
A televised Royal Shakespeare Company production of August Strindberg’s classic play. Miss Julie (Helen Mirren), a 19th century aristocrat’s daughter, is attracted to one of the servants in her father’s house. Read More »
Drama
The Sound and the Fury (1959) Martin Ritt, Yul Brynner, Joanne Woodward, Margaret Leighton, Drama

Loosely based on the William Faulkner novel, this movie follows the lives and passions of the Compsons: a once-proud Southern family now just barely scraping by both financially and emotionally. Read More »
Lo Scopone scientifico / Scientific Poker (1972) Luigi Comencini, Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano, Joseph Cotten, Comedy, Drama

An aging American millionairess journeys to Rome each year with her chauffeur George to play the card game scopone with destitute Peppino and his wife Antonia. Read More »
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977) Anthony Page, Bibi Andersson, Kathleen Quinlan, Ben Piazza, Drama, Fantasy

Based very loosely on the intricate novel by Joanne Greenberg. A young woman’s devotion to a childhood fantasy kingdom has taken over her entire life and causes her endless pain and degradation. Read More »
Orlando (1992) Sally Potter, Tilda Swinton, Billy Zane, Quentin Crisp, Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Young nobleman Orlando is commanded by Queen Elizabeth I to stay forever young. Miraculously, he does just that. Read More »
The Spider Woman Strikes Back (1946) Arthur Lubin, Gale Sondergaard, Brenda Joyce, Kirby Grant, Drama, Film-Noir, Horror, Thriller

Jean takes the job of caretaker/companion (before the word took on a completely alternate-life style meaning) to blind woman Zenobia. Read More »
Riten / The Rite (1969) Ingmar Bergman, Ingrid Thulin, Anders Ek, Gunnar Björnstrand, Drama

A judge in an unnamed country interviews three actors, together and singly, provoking them while investigating a pornographic performance for which they may face a fine. Read More »
Ni luo he nu er / Daughter of the Nile (1987) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Lin Yang, Jack Kao, Shu-Fang Chen, Crime, Drama

The eldest daughter of a broken and troubled family works to keep the family together and look after her younger siblings, who are slipping into a life of crime. Read More »
Un pilota ritorna / A Pilot Returns (1942) Roberto Rossellini, Massimo Girotti, Michela Belmonte, Gaetano Masier, Drama, War

A young Italian pilot is interned in a British prison camp after his plane is shot down during the war against Greece. Read More »
The Triple Echo (1972) Michael Apted, Glenda Jackson, Oliver Reed, Brian Deacon, Drama, War

Barton is a soldier in WW2 England; he meets Alice, who is looking after her farm single-handed as her husband is a prisoner of the Japanese. Read More »