
A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. Read More »
Comedy
Popi (1969) Arthur Hiller, Alan Arkin, Rita Moreno, Reuben Figueroa

Abraham is a Puerto Rican single parent with two boys. He is becoming very worried about them living in their run down neighborhood Read More »
The Boss’s Son at College AKA Daigaku no wakadanna (1933) Hiroshi Shimizu, Mitsugu Fujii, Harurô Takeda, Yoshiko Tsubouchi

The story deals with Fuji, nicknamed Waka-danna (Young Master), the star athlete on his university’s rugby team. Read More »
Untama giru (1989) Go Takamine, Chikako Aoyama, Kaoru Kobayashi, John Sayles

Magical realist film about Okinawa. It’s about the occupation of Okinawa – both by the United States Read More »
John Loves Mary (1949) David Butler, Ronald Reagan, Jack Carson, Wayne Morris

A GI marries the English girlfriend of his best friend to get her into the U.S. for his friend who lost track Read More »
Quick (1932) Robert Siodmak, Lilian Harvey, Hans Albers, Willy Stettner

A woman at a spa keeps sneaking out to see a performer “Quick” (in heavy make-up) do his act. Read More »
50 Million Frenchmen (1931) Lloyd Bacon, Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, William Gaxton

Independently wealthy American Jack Forbes has just arrived in Paris. Read More »
Topper Takes a Trip (1938) Norman Z. McLeod, Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke

Mrs. Topper’s friend Mrs. Parkhurst has convinced Mrs. Topper to file for a divorce from Cosmo Read More »
Boys on the Run AKA Bôizu on za ran (2010) Daisuke Miura, Kazunobu Mineta, Mei Kurokawa, Ryûhei Matsuda

Toshiyuki Tanishi (Mr Tanishi) is a 29-year-old chronic masturbator and toy vending machine salesman – he is socially awkward and down on his luck. Read More »
The Flim-Flam Man (1967) Irvin Kershner, George C. Scott, Sue Lyon, Harry Morgan

Mordecai Jones is a rural con artist (a ‘flim-flam man’) who takes on a young army deserter; Curley as his protege, and teaches him the tricks of the trade. Read More »