“Mission to Moscow” was made at the behest of F.D.R. in order to garner more support for the Soviet Union during WWII. Read More »
Drama
Hamlet (1996) Kenneth Branagh, Julie Christie, Derek Jacobi
Hamlet (Sir Kenneth Branagh), son of the King of Denmark (Brian Blessed), is summoned home for his father’s Read More »
Ermo (1994) Xiaowen Zhou, Liya Ai, Peiqi Liu, Zhijun Ge
Women’s roles and consumerism in a Chinese village. The independent Ermo supports Read More »
Kingdom of Jirocho 3 / Jirochô sangokushi daisanbu (1964) Masahiro Makino, Kôji Tsuruta, Yoshiko Sakuma, Eitarô Shindô
The oft-filmed tale of real-life yakuza boss Shimizu no Jirocho is told this time by Masahiro Makino Read More »
The Great White Hope (1970) Martin Ritt, James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Lou Gilbert
Boxer Jack Jefferson (James Earl Jones) is the world’s reigning heavyweight boxing champion. Read More »
A Woman Alone (1936) Eugene Frenke, Anna Sten, Henry Wilcoxon, Viola Keats
A peasant girl working as a maid in 19th-century Russia has a dangerous love affair with a military officer. Read More »
Sad Vacation (2007) Shinji Aoyama, Tadanobu Asano, Kaori Fujimitsu, Eri Ishida
Kenji, abandoned by his mother, scrapes out a meager existence doing odd jobs including driving Read More »
Highway 13 (1948) William Berke, Robert Lowery, Pamela Blake, Clem Bevans
Hank Wilson is a driver for a truck for a big transportation company which is in financial straits. Read More »
The Oldest Profession / Le plus vieux métier du monde (1967) Claude Autant-Lara, Mauro Bolognini, Michèle Mercier, Enrico Maria Salerno, Gabriele Tinti
A collection of sketches on prostitution through the ages. Read More »
Devil in Silk / Teufel in Seide (1956) Rolf Hansen, Lilli Palmer, Curd Jürgens, Winnie Markus
The last day of a vacation at the sea, Thomas Ritter met two women Read More »