In 1774, Marie-Antoinette, wife of the dauphin, heavy and clumsy Read More »
History
Allegheny Uprising (1939) William A. Seiter, Claire Trevor, John Wayne, George Sanders
In British colonial America, Captain Swanson’s adherence to the rules results in Trader Callendar’s Read More »
Gallant Journey (1946) William A. Wellman, Glenn Ford, Janet Blair, Charles Ruggles
Director William A. Wellman adds another to his long line of salutes-to-aviation Read More »
Les miserables (1978) Glenn Jordan, Richard Jordan, Anthony Perkins, Cyril Cusack
In late 18th Century (1795) France, in the middle of the French Revolution Read More »
Testimony (1988) Tony Palmer, Ben Kingsley, Sherry Baines, Magdalen Asquith
The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin. Read More »
Old San Francisco (1927) Alan Crosland, Dolores Costello, Josef Swickard, Anders Randolf
The Vasquez family are one of the oldest families in San Francisco Read More »
The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk / Fong Sai Yuk (1993) Corey Yuen, Jet Li, Josephine Siao, Michelle Reis
This Hong Kong martial-arts extravaganza tells of evil emperors and true love. Read More »
The Color of Pomegranates / Sayat Nova (1969) Sergei Parajanov, Sofiko Chiaureli, Melkon Alekyan, Vilen Galstyan
One of cinema’s greatest masterpieces, Sergei Parajanov’s “The Color of Pomegranates,” Read More »
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis / Il giardino dei Finzi Contini (1970) Vittorio De Sica, Dominique Sanda, Lino Capolicchio, Helmut Berger
Mussolini’s Italy, late 1930s: the Finzi-Contini are one of the leading wealthy Jewish families. Read More »
Last Hero in China / Wong Fei Hung V: Tit gai dau ng gung (1993) Jing Wong, Woo-Ping Yuen, Jet Li, Sharla Cheung, Dicky Cheung
Jet Li stars in this comic spectacle as a Chinese “Robin Hood” who stumbles upon Read More »