Part of the British ‘Free Cinema’ movement, which included Lindsay Anderson’s ‘Every Day Except Christmas’ (daily life at Covent Garden fruit/vegetable market) Read More »
The Morning Schedule AKA Gozenchû no jikanwari (1972) Susumu Hani, Takuji Hatano, Aya Kunikida, Sumei Shau
Two college buddies try to understand a young woman’s suicide through her Super-8 films and clips from their summer trips together. Read More »
Eskimo Woman Feel Cold AKA Eszkimó asszony fázik (1984) János Xantus, Béláné Csóka, László Földes, Carol Harrison
A pianist falls in love with Mari, a beautiful blond woman, who happens to be the wife of a deaf-mute animal caretaker. Read More »
Madame Du Barry (1934) William Dieterle, Dolores del Rio
Madame DuBarry is a 1934 American historical film directed by William Dieterle Read More »
I Loved a Woman (1933) Alfred E. Green, Kay Francis, Edward G. Robinson, Genevieve Tobin
Art student John Hayden interrupts his studies in Greece to head his father’s meat packing business on his father’s death. Read More »
First Love: Litter on the Breeze AKA Choh chin luen hau dik yi yan sai gaai (1998) Eric Kot, Calvin Choi, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Vincent Kok
Eric Kot Man Fai’s directorial debut tells two tales of first love, before and after. Read More »
The Comfort of Strangers (1990) Paul Schrader, Christopher Walken, Rupert Everett, Natasha Richardson
An English couple holiday in Venice to sort out their relationship. There is some friction and distance between them Read More »
Bundle of Joy (1956) Norman Taurog, Eddie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, Adolphe Menjou
Kitschy musical remake of “Bachelor Mother”. Debbie Reynolds plays an over-eager clerk in a large department store Read More »
Call of the Wild (1935) William A. Wellman, Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Jack Oakie
Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields. Read More »
We the Poor AKA Nosotros, los pobres (1948) Ismael Rodríguez, Pedro Infante, Evita Muñoz ‘Chachita’, Carmen Montejo
Two kids take a book from a trash can. They begin to read the story of a poor neighborhood in Mexico City. Read More »