Set in the Tajik village of Asht, this film draws on the Muslim notion that we are born Read More »
Comedy
Le trio infernal / The Infernal Trio (1974) Francis Girod, Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider, Mascha Gonska
Marseilles, 1919. Georges Sarret is a distinguished and respected lawyer, recently honoured for his services in the First World War. Read More »
Betsy’s Wedding (1990) Alan Alda, Molly Ringwald, Joey Bishop
The very different fashion student Betsy Hopper and investment banker Jake Lovell are getting married. Read More »
Rings on Her Fingers (1942) Rouben Mamoulian, Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Laird Cregar
Susan Miller works behind the girdle counter in a department store and dreams about the beautiful clothes Read More »
Phantom Raiders (1940) Jacques Tourneur, Walter Pidgeon, Donald Meek, Joseph Schildkraut
A mysterious rash of cargo ship sinkings in Panama leads insurers Llewellyns of London to hire vacationer Nick Carter Read More »
They All Kissed the Bride (1942) Alexander Hall, Joan Crawford, Melvyn Douglas, Roland Young
Margaret Drew runs her trucking company single-mindedly, if not ruthlessly. Read More »
Task Force (1997) Patrick Leung
Patrick Leung (Beyond Hypothermia, Somebody Up There Likes Me) directed this Hong Kong action-crime comedy-drama Read More »
Monsieur Fantômas (1937) Ernst Moerman, Jacqueline Arpé, Françoise Bert, L. Degroote
In this surrealist piece of avant-garde generation of Belgian cinema, French masked master of crime Fantômas travels Read More »
How I Was Systematically Destroyed by an Idiot (1983) Slobodan Sijan, Danilo ‘Bata’ Stojkovic, Svetislav ‘Bule’ Goncic, Rados Terzic
The film follows the life of a homeless but very well-read Marxist who is coping with Che’s death and wishes to live Read More »
The Secret Formula / La fórmula secreta (1965) Rubén Gámez, José Castillo, Manuel Gaitán, Pilar Islas
An irreverent essay, unified only by the author’s unique voice, full of surreal moments Read More »