
Episodes in the novelist’s life: In 1890, young Jack London quits a cannery job to try oyster piracy. Read More »
Romance
Hell Below Zero (1954) Mark Robson, Alan Ladd, Joan Tetzel, Basil Sydney

Duncan Craig signs on a whaling ship, partly because his own business deal has fallen through Read More »
The Prickly-mouthed Geisha / Beran me-e geisha (1959) Eiichi Koishi, Hibari Misora, Shinjirô Ebara, Takashi Shimura

Koharu, a young geisha, is in love with Kenichi, an apprentice carpenter to her father Masagoro. Read More »
By Player / Sanmon yakusha (2000) Kaneto Shindô, Naoto Takenaka, Keiko Oginome, Hideko Yoshida

Film inspired by the life of Japanese actor Taiji Tonoyama, with whom Kaneto Shindo Read More »
The Lone Wolf Returns (1935) Roy William Neill, Melvyn Douglas, Gail Patrick, Tala Birell

Once a jewel thief always a jewel thief? Yes and no. Yes if you consider the fact Read More »
Akitsu Springs / Akitsu onsen (1962) Yoshishige Yoshida, Mariko Okada, Hiroyuki Nagato, Sô Yamamura

The day before Japan announces its defeat in WW2, a very ill Shusaku arrives in Okayama. Read More »
I Love a Bandleader (1945) Del Lord, Phil Harris, Eddie ‘Rochester’ Anderson, Leslie Brooks

Harris and his assistant Eddie “Rochester” Anderson are painters doing a job at a nightclub. Read More »
Little Lili / La petite Lili (2003) Claude Miller, Nicole Garcia, Bernard Giraudeau, Jean-Pierre Marielle

A group of cinematic spend a holiday in the French countryside. The film provides insight in their relationships Read More »
The Marathon Runner / Der Läufer von Marathon (1933) Ewald André Dupont, Brigitte Helm, Hans Brausewetter, Ursula Grabley

A love story in a sport milieu. The jumper Lore Steinkopf is being courted by three men Read More »
One Hundred Lei / 100 Lei (1973) Mircea Saucan, Ion Dichiseanu, Ileana Popovici, Violeta Andrei

In 1970s Romania rebellious and erratic teenager Petre Pantea is struggling to win Read More »