Set in the Tajik village of Asht, this film draws on the Muslim notion that we are born Read More »
Players (1979) Anthony Harvey, Ali MacGraw, Dean Paul Martin, Maximilian Schell
A rising tennis star falls for an older woman engaged with a wealthy man she doesn’t love. Read More »
Forty Deuce (1982) Paul Morrissey, Orson Bean, Kevin Bacon, Mark Keyloun
A young hustler tries to get drug money by selling a boy to a middle-aged man; his plans are disrupted when the kid dies. Read More »
Return to Lonesome Dove (1993) Mike Robe, Jon Voight, Barbara Hershey, Ricky Schroder
Head back to Lonesome Dove in this sequel to one of the most-loved miniseries of all time. Read More »
The Rake’s Progress (1945) Sidney Gilliat, Rex Harrison, Lilli Palmer, Godfrey Tearle
Vivian Kenway, a young Englishman from an aristocratic background, flunks out of Oxford Read More »
Le trio infernal / The Infernal Trio (1974) Francis Girod, Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider, Mascha Gonska
Marseilles, 1919. Georges Sarret is a distinguished and respected lawyer, recently honoured for his services in the First World War. Read More »
Kobe Kokusai Gang / International Gangs of Kobe (1975) Noboru Tanaka, Ken Takakura, Bunta Sugawara, Isao Natsuyagi
In International Gangs of Kobe the opposite occurs; it’s Sugawara’s presence that brings out Takakura’s ruthless side. Read More »
Theater of Life – Hishakaku (1963) Tadashi Sawashima, Kôji Tsuruta, Yoshiko Sakuma, Ken Takakura
Hishakaku asks his woman, Otoyo, a former geisha, to move to Tokyo, where they are taken in by Boss Kokin. Read More »
Barcarole (1935) Gerhard Lamprecht, Lída Baarová, Willy Birgel, Gustav Fröhlich
Loosely taken from Tales of Hoffman: in decadent 1911 Venice Read More »
The Mark of Cain (1947) Brian Desmond Hurst
An attractive young French girl instigates rivalry between two brothers Read More »