Four of Somerset Maugham’s short stories are brought to the screen with each introduced by the author himself. Read More »
Drama
Chimney No. 4 / La voleuse (1966) Jean Chapot, Romy Schneider, Michel Piccoli, Hans Christian Blech
Julia (Romy Schneider) gave away her infant son to a foster couple Read More »
Playing / Jogo de Cena (2007) Eduardo Coutinho, Marília Pêra, Andrea Beltrão, Fernanda Torres
Following a newspaper ad, ordinary women tell part of their life stories to director Eduardo Coutinho Read More »
The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934) Paul Czinner, Alexander Korda, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Elisabeth Bergner, Flora Robson
In 1745 a German princess, renamed Catherine, arrives to marry Grand Duke Peter of Russia, whom she initially likes. Read More »
Post Office Investigator (1949) George Blair, Audrey Long, Warren Douglas, Jeff Donnell
A young postman becomes involved in the theft of rare stamps featuring inverted images of the Statue of Liberty. Read More »
The Bad News Bears (1976) Michael Ritchie, Walter Matthau, Tatum O’Neal, Vic Morrow
Hard-drinking, ex-minor-league hopeful Morris Buttermaker (Walter Matthau) grumpily agrees to coach Read More »
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) Sam Peckinpah, James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Richard Jaeckel
It’s 1881 in New Mexico, and the times they are a’changing. Pat Garrett, erstwhile travelling companion of the outlaw Billy the Kid Read More »
Blondie Johnson (1933) Ray Enright, Lucien Hubbard, Joan Blondell, Chester Morris, Allen Jenkins
When Blondie Johnson’s mother dies in poverty, Blondie vows that she will never be poor again. Read More »
Las Vegas Shakedown (1955) Sidney Salkow, Dennis O’Keefe, Coleen Gray, Charles Winninger
A teacher (Coleen Gray) writing a book about gambling meets a hotel/casino owner (Dennis O’Keefe) threatened by a gangster. Read More »
Brock’s Last Case (1973) David Lowell Rich, Richard Widmark, Henry Darrow, Beth Brickell
Frustrated with a flawed and lenient justice system, New York City police lieutenant Read More »