Kate Croy’s (Helena Bonham Carter’s) mother was born to wealth and privilege Read More »
Romance
Thrilling Love (1989) Maurizio Pradeaux, Tony Kendall, Sharon Kane, Michel Durand
A man, sexually maimed by his former wife, lives vicariously through her affairs. Read More »
A Star Is Born (1954) George Cukor, Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson
Norman Maine, a movie star whose career is on the wane, meets showgirl Esther Blodgett Read More »
A Star is Born (1937) William A. Wellman, Jack Conway, Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou
Esther Blodgett is another starry-eyed farm child trying to break into the films. Read More »
Three Years Without God / Tatlong taong walang Diyos (1976) Mario O’Hara, Nora Aunor, Christopher De Leon, Bembol Roco
A woman falls in love with a Japanese soldier during the Japanese Occupation Read More »
The Destruction of Herculaneum / Anno 79: La distruzione di Ercolano (1962) Gianfranco Parolini, Susan Paget, Brad Harris, Mara Lane
In 79 AD the Roman city of Herculaneum was destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius. Read More »
The Alcove / L’alcova (1985) Joe D’Amato, Lilli Carati, Annie Belle, Laura Gemser, Al Cliver
A faded aristocrat military officer returns from the Abyssinian war with a dusky slave girl as a prize Read More »
Metropolitan (1990) Whit Stillman, Carolyn Farina, Edward Clements, Chris Eigeman
In an apartment on Manhattan a couple of friends from the New York upper-class meet almost Read More »
The Sky Above Paris / Le ciel de Paris (1991) Michel Béna, Sandrine Bonnaire, Marc Fourastier, Paul Blain
Marc is in love with Lucien, who’s in love with Suzanne, who’s in love with someone else. Read More »
The White Caravan (1964) Tamaz Meliava
Against a rugged landscape and the forces of nature, a group of shepherds, led by the experienced Martia Read More »