An egotistical boxer romances a rich backer’s daughter. Read More »
Romance
Song of the Cornfields AKA Ének a búzamezökröl (1947) István Szöts, Alice Szellay, János Görbe, József Bihari
A Hungarian soldier returning from fighting in the Second World War marries Read More »
Les baisers (1964) Claude Berri, Charles L. Bitsch, Jean-François Hauduroy, Marie-France Boyer, Catherine Sola, Charles Sébrien
A portmanteau film in which the producer, instead of as usual using already Read More »
Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) William Asher, Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Deborah Walley
In the fourth of the highly successful Frankie and Annette beach party movies Read More »
The Patent Leather Kid (1927) Alfred Santell, Richard Barthelmess, Molly O’Day, Lawford Davidson
A boxer has difficulty balancing his sport with a budding romance Read More »
Grand Hotel (1932) Edmund Goulding, Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford
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 AKA 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 AKA 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 »
The Wrong Road (1937) James Cruze, Richard Cromwell, Helen Mack, Lionel Atwill
Bank teller Jimmy Caldwell and his fiance, Ruth Holden, grow weary of struggling to make Read More »