Friends gather for the funeral of a friend. Sub-plots unfold as the group Read More »
Comedy
The Actress and the Poet / Joyû to shijin (1935)
Ryuji Nagami’s script mandates a fairly straightforward comedy of nonconformism Read More »
Smokey Bites the Dust (1981) Charles B. Griffith
This movie follows the rivalry between a small-town southern sheriff and a small-town teenaged thief Read More »
Gito the Ungrateful / Gito, l’ingrat (1992) Léonce Ngabo
Gito is a young African intellectual returning home from France with numerous academic degrees Read More »
The White Spider / Die weiße Spinne (1963) Harald Reinl
When Karin Dor’s husband is killed in an automobile accident following a night of gambling Read More »
Toto and Peppino Divided in Berlin (1962) Giorgio Bianchi
Antonio goes to West Berlin and meets Giuseppe. But Antonio looks like Canarinis, a wanted war criminal Read More »
Actresses / Actrices (2007) Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Marcelline is an actress. Forty, single and childless, she begins rehearsals for Turgenev’s A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY. Read More »
Slogan (1969) Pierre Grimblat, Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin
In Venice, forty-old-year old Serge Fabergé has just been given the best advertisement director award. Read More »
The Roast Hare / Harestegen (1921) Lau Lauritzen
When the scatterbrained Nokkesens realize they’ve promised their intimidating in-laws, the Spidsmejers Read More »
Eine Frau, die weiß, was sie will (1934) Victor Janson
A South American businessman’s daughter follows for a while in her mother’s footsteps Read More »