In the early 1810s, Poles, part of Russia’s client state of Lithuania, think independence will come Read More »
Tony Manero (2008) Pablo Larraín, Alfredo Castro, Amparo Noguera, Héctor Morales
Raúl, a middle-aged, unemployed man, is obsessed by the character Tony Manero, who John Travolta plays in the film “Saturday Night Fever”. Read More »
Provincial Actors AKA Aktorzy prowincjonalni (1979) Agnieszka Holland, Halina Labonarska, Tadeusz Huk, Iwona Biernacka
In reality, the comedy-drama can be read as a commentary on the contemporary Polish scene in politics and society. Read More »
Home, Sweet Homicide (1946) Lloyd Bacon, Peggy Ann Garner, Randolph Scott, Lynn Bari
Mystery writer Marian Carstairs is hard at work trying to finish her latest novel. Read More »
Maisie Was a Lady (1941) Edwin L. Marin, Ann Sothern, Lew Ayres, Maureen O’Sullivan
Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who hires her to be his family’s new maid. Read More »
Heart of a Dog AKA Sobache serdtse (1988) Vladimir Bortko, Evgeniy Evstigneev, Vladimir Tolokonnikov, Boris Plotnikov
Old Prof. Preobrazhensky and his young colleague Dr. Bormental inserted the human’s hypophysis into a dog’s brain. Read More »
Grand Ole Opry (1940) Frank McDonald, Leon Weaver, Frank Weaver, June Weaver
Abner Weaver, a small-town mayor in the Ozarks, through the music of performers from ‘The Grand Ole Opry,” Read More »
A Coffee in Berlin AKA Oh Boy (2012) Jan Ole Gerster, Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler, Justus von Dohnányi
This tragicomedy is a self-ironic portrait of a young man who drops out of university Read More »
Headline Shooter (1933) Otto Brower, William Gargan, Frances Dee, Ralph Bellamy
Roguish, cynical newsreel cameraman Bill Allen usually has a dame in one hand Read More »
Women Without Names (1940) Robert Florey, Ellen Drew, Robert Paige, Judith Barrett
Construction engineer Fred MacNeil meets waitress Joyce King at a hamburger stand and she accepts his invitation to see her home. Read More »
This Man’s Navy (1945) William A. Wellman, Wallace Beery, Tom Drake, James Gleason
Ned Trumpet (Wallace Beery), the chief pilot of a Navy blimp, is given to weaving accounts of the fighting prowess of his non-existent son. Read More »
A Guy Named Joe (1943) Victor Fleming, Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson
Maj. Pete Sandidge is a very able pilot who seems to have a streak of luck as far as flying goes. Read More »
How to Murder Your Wife (1965) Richard Quine, Jack Lemmon, Virna Lisi, Terry-Thomas
Stanley Ford leads an idyllic bachelor life. He is a nationally syndicated cartoonist whose Bash Brannigan Read More »
Where the Bullets Fly (1966) John Gilling, Tom Adams, Dawn Addams, Tim Barrett
A secret agent is assigned to get the formula for a process that can drain nuclear energy from an element called spurium. Read More »
The Butcher AKA Le boucher (1970) Claude Chabrol, Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne, Antonio Passalia
During a wedding celebration in a small rural French village, schoolteacher Helene (Stephane Audran) Read More »