A meditation on culture. July, 2001: buddies tide as a cruise boat departs Lisbon for Mediterranean ports and also the Indian Ocean. Read More »
History
Der Tunnel (2001) Roland Suso Richter, Heino Ferch, Nicolette Krebitz, Sebastian Koch
During the Cold War, Germany was divided into two states – East and West. Read More »
A Portuguesa / The Portuguese Woman (2018) Rita Azevedo Gomes, Clara Riedenstein, Marcello Urgeghe, Ingrid Caven
His home is war. Her home is Portugal. Yet the young, newly married wife of Lord von Ketten Read More »
The Divine Lady (1929) Frank Lloyd, Corinne Griffith, Victor Varconi, H.B. Warner
A partly fictionalized account of history begins with the arrival of slatternly Emma Hart Read More »
Black Arrow (1985) John Hough, Benedict Taylor, Georgia Slowe, Oliver Reed
In England, during the 15th century, many lords and noblemen vie for the throne. Read More »
Lone Star (1952) Vincent Sherman, Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Broderick Crawford
Rip-roaring big star, big budget semi-historical story about cattle baron Devereaux Burke Read More »
The Purple Heart (1944) Lewis Milestone, Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, Farley Granger
This is the story of the crew of a downed bomber, captured after a run over Tokyo, early in the war. Read More »
Ainda Estou Aqui / I’m Still Here (2024) Walter Salles, Fernanda Torres, Fernanda Montenegro, Selton Mello
A mother is forced to reinvent herself when her family’s life is shattered by an act of arbitrary Read More »
Gate of Hell / Jigokumon (1953) Teinosuke Kinugasa, Machiko Kyô, Kazuo Hasegawa, Isao Yamagata
In 1159, during an attempted coup, one of the court’s ladies in waiting disguises herself Read More »
Compulsion (1959) Richard Fleischer, Orson Welles, Dean Stockwell, Diane Varsi
In 1924 Chicago, two rich college students, Judd Steiner and Arthur Strauss, decide they can commit Read More »