This movie attempts to reconstruct the bankruptcy of the Banco Ambrosiano bank Read More »
History
Bengal Brigade (1954) Laslo Benedek, Rock Hudson, Arlene Dahl, Ursula Thiess
The muscular physique of Rock Hudson is given plenty of screen exposure in the British-India actioner Bengal Brigade. Read More »
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) Julie Christie, Peter Finch, Alan Bates, John Schlesinger
Based on Thomas Hardy’s 19th century novel, Bathsheba Everdene is a willful Read More »
Rise Against the Sword / Abare Gôemon (1966) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Nobuko Otowa, Makoto Satô
Farmer Abare Goemon is confronted by brigand-like samurai. Read More »
The Legend II / Fong Sai Yuk 2 (1993) Corey Yuen, Jet Li, Josephine Siao, Adam Cheng
The Cantonese hero Fong Sai Yuk becomes involved in the secret brotherhood “The Red Flower” Read More »
The Eleanor Roosevelt Story (1965) Richard Kaplan, Archibald Macleish, Eric Sevareid, Corinne Alsop Cole
Richard Kaplan documents the life of one of America’s most influential first ladies. Read More »
Belizaire the Cajun (1986) Glen Pitre, Armand Assante, Gail Youngs, Michael Schoeffling
This inexpensive but effusively energetic film is set in Louisiana’s Cajun country of the 19th century. Read More »
A Queen for Caesar / Una regina per Cesare (1962) Piero Pierotti, Viktor Tourjansky, Pascale Petit, George Ardisson, Rik Battaglia
Story of the power struggle between Egyptian queen Cleopatra and her brother Ptolemy, and how a common soldier risks his life to serve her. Read More »
Private Vices, Public Pleasures / Vizi privati, pubbliche virtù (1976) Miklós Jancsó, Lajos Balázsovits, Pamela Villoresi, Franco Branciaroli
Golden boy, who cavorts on his rural estate with a host of beautiful, aristocratic lovers and friends of both sexes. Read More »
Joan of Arc: God’s Warrior (2015) Lucy Swingler, Helen Castor, Georgia Moffett, Michael Feast
Writer and historian Dr Helen Castor explores the life – and death – of Joan of Arc. Read More »