In the fourth of the highly successful Frankie and Annette beach party movies Read More »
Romance
Grand Hotel (1932) Edmund Goulding, Greta Garbo
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 »
Read My Lips / Sur mes lèvres (2001) Jacques Audiard, Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Devos, Olivier Gourmet
Young secretary Carla is a long-time employee of a property development company. Read More »
A Date with the Falcon (1942) Irving Reis, George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, James Gleason
A scientist has discovered how to make synthetic diamonds Read More »