A mother is forced to reinvent herself when her family’s life is shattered by an act of arbitrary Read More »
History
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 »
Marie Antoinette (1938) W.S. Van Dyke, Julien Duvivier, Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore
The life of Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) from betrothal and marriage in 1770 to her beheading. Read More »
Question 7 (1961) Stuart Rosenberg, Michael Gwynn, Christian De Bresson, Almut Eggert
Suspenseful story of a boy and his father, each forced to decide his future on his willingness to stand up for what he believes. Read More »
Whirlwind / Shikonmado – Dai tatsumaki (1964) Hiroshi Inagaki, Yôsuke Natsuki, Makoto Satô, Yuriko Hoshi
After defeat at the Siege of Osaka several survivors attempt to deliver a young prince to safety. Read More »
The Plot to Assassinate Hitler / Der 20. Juli (1955) Falk Harnack, Wolfgang Preiss, Annemarie Düringer, Robert Freitag
A disillusioned Wehrmacht officer named Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg Read More »
Louise Michel (2009) Sólveig Anspach, Sylvie Testud, Nathalie Boutefeu, Alexandre Steiger
A fiercely active Communard, Louise Michel is condemned for taking arms against Bismarck. Read More »
The Outsider (1979) Tony Luraschi, Craig Wasson, Sterling Hayden, Patricia Quinn
Idealistic Vietnam veteran Michael Flaherty (Wasson), enthralled by the stories told Read More »
Fatal Vision (1984) David Greene, Karl Malden, Eva Marie Saint, Barry Newman
A retiree spends nine years relentlessly seeking to prove that his son-in-law Read More »