Yamaoka
This Japanese comedy is bookended by Frank Nagai’s title song, and Nagai keeps cropping up throughout the film Read More »
God of Gamblers Part III: Back to Shanghai / Do haap II: Seung Hoi taam do sing (1991) Jing Wong, Stephen Chow, Gong Li, Ray Lui
This film focuses on the disciple of the God of Gamblers, Chow Sing Cho Read More »
Darkness in Tallinn / Tallinn pimeduses (1993) Ilkka Järvi-Laturi, Ivo Uukkivi, Milena Gulbe, Monika Mäger
In August, 1991, Estonia reclaims its independence from the USSR and brings to its national bank Read More »
Body / Cialo (2015) Malgorzata Szumowska, Janusz Gajos, Maja Ostaszewska, Justyna Suwala
A busy attorney, worried that his anorexic daughter Olga might try to harm herself Read More »
La dilettante (1999) Pascal Thomas, Catherine Frot, Sébastien Cotterot, Barbara Schulz
Pierrette Dumortier, a woman of character but weak-willed and defenseless against boredom Read More »
Keep Your Right Up / Soigne ta droite (1987) Jean-Luc Godard, Jane Birkin, Dominique Lavanant, Pauline Lafont
A film with idiotic prince and Rita Mitsouko who records a new album. Read More »
Bank Robber (1993) Nick Mead, Patrick Dempsey, Lisa Bonet, Judge Reinhold
Billy, a hopeless romantic, robs banks wearing business suits, in a desperate Read More »
Only When I Laugh (1981) Glenn Jordan, Marsha Mason, Kristy McNichol, Ed Moore
A boozy Broadway actress comes out of a 12-week cure to face the problems of her best friends Read More »
Lady Windermere’s Fan / Lady Windermeres Fächer (1935) Heinz Hilpert, Lil Dagover, Walter Rilla, Hanna Waag
Lord Windermere appears to all – including to his young wife Margaret – as the perfect husband. Read More »