Roger Lewis, publisher of a vicious scandal sheet, is in the habit of tricking wealthy, gullible women into investing in his ventures. Read More »
Romance
The Happy Years (1950) William A. Wellman
Based on a collection of stories with the focus on young John Humperdink “Dink” Stover, a student at the Lawrenceville Prepatory School Read More »
Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana (1994)
Lugubrious Finns Valto and Reino take to the road in search of coffee and vodka, without which their lives are not worth living. Read More »
Private Romeo (2011) Alan Brown
A modern take on Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’. Set at an isolated all-boys military academy Read More »
Bye Bye Love (1993) Les amoureuses
Two women, a friendship. Two parallel love stories. Marianne has a passionate affair with Nino while the relationship Read More »
Atalia (1984) Tzvika Kertzner, Akiva Tevet
Atalia is a 40-year-old widow who lost her husband in the Six-Day War and lives on a kibbutz with her adolescent daughter. Read More »
Angela (2002) Donatella Finocchiaro
True story of an attractive Sicilian mob-wife who participates in her husband’s drug-dealing business and falls for her husband’s lackey. Read More »
Bel Ami (1939) Willi Forst, Johannes Riemann
Shortly after being demobilized, Georges Duroy becomes aware of his power over women in the arms of Rachel, a young singer. Read More »
A Strange Adventure (1932) Phil Whitman
A police lieutenant and a female reporter investigate a series of murders comitted by a hooded killer in an old dark house. Read More »
L’amante dell’Orsa Maggiore (1971)
Tells the story of Vladek who sneaks into a smuggling gang. He manages to get women and dough. Read More »