Driven by his struggle against the illness that would ultimately prove fatal, Monteiro fervently devoted himself to his deeply personal last work Read More »
Strike Me Pink (1936) Norman Taurog, Eddie Cantor, Ethel Merman, Sally Eilers
After helping a numbskull graduate college, a nebbish blunders into a job running an amusement park. Read More »
Swedenhielms Family AKA Swedenhielms (1935) Gustaf Molander, Gösta Ekman, Björn Berglund, Håkan Westergren
The Swedenhielms is an old aristocratic family. The head of the family is professor Rolf Swedenhielm. Read More »
The Thief of Baghdad (1961) Bruno Vailati, Arthur Lubin, Steve Reeves, Giorgia Moll, Arturo Dominici
In the time of the Arabian Nights, the city of Baghdad is ruled by Sultan Ali Bajazeth but actually controlled by the scheming Grand Vizier Ghamal. Read More »
Riff-Raff (1991) Ken Loach, Robert Carlyle, Emer McCourt, Jim R. Coleman
The story of Stevie, a construction worker, and his girlfriend, an unemployed pop singer Read More »
Crimson Gold AKA Talaye sorkh (2003) Jafar Panahi, Hossain Emadeddin, Kamyar Sheisi, Azita Rayeji
For Hussein, a pizza delivery driver, the imbalance of the social system is thrown in his face wherever he turns. Read More »
Oil for the Lamps of China (1935) Mervyn LeRoy, Pat O’Brien, Josephine Hutchinson, Jean Muir
An American, working for his oil company in China, disregards all but the company’s interests. Read More »
Northwest Territory (1951) Frank McDonald, Kirby Grant, Chinook, Gloria Saunders
Fort McKenzie prospector Pop Kellogg, just before the arrival of his newly-orphaned grandson Billy Read More »
Satan Tempts with Love AKA Der Satan lockt mit Liebe (1960) Rudolf Jugert, Belinda Lee, Joachim Hansen, Ivan Desny
After escaping from prison, Carlos meets the naive Robert on a train. Read More »
The Quatermass Conclusion (1979) Piers Haggard, John Mills, Simon MacCorkindale, Barbara Kellerman
A separate screenplay by Nigel Kneale for theaters, parallel to the 1979 Quatermass four part mini-series. Read More »