In the Mossi culture, one of the rites attending the birth of a child and its induction as a new member Read More »
Raiders of the Sun (1992) Cirio H. Santiago, Richard Norton, William Steis, Henry Strzalkowski
Bloodthirsty factions rule the barren earth. It’s the 21st Century and a biological disaster has ruined the planet. Read More »
Illusion of Blood AKA Yotsuya kaidan (1965) Shirô Toyoda, Tatsuya Nakadai, Mariko Okada, Junko Ikeuchi
Illusion of Blood takes place in the mid-19th century and concerns a masterless samurai named Iuemon Tamiya (Tatsuya Nakadai) Read More »
Pope Joan (1972) Michael Anderson, Liv Ullmann, Jeremy Kemp, Natasa Nicolescu
A present-day female evangelist strongly feels that she resembles the legendary Pope Joan Read More »
Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice AKA Goyôkiba (1972) Kenji Misumi, Shintarô Katsu, Yukiji Asaoka, Mari Atsumi, Kô Nishimura
Hanzo Itami is an incorruptible Edo officer who learns that an infamous killer has fled from his island prison. Read More »
The Banishment AKA Izgnanie (2007) Andrey Zvyagintsev, Konstantin Lavronenko, Maria Bonnevie, Aleksandr Baluev
A trip to the pastoral countryside reveals a dark, sinister reality for a family from the city. Read More »
American Dream (1990) Barbara Kopple, Cathy Caplan, Jesse Jackson, Juan Munoz, Ray Rogers
Chronicles the six-month strike at Hormel in Austin, Minnesota, in 1985-86. The local union, P-9 of the Food and Commercial Workers Read More »
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies AKA Kinema no Tenchi (1986) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Kiichi Nakai, Narimi Arimori
The environment and the movie stars at a Japanese film studio in the early ’30s are recreated in this drama that looks back Read More »
No One’s Ark AKA Baka no hakobune (2003) Nobuhiro Yamashita, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Tomoko Kotera, Yûko Hosoe
A budding capitalist and his girlfriend abandon their failure in the big city Read More »
Little Marines (1991) A.J. Hixon, Stephen Baker, Noah Williams, Steve Landers Jr.
3 friends named Stevie, Chris, and Noah get out of school for the summer and decide to take a trip camping. Read More »