This was one of the earlier uses of Robert Tansey’s favorite plot Read More »
Romance
An Angel from Texas (1940) Ray Enright, Eddie Albert, Rosemary Lane, Wayne Morris
Stage struck Lydia Weston leaves her small Texas town for Broadway. Read More »
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987) Jack Clayton, Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins, Wendy Hiller
A penniless middle-aged spinster scrapes by giving piano lessons in the Dublin of the 1950s. Read More »
Tonight We Raid Calais (1943) John Brahm, Annabella, John Sutton, Lee J. Cobb
British Intelligence dispatches Commando Geoffrey Carter on a one-man raid to destroy Read More »
The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942) George B. Seitz, Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker
While Judge Hardy handles a couple’s divorce, Andy takes a shine to their shy daughter. Read More »
Casablanca Beats / Haut et fort (2021) Nabil Ayouch, Anas Basbousi, Ismail Adouab, Zineb Boujemaa
Anas, a former rapper, is employed in a cultural centre. Read More »
Girl with a Suitcase / La ragazza con la valigia (1961) Valerio Zurlini, Claudia Cardinale, Jacques Perrin, Luciana Angiolillo
Lorenzo, who’s 16 and born to a wealthy family in Parma, tries to make things Read More »
Thieves / Les voleurs (1996) André Téchiné, Catherine Deneuve, Daniel Auteuil, Laurence Côte
In the middle of the night, someone brings Ivan’s body home to his wife and his sad-faced, jug-eared son. Read More »
Strayed / Les égarés (2003) André Téchiné, Emmanuelle Béart, Gaspard Ulliel, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
June 1940. German troops are advancing on Paris. Odile, a widowed teacher, succumbs Read More »
The Prey of the Wind / La proie du vent (1927) René Clair, Sandra Milovanoff, Lillian Hall-Davis, Jean Murat
An early aviator crash lands in a remote European country where he falls in love with a beautiful woman. Read More »