Cuba in the late 1800s: After overpowering their Spanish masters, cimarrons – runaway African slaves Read More »
Drama
The Nights of Zayandeh-Rood (1990) Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Manuchehr Esmaili, Mojgan Naderi, Parvaneh Goharani
An embittered Professor and his daughter (whose job it is to nurse sucidal patients) try to deal with life in Iran before and after the fall of the Shah. Read More »
Baduk (1992) Majid Majidi, Mohammad Kasebi, Mehrollah Mazarehi, Norahmad Barahoi
Baduk is the name of the child who works in smuggling, due to poverty he Read More »
Gli sbandati / Abandoned / The Disbanded (1955) Francesco Maselli, Lucia Bosé, Isa Miranda, Jean-Pierre Mocky
Set during WWII, the film is a drama of the Italian resistance, with all the usual clichéd characters in attendance. Read More »
Descent (2007) Talia Lugacy, Rosario Dawson, Chad Faust, Marcus Patrick
In the winter of her senior year, Maya talks to Jared at a frat party Read More »
Le couperet / The Ax (2005) Costa-Gavras, José Garcia, Karin Viard, Geordy Monfils
Bruno Davert, a chemist working for a paper company, is fired. Read More »
Billy Liar (1963) John Schlesinger, Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie, Wilfred Pickles
A young British clerk in a gloomy North Country undertaker’s office, Billy is bombarded daily Read More »
The Lost Jungle (1934) David Howard, Armand Schaefer, Clyde Beatty, Cecilia Parker, Syd Saylor
Animal trainer Clyde Beatty heads a rescue party in search of his girl, Ruth, and her father who get lost looking for an uncharted island. Read More »
Bakurô ichidai / The Life of a Horse Trader (1951) Keigo Kimura, Toshirô Mifune, Machiko Kyô, Takashi Shimura
This early gem starring the great Mifune Toshiba tells the tale of Katakana Yonetaro aka “The Shark,” Read More »
Devotion (1946) Curtis Bernhardt, Olivia de Havilland, Ida Lupino, Paul Henreid
In Victorian England, literary siblings Emily and Charlotte Bronte vie for the affection of the Reverend Arthur Nichols. Read More »