Abner Weaver, a small-town mayor in the Ozarks, through the music of performers from ‘The Grand Ole Opry,” Read More »
Musical
The King Is Dancing AKA Le roi danse (2000) Gérard Corbiau, Benoît Magimel, Boris Terral, Tchéky Karyo
Corbiau repeats the Farinelli formula, artistic rivalry and social private drama expressed in dazzling Read More »
The Music Teacher AKA Le maître de musique (1988) Gérard Corbiau, José van Dam, Anne Roussel, Philippe Volter
Aging opera singer Joachim Dallayrac retires from the stage and retreats to the countryside Read More »
Madness: The Eyes of the Moon AKA Madness – Gli occhi della luna (1971) Cesare Rau, Thomas Hunter, Benjamin Lev, Francesca Romana Coluzzi
Three men flee at night from an asylum. One is taken back, another accidentally falls under a car and dies Read More »
An Affair to Remember (1957) Leo McCarey, Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning
Nickie Ferrante’s return to New York to marry a rich heiress is well publicized as are his many antics and affairs. Read More »
Alice AKA Alicja (1982) Jacek Bromski, Jerzy Gruza, Sophie Barjac, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Susannah York
Alice was sitting in the park one day. She sees a jogger called Rabbit. Read More »
Isadora (1968) Karel Reisz, Vanessa Redgrave, James Fox, Jason Robards
A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people’s ideas of ballet. Read More »
Bundle of Joy (1956) Norman Taurog, Eddie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, Adolphe Menjou
Kitschy musical remake of “Bachelor Mother”. Debbie Reynolds plays an over-eager clerk in a large department store Read More »
Harold Teen (1934) Murray Roth, Hal Le Roy, Rochelle Hudson, Patricia Ellis
Harold seems to flop at every thing he tries, his school work, his newspaper job, even his car is repossessed. Read More »
Belle of the Nineties (1934) Leo McCarey, Mae West, Roger Pryor, Johnny Mack Brown
Ruby Carter, the American Beauty queen of the night club-sporting world Read More »