At her husband’s funeral, Pearl (Shirley MacLaine), Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters Read More »
Comedy
La supertestimone (1971) Franco Giraldi, Monica Vitti, Ugo Tognazzi, Orazio Orlando
Comedy about a man who is sentenced to life imprisonment mainly because of a woman’s testimony, but she later marries him during his sentence. Read More »
To Have and Have Not (1944) Howard Hawks, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Walter Brennan
Harry Morgan and his alcoholic sidekick, Eddie, are based on the island of Martinique and crew a boat available for hire. Read More »
The Hairdresser’s Husband (1990) Patrice Leconte, Jean Rochefort, Anna Galiena, Roland Bertin
Twelve-year-old Antoine falls profoundly in love with a voluptuous but suicidal hairdresser, a formative experience he never forgets. Read More »
Wise Blood (1979) John Huston, Brad Dourif, Dan Shor
US Army war veteran Hazel Motes may not be a believing Christian Read More »
Firebird: Daybreak Chapter (1978) Kon Ichikawa, Tomisaburô Wakayama, Toshinori Omi, Masao Kusakari
This extraordinarily complex film is not only a send-up of every samurai film ever made Read More »
The Witness (1969) Péter Bacsó, Ferenc Kállai, Lajos Öze, Béla Both
Banned for over a decade for its outspoken criticism of the post-WWII communist regime in Hungary Read More »
Fantasm Comes Again (1977) Colin Eggleston, Rick Cassidy, Con Covert, Uschi Digard
An intern and a professional writer at a newspaper agency read over 10 different erotic letters Read More »
Fantasm (1976) Richard Franklin, John Holmes, Uschi Digard, Candy Samples
Jurgen Noetafreud is a professor of the psyche of human sexuality Read More »
Maybe It’s Love (1935) William C. McGann, Gloria Stuart, Ross Alexander, Frank McHugh
Director William C. McGann’s 1935 film stars Gloria Stuart and Ross Alexander as a young couple in love who face economic woes once they’re wed. Read More »