Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 – during WWII – was S/S Politician. Read More »
Comedy
We’re Not Dressing (1934) Norman Taurog, Bing Crosby, Carole Lombard, George Burns
Beautiful high society type Doris Worthington is entertaining guests on her yacht in the Pacific when it hits a reef and sinks. Read More »
German Fried Movie (1992) Uwe Boll, Frank Lustig, Jo Betzing, Jürg Löw, Alexander Leuschen
Adua and Her Friends (1960) Antonio Pietrangeli, Simone Signoret, Marcello Mastroianni, Sandra Milo
When a brothel closes because of new laws, four of the prostitutes decide to go into business running a restaurant. They discover they cannot escape their past. Read More »
The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun (1983) Vera Chytilová, Leos Sucharípa, Libuse Pospísilová, Vlasta Spicnerová
The strains of Debussy’s “Afternoon of a Faun” waft through this amusing comedy about an aging lecher’s ever-optimistic pursuit of the fair sex, for fair sex, or better. Read More »
Blame Freud (2014) Paolo Genovese, Marco Giallini, Vittoria Puccini, Anna Foglietta
Francesco Taramelli is a psychoanalyst who is dealing with three patients going through various hurdles Read More »
The Private Life of Don Juan (1934) Alexander Korda, Douglas Fairbanks, Merle Oberon, Bruce Winston
What do women want? Don Juan is aging. He’s arrived secretly in Seville after a 20 year absence. Read More »
Young Thugs: Nostalgia (1998) Takashi Miike, Takeshi Caesar, Setsuko Karasuma, Yûki Nagata
Nostalgia is Takashi Miike’s favorite film of his considerable body of work. Read More »
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School (1979) Allan Arkush, Joe Dante, P.J. Soles, Vincent Van Patten, Clint Howard
Vince Lombardi High School keeps losing principals to nervous breakdowns because of the students’ love of rock ‘n’ roll Read More »
Flatfoot in Hong Kong (1975) Steno, Bud Spencer, Al Lettieri, Enzo Cannavale
Piedone (Bigfoot) Rizzo is accused of drugs trafficking. Read More »