Loosely inspired from Gauguin’s life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbrocker who abandons Read More »
Romance
So This Is College (1929) Sam Wood, Elliott Nugent, Robert Montgomery, Cliff Edwards
Biff and Eddie are the best of friends. They are college seniors; roommates at the Fraternity; and star teammates on the USC Football team. Read More »
High Heels / Tacones lejanos (1991) Pedro Almodóvar, Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes, Miguel Bosé
A girl’s mother returns after 15 years to find her daughter has married one of her (the mother’s) old boyfriends. Read More »
Little Treasure (1985) Alan Sharp, Margot Kidder, Ted Danson, Burt Lancaster
Margo hilariously portrayed by Margot Kidder arriving in Mexico Read More »
Lost Paradise / Shitsurakuen (1997) Yoshimitsu Morita, Kôji Yakusho, Hitomi Kuroki, Akira Terao
Rinko, the wife of an easily irritable, reputable doctor and Sholchiro Read More »
Billy Two Hats (1974) Ted Kotcheff, Gregory Peck, Desi Arnaz Jr., Jack Warden
When someone gets killed during a bank robbery by Deans, half-breed Billy Two Hats Read More »
My Lucky Star (1938) Roy Del Ruth, Sonja Henie, Richard Greene, Joan Davis
The son (Romero) of a department store owner enrolls the store’s sports clerk (Henie) Read More »
Or (My Treasure) (2004) Keren Yedaya, Dana Ivgy, Ronit Elkabetz, Meshar Cohen
Or shoulders a lot: she’s 17 or 18, a student, works evenings at a restaurant, recycles cans and bottles for cash Read More »
My Brother the Devil (2012) Sally El Hosaini, James Krishna Floyd, Elarica Johnson, Fady Elsayed
Mo is a young boy growing up in a traditional Egyptian household, but beyond the front door Read More »
Dear Mr. Prohack (1949) Thornton Freeland, Cecil Parker, Glynis Johns, Hermione Baddeley
Arthur Prohack (Cecil Parker) is an official in the Treasury Department with a reputation Read More »