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 AKA 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 AKA 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 AKA 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 AKA 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 AKA 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 AKA 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 »
Twinky (1970) Richard Donner, Charles Bronson, Orson Bean, Honor Blackman
A middle-aged author of pornographic novels meets and falls in love with a sixteen-year-old schoolgirl. Read More »
Gitta Discovers Her Heart AKA Gitta entdeckt ihr Herz (1932) Carl Froelich, Gitta Alpar, Gustav Fröhlich, Paul Kemp
Hungarian peasant Julika is discovered by an impresario in a hamlet Read More »
The Rachel Papers (1989) Damian Harris, Dexter Fletcher, Ione Skye, Jonathan Pryce
Charles Highway (Dexter Fletcher) is in control of his life; he is about to finish sixth Read More »
Night Junkies (2007) Lawrence Pearce, Giles Alderson, Lucy Bowen, Beverley Eve
In London, Vincent Monroe is a young man addicted in blood that wanders Read More »
The Great American Broadcast (1941) Archie Mayo, Alice Faye, Jack Oakie, John Payne
After serving in World War I, two army buddies (John Payne and Jack Oakie) become partners Read More »