Frustrated by a seemingly infallible gang of jewel thieves, Scotland Yard Read More »
Drama
Mo’ Better Blues (1990) Spike Lee, Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes
Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want Read More »
An Actor’s Revenge / Yukinojo Henge (1959) Masahiro Makino, Hashizo Okawa, Chikage Awashima, Keiko Okawa
Nakamura Yukinojo gains popularity in Edo’s kabuki scene as a handsome onnagata Read More »
Sunset Blvd. (1950) Billy Wilder, William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim
In early-1950s Hollywood, obscure screenplay-writer Joe Gillis is unable to sell his work to the studios Read More »
Cold Sassy Tree (1989) Joan Tewkesbury, Faye Dunaway, Richard Widmark, Frances Fisher
Handsome May-December romantic drama set in a sleepy Southern town at the turn of the century. Read More »
The Word / Ordet (1943) Gustaf Molander, Victor Sjöström, Holger Löwenadler, Rune Lindström
Swedish film of the Kaj Munk play that was made into a far more famous film by Carl Dreyer in Denmark twelve years later. Read More »
The Mad Genius (1931) Michael Curtiz, John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, Charles Butterworth
A crippled puppeteer rescues an abused young boy and turns the boy into a great ballet dancer. Read More »
I Love to Work / Mi piace lavorare (Mobbing) (2004) Francesca Comencini, Nicoletta Braschi, Camille Dugay Comencini, Rosa Matteucci
A woman comes across the difficulties of modern work: to force her to resign from her job Read More »
Bloodlands (2017) Steven Kastrissios, Gëzim Rudi, Emiljano Palali, Suela Bako
A struggling family in Albania, wrestling with tradition Read More »
Young Desire (1930) Lewis D. Collins, Mary Nolan, William Janney, Ralf Harolde
A carnival sideshow dancer falls in love with a handsome young man. Read More »