
Lamenting Thebian women are waiting for the men to come back from war. God Jupiter is attracted to one of them: Alkmene. Read More »
Musical
Operetta tanuki goten / Princess Raccoon (2005) Seijun Suzuki, Ziyi Zhang, Joe Odagiri, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical

Amechiyo is being hunted by his father for being too beautiful and as he tries to escape he runs into Princess Raccoon, a raccoon in human form. Read More »
Riri Shushu no subete / All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001) Shunji Iwai, Hayato Ichihara, Shûgo Oshinari, Ayumi Itô, Crime, Drama, Music

All About Lily Chou-Chou follows two childhood friends, Shusuke Hoshino and Yuichi Hasumi, from the end of their junior high school run until the beginning of high school. Read More »
Nannerl, la soeur de Mozart / Mozart’s Sister (2010) René Féret, Marie Féret, Marc Barbé, Delphine Chuillot, Biography, Drama, Music

Beginning in 1763, the film follows the Mozart family’s exhausting life on the road, traveling by coach from one royal court to the next Read More »
Love Thy Neighbor (1940) Mark Sandrich, Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Mary Martin, Comedy, Musical

Jack Benny is preparing his New Year’s Eve radio broadcast but takes time out to take his valet Rochester to meet his girlfriend Josephine arriving on a steamer. Read More »
Zachariah (1971) George Englund, John Rubinstein, Patricia Quinn, Don Johnson, Comedy, Drama, Musical

Gunfights and electric guitars in the Old West? You bet! Zachariah gets a mail order gun, practices a little, and kills a man in the local saloon. Read More »
Lucy Gets Lucky (1975) Jack Donohue, Lucille Ball, Dean Martin, Jackie Coogan, Comedy, Music

In Lucy Gets Lucky, Lucille Ball plays a woman who heads to Vegas to see Dean Martin’s opening. She makes a reservation for eight to get one seat, but the maitre’d sees through her ploy. Read More »
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982) Terry Hughes, Harold Prince, Angela Lansbury, George Hearn, Cris Groenendaal, Musical, Drama, Thriller

Times are hard in 1846 London and one must make do. Nellie Lovett adds something extra to the meat pies she peddles on Fleet Street. Read More »
Broad Daylight (2004) John Michael McCarthy, Teri Geary, Rita D’Albert, Dirty Martini, Documentary, Music, Erotic
Bayou Maharajah (2013) Lily Keber, James Booker, Joe Boyd, Douglas Brinkley, Documentary, History, Music

Bayou Maharajah explores the life and music of New Orleans piano legend James Booker, the man Dr. John described as “the best black, gay, one-eyed junkie piano genius New Orleans has ever produced.” Read More »
