Monty Brewster is a penniless, former U.S. Army soldier back from World War II Europe who learns that he has inherited $8 million Read More »
The Woman of Fire ’82 AKA Hwanyeo ’82 (1982) Ki-young Kim, Mu-song Jeon, Yeong-hie Na, Ji-mee Kim
This is a remake of the classic “The Housemaid” (aka Hayo). This time it takes place on a chicken farm run by the wife. Read More »
Riff-Raff (1947) Ted Tetzlaff, Pat O’Brien, Walter Slezak, Anne Jeffreys
A plane takes off from Peru (in a long no-dialogue scene) in a storm with two passengers; it lands in Panama with one. Read More »
The Night Is Young (1935) Dudley Murphy, Ramon Novarro, Evelyn Laye, Charles Butterworth
Based on a story by Vicki Baum, the Sigmund Romberg-Oscar Hammerstein operetta The Night is Young is set in Vienna during the Franz Josef era. Read More »
Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942) Henry Hathaway, George Montgomery, Maureen O’Hara, John Sutton
Among those who are fighting to have Congress re-establish the military academy at West Point Read More »
Arrest Bulldog Drummond (1938) James P. Hogan, John Howard, Heather Angel, H.B. Warner
Captain Hugh C.”Bulldog” Drummond (John Howard) and his ever-loving and patient fiancée, Phyllis Clavering (Heather Angel). Read More »
The Maids (1975) Christopher Miles, Glenda Jackson, Susannah York, Vivien Merchant
A film version of Genet’s play. Two maids, Solange and Claire, hate their employers and Read More »
A Bride for Rip Van Winkle AKA Rippu Van Winkuru no hanayome (2016) Shunji Iwai, Haru Kuroki, Cocco, Gô Ayano
Nanami is an apathetic, part-time junior high school teacher, whose only solace comes from connecting Read More »
Flower Drum Song (1961) Henry Koster, Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Benson Fong
Chinese stowaway Mei Li (Miyoshi Umeki) arrives in San Francisco with her father to meet her fiancé, wealthy nightclub owner Sammy Fong (Jack Soo) Read More »
The Exiles (1961) Kent Mackenzie, Yvonne Williams, Homer Nish, Tom Reynolds
Native Americans in Los Angeles. For 12 hours one Friday night, from late afternoon until dawn, we follow a handful of urban Indians. Read More »