A young singer (Sissy Spacek) during World War II, gets a job singing in the USO Read More »
Musical
007 1/2 no Carnaval (1966) Victor Lima, Larry Carr, Chacrinha, Costinha
British secret agent 007 1/2 is sent to Rio de Janeiro to recover the plans Read More »
Thank God It’s Friday (1978) Robert Klane, Donna Summer, Valerie Landsburg, Terri Nunn
It’s Friday and everyone is going to the hot new disco. Read More »
Mr. 420 / Shree 420 (1955) Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Nadira
Wearing torn Japanese sneakers, English pants, a red Russian cover Read More »
Brigadoon (1954) Vincente Minnelli, Gene Kelly, Van Johnson, Cyd Charisse
Americans Tommy Albright and Jeff Douglas, on a hunting vacation in Scotland Read More »
Madame Sousatzka (1988) John Schlesinger, Shirley MacLaine, Navin Chowdhry, Peggy Ashcroft
Bengali Sushila Sen and her son, Manek, relocate from India to London after Sushila’s Read More »
Cairo (1942) W.S. Van Dyke, Jeanette MacDonald, Robert Young, Ethel Waters
After the Cavity Rock, California Times Leader newspaper is chosen as America’s typical small town newspaper Read More »
True Stories (1986) David Byrne, John Goodman, Annie McEnroe
David Byrne of Talking Heads fame visits a typical (and fictional) Texas town Read More »
Convention Girl (1935) Luther Reed, Rose Hobart, Weldon Heyburn, Sally O’Neil
Among the regular conventioneers, “Babe” LaVal is the most-in-demand “convention girl” Read More »
Pennies from Heaven (1981) Herbert Ross, Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Jessica Harper
In Chicago during the 1930s Depression, sheet-music salesman Arthur Parker Read More »