Dr. Juan (40) has survived a shipwreck, from which he was only able to save his pre-teen niece (or daughter?) Read More »
Drama
The Citadel (1938) King Vidor, Robert Donat, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Richardson
Andrew Manson, a young, enthusiastic doctor takes his first job in a Welsh mining town Read More »
Alila (2003) Amos Gitai, Yaël Abecassis, Hana Laszlo, Uri Klauzner
In Tel Aviv, the gloomy Ezra hires foreign workers without permits to build an addition to a homely block of flats Read More »
She Spent So Many Hours Under the Sun Lamps (1985) Philippe Garrel, Mireille Perrier, Jacques Bonnaffé, Anne Wiazemsky
A young film director is turning a movie with his friend Christa (reminds us of the real-life relationship between Garrel and Nico). Read More »
Changes in the Village (1963) Lester James Peries, Punya Hiendeniya, Henry Jayasena, Wickrema Bogoda
Piyal (Henry Jayasena) is a handsome young teacher who is hired to teach English to Nanda (Punya Heendeniya), a member of a high class family. Read More »
Nuan (2003) Jianqi Huo, Xiaodong Guo, Teruyuki Kagawa, Jia Li
Like Huo’s Postmen in the Mountains, Nuan is a rural drama. The film follows Lin Jinghe, a young man who Read More »
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1978) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla, Klaus Löwitsch, Ivan Desny
This movie follows the life of a young German woman, married to a soldier in the waning days of WWII. Read More »
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margit Carstensen, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake
Petra von Kant is a successful fashion designer — arrogant, caustic, and self-satisfied. Read More »
Obszön – Der Fall Peter Herzl (1981) Hans-Christof Stenzel, Volker Spengler, Lydia Kreibohm, Karina Fallenstein
Peter Herzl, social worker and Left sympathizer from Wuppertal, West Germany, is assaulted and robbed on the way back from Yugoslavia to his home country. Read More »
Lulu (1962) Rolf Thiele, Nadja Tiller, O.E. Hasse, Hildegard Knef
A 14-year-old girl is caught while trying to pick a doctor’s pocket. Read More »