This British- National-Anglo American production reinforces the theme that whoever assails Read More »
Romance
That Certain Woman (1937) Edmund Goulding, Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, Anita Louise
Mary Donnell was married at sixteen to a gangster and soon widowed. Read More »
Be My Star AKA Mein Stern (2001) Valeska Grisebach, Nicole Gläser, Monique Gläser, Jeanine Gläser
A girl’s everyday life at the end of her school days, trying to find a way into society and her own life. Read More »
711 Ocean Drive (1950) Joseph M. Newman, Edmond O’Brien, Joanne Dru, Otto Kruger
A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. Read More »
Bitterness of Youth AKA Seishun no satetsu (1974) Tatsumi Kumashiro, Ken’ichi Hagiwara, Kaori Momoi, Fumi Dan
A footballing law student tutors an undergraduate, developing into a romance that soon enough goes awry. Read More »
Last Harem AKA L’ultimo harem (1981) Sergio Garrone, Corinne Cléry, George Lazenby, Daniela Poggi
Laura, a beautiful, famous and expensive photographic model, arrives in Cannes to pose for a series of photos by a well-known photographer. Read More »
Amateur Crook (1937) Sam Katzman, Bruce Bennett, Joan Barclay, Monte Blue
Jerry Cummings, a mining engineer, has pledged a large diamond on a short-term note to a pair of crooked loan sharks Read More »
The Shepherd of the Hills (1941) Henry Hathaway, John Wayne, Betty Field, Harry Carey
Young Matt Masters, an Ozark Mountains moonshiner, hates the father he has never seen, who apparently deserted Matt’s mother and left her to die. Read More »
Don Giovanni (1970) Carmelo Bene, Lydia Mancinelli, Vittorio Bodini
In many respects a stylistic prototype for his masterpiece Salome, the film marks a move aware from real locations towards the baroque artifice of his later works. Read More »
Rumba (1935) Marion Gering, George Raft, Carole Lombard, Lynne Overman
A bored society girl sets her sights on a dancer in a Broadway show. Read More »