Jimmy the Saint’s business is videotaping the terminally-ill, so that they will be around to give ‘Afterlife Advice’ to their survivors. Read More »
Drama
Our Daily Bread (1934) King Vidor, Karen Morley, Tom Keene, John Qualen
John and Mary sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Read More »
An American Tragedy (1931) Josef von Sternberg, Phillips Holmes, Sylvia Sidney, Frances Dee
Having just reached adulthood, Clyde Griffiths has always lamented his lot in life, he the only son of poor missionaries. Read More »
Love on the Dole (1941) John Baxter, Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, George Carney
Filmed in the North Country of England, this is a film noir set in the 1930s as a family struggles with poverty and unemployment. Read More »
Bye Bye Brazil (1980) Carlos Diegues, José Wilker, Betty Faria, Fábio Jr.
The Caravana Rolidei rolls into town with the Gypsy Lord at the mike: he does magic tricks Read More »
The Poor AKA Zavallilar (1975) Yilmaz Güney, Atif Yilmaz, Yildirim Önal, Güven Sengil
The Poor Ones tells the semi-melodramatic story of three poor friends who met in prison where have been sent to on various offenses. Read More »
The Goob (2014) Guy Myhill, Sienna Guillory, Sean Harris, Hannah Spearritt
Young Goob, 16 years old, returns home to his mother where he grew up in the countryside Read More »
Happy End (2011) Björn Runge, Ann Petrén, Malin Buska, Gustaf Skarsgård
A fairytale for adults. It’s about five people with an important liaison to one another. Read More »
Wild Orchids (1929) Sidney Franklin, Greta Garbo, Lewis Stone, Nils Asther
Lillie Sterling comes with her husband, John, on a business trip to Java, expecting a second honeymoon. Read More »
Zero Hour AKA Stunde Null (1977) Edgar Reitz, Kai Taschner, Herbert Weissbach, Günter Schiemann
The narrative is set in the summer of 1945 in a small village outside Leipzig Read More »