Highly fictionalized early history of Canada. Trapper/explorer Radisson imagines Read More »
History
Harakiri / Seppuku (1962) Masaki Kobayashi, Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Ishihama, Shima Iwashita
Following the collapse of his clan, an unemployed samurai (Tatsuya Nakadai) Read More »
The Dominici Affair / L’affaire Dominici (1973) Claude Bernard-Aubert, Jeanne Allard, Max Amyl, Michel Bertay
This film explores the ins and outs of the Dominici Affair that made the headlines back in 1952. Read More »
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (1996)
From the moment Thomas Edison shocked the public with May Irwin’s unabashed kiss Read More »
Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948) Basil Dearden, Stewart Granger, Joan Greenwood, Flora Robson
A young woman marries Prince Sophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage Read More »
From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses / Von Caligari zu Hitler: Das deutsche Kino im Zeitalter der Massen (2014) Rüdiger Suchsland, Siegfried Kracauer, Fritz Lang, Thomas Elsaesser
Focuses on the Weimar Republic (1918-1933) and its ‘collective spirit’ in cinema. Read More »
To Hell and Back (1955) Jesse Hibbs, Audie Murphy, Marshall Thompson, Charles Drake
True-life account of the military career of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in WWII. Read More »
Gods and Generals (2003) Ron Maxwell, Stephen Lang, Robert Duvall, Jeff Daniels
The rise and fall of confederate general Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson Read More »
Wells Fargo (1937) Frank Lloyd, Joel McCrea, Bob Burns, Frances Dee
The third of Paramount’s “deluxe” westerns of the 1930s (following The Texas Rangers and The Plainsman) was Wells Fargo Read More »
Sutter’s Gold (1936) James Cruze, Edward Arnold, Lee Tracy, Binnie Barnes
Story of the gold strike on an immigrant’s property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush. Read More »