In Phuket Island, Thailand, the architect Paul Bellmer and his wife Jeanne lost their son Joshua Read More »
Drama
Agora (2009) Alejandro Amenábar, Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac
Alexandria, 391 AD: Hypatia teaches astronomy, mathematics, and philosophy. Read More »
Walter (1982) Stephen Frears, Ian McKellen, Barbara Jefford, Arthur Whybrow
A man with learning difficulties suffers neglect and ill-treatment Read More »
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Escape / Katte ni shiyagare!! Dasshutsu keikaku (1995) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Kenzô Kawarasaki, Yûko Nitô, Shirô Shimomoto
Hapless gangsters are hired by the yakuza to tail his daughter. Read More »
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge / La rivière du hibou (1961) Robert Enrico, Roger Jacquet, Anne Cornaly, Anker Larsen
A Civil War civilian is to be executed by hanging, but when the plank is kicked away Read More »
You’re Not So Tough (1940) Joe May
The Dead End Kids are out of the slums of New York’s East Side and running around the sunny Read More »
Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Heist / Katte ni shiyagare! Goudatsu-keikaku (1995) Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Show Aikawa, Kensuke Asakawa, Yoriko Dôguchi
Two petty gangsters get ransomed by a group of Yakuza members Read More »
No Child of Mine (1997) Peter Kosminsky, Brooke Kinsella, Colin Salmon, Billy Geraghty
Thirteen-year-old Kerry is repeatedly sexually abused by several adults, including at one point her mother. Read More »
The War Zone (1999) Tim Roth, Ray Winstone, Annabelle Apsion, Kate Ashfield
Suddenly, the moody 15-year-old, Tom, and his 18-year-old sister, Jessie Read More »
Patriotism / Yûkoku (1966) Masaki Dômoto, Yukio Mishima, Yoshiko Tsuruoka
Two characters on a Noh stage dramatize the rite of love and death of Lieutenant Shinji Takeyama and his wife Reiko. Read More »