A Hungarian soldier returning from fighting in the Second World War marries Read More »
Romance
Les baisers (1964) Claude Berri, Charles L. Bitsch, Jean-François Hauduroy, Marie-France Boyer, Catherine Sola, Charles Sébrien
A portmanteau film in which the producer, instead of as usual using already Read More »
Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) William Asher, Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Deborah Walley
In the fourth of the highly successful Frankie and Annette beach party movies Read More »
Grand Hotel (1932) Edmund Goulding, Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford
Berlin’s plushest, most expensive hotel is the setting where in the words Read More »
The Grass Is Greener (1960) Stanley Donen, Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum
Victor and Hillary are down on their luck to the point that they allow tourists Read More »
Almost Peaceful / Un monde presque paisible (2002) Michel Deville, Simon Abkarian, Zabou Breitman, Vincent Elbaz
Jewish tailor Albert (Abkarian) and his wife Lea (Breitman) are reestablishing their business in 1946 Paris. Read More »
His Private Secretary (1933) Phil Whitman, Evalyn Knapp, John Wayne, Reginald Barlow
Dick Wallace is a free-wheeling playboy adverse to working in his workaholic father’s office Read More »
Magic Town (1947) William A. Wellman, James Stewart, Jane Wyman, Kent Smith
Rip Smith’s opinion-poll business is a failure…until he discovers that the small town Read More »
Eat a Bowl of Tea (1989) Wayne Wang, Cora Miao, Russell Wong, Victor Wong
A study in culture bridging, including … a new US-born husband, trying to work Read More »
Bachelor in Paradise (1961) Jack Arnold, Bob Hope, Lana Turner, Janis Paige
A. J. Niles is the author of a series of ‘Bachelor Books’. Read More »