
A journey into the life and work of beat poet and activist Bob Kaufman Read More »
History
Frantz (2016) François Ozon, Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Ernst Stötzner

In 1919 Quedlinburg, Germany, a young woman named Anna is still mourning the death of her fiance Read More »
The Long Ships (1963) Jack Cardiff, Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Russ Tamblyn

In this elaborately mounted seafaring adventure, Rolfe (Richard Widmark) is a Viking leader with the cunning and devious mind of a pirate. Read More »
The Underground Orchestra AKA Het ondergrondse orkest (1998) Heddy Honigmann

THE UNDERGROUND ORCHESTRA is a glorious documentary profile of musicians who play on the sidewalks of Paris and in the Metro. Read More »
The Story of Louis Pasteur (1935) William Dieterle, Paul Muni, Josephine Hutchinson, Anita Louise

In 1860 Paris, chemist Louis Pasteur is considered a quack within the medical community for advocating that doctors Read More »
Catherine the Great (1996) Marvin J. Chomsky, John Goldsmith, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Paul McGann, Ian Richardson

In this romanticized biography, a small German principality’s inexperienced princess, Catherine Read More »
Sweet Country (1987) Mihalis Kakogiannis, Jane Alexander, John Cullum, Carole Laure

Anna and Ben are settled in rural Chile in the early 1970’s. They are very isolated and their only real friends are two Chilean sisters, Eva and Monica. Read More »
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) Michael Curtiz, Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland

This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England Read More »
Les Misérables (1935) Richard Boleslawski, Fredric March, Charles Laughton, Cedric Hardwicke

This is by far the best version of Les Misérables ever made in my opinion and the critics. Read More »
The Elementary School AKA Obecná skola (1991) Jan Sverák, Jan Tríska, Zdenek Sverák, Libuse Safránková

The time is 1945-46. 10 year old Eda and his friend Tonda live in a small village outside Prague. Read More »