The oft-filmed tale of real-life yakuza boss Shimizu no Jirocho is told this time by Masahiro Makino Read More »
The Great White Hope (1970) Martin Ritt, James Earl Jones, Jane Alexander, Lou Gilbert
Boxer Jack Jefferson (James Earl Jones) is the world’s reigning heavyweight boxing champion. Read More »
A Woman Alone (1936) Eugene Frenke, Anna Sten, Henry Wilcoxon, Viola Keats
A peasant girl working as a maid in 19th-century Russia has a dangerous love affair with a military officer. Read More »
Home for Christmas (1978) Rick Hancox
Here is the quintessential Hancox ‘personal documentary,’ a film in which both the production Read More »
Love Crazy (1941) Jack Conway, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Gail Patrick
Steve and Susan Ireland are about to celebrate their 4th wedding anniversary by re-enacting their first date. Read More »
Helpless (1996) Shinji Aoyama, Tadanobu Asano, Ken Mitsuishi, Yôichirô Saitô
Yasuo is a gangster just released from jail. Believing his boss double-crossed him Read More »
Sylvia Plath: Inside the Bell Jar (2018) Teresa Griffiths, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Tristine Skyler, Frieda Hughes
The story of Sylvia Plath’s seminal novel The Bell Jar as well as the parallels between her life and the book. Read More »
Sad Vacation (2007) Shinji Aoyama, Tadanobu Asano, Kaori Fujimitsu, Eri Ishida
Kenji, abandoned by his mother, scrapes out a meager existence doing odd jobs including driving Read More »
A Married Couple (1969) Allan King, Billy Edwards, Antoinette Edwards, Bogart Edwards
An “actuality drama” about a real-life marriage in crisis, in which the couple attempts Read More »
The Banquet / Ho moon yeh yin (1991) Alfred Cheung, Tung Cho ‘Joe’ Cheung, Eric Tsang, Carol ‘Do Do’ Cheng, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung
Film with a weak plot about an businessman trying to clinch a deal for the reconstruction of Kuwait after the Gulf War from a Kuwaiti prince. Read More »