In the periwigged and opulent France of Louis XVI, an unwitting nobleman Read More »
Romance
A Song for Martin (2001) Bille August, Sven Wollter, Viveka Seldahl, Reine Brynolfsson
Famous composer Martin meets concertmaster Barbara at one of his performances, and the two fall in love. Read More »
Condemned Women (1938) Lew Landers, Sally Eilers, Louis Hayward, Anne Shirley
Shoplifter Linda Wilson doesn’t care much for life inside or outside jail until Read More »
Chatterbox (1936) George Nichols Jr., Anne Shirley, Phillips Holmes, Edward Ellis
Jenny has always been fascinated with the stage, especially since her mother was a famous actress. Read More »
Mother Carey’s Chickens (1938) Rowland V. Lee, Anne Shirley, Ruby Keeler, James Ellison
The story proper gets under way when Mr. Carey (Ralph Morgan) is killed in the Spanish American War Read More »
Wild Side (2004) Sébastien Lifshitz, Stéphanie Michelini, Yasmine Belmadi, Edouard Nikitine
In Paris, the thirty-two years old travesty Stéphanie a.k.a. Pierre is a streetwalker that lives Read More »
Divorce Italian Style / Divorzio all’italiana (1961) Pietro Germi, Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca, Stefania Sandrelli
A married Sicilian baron falls in love with his cousin and vows to wed her Read More »
Sarah and Son (1930) Dorothy Arzner, Ruth Chatterton, Fredric March, Fuller Mellish Jr.
A ne’er-do-well husband, after years of abusing his wife, disappears with their son Read More »
Phantom of the Opera (1943) Arthur Lubin, Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, Claude Rains
Pit violinist Claudin hopelessly loves rising operatic soprano Christine Dubois Read More »
Doctor, Beware / Teresa Venerdì (1941) Vittorio De Sica, Adriana Benetti, Irasema Dilián
A comedy of errors in which the sweetly incompetent Dr. Pietro Vignali (de Sica) has been run deep Read More »