Recreating the early twentieth century in Bucharest, leading to an unforgettable journey Read More »
Drama
Kongo (1932) William J. Cowen, Walter Huston, Lupe Velez, Conrad Nagel
This remake of West of Zanzibar (1928) made four years later tries to outdo the Lon Chaney original in morbidity. Read More »
Crime Unlimited (1935) Ralph Ince, Esmond Knight, Lilli Palmer, Cecil Parker
Frustrated by a seemingly infallible gang of jewel thieves, Scotland Yard Read More »
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 (1959) Yukinojo Henge
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 »