A new registrar, with a revolutionary heart lung machine he has bought from America Read More »
Stranger on the Prowl AKA Imbarco a mezzanotte (1952) Joseph Losey, Paul Muni, Joan Lorring, Vittorio Manunta
A nameless, homeless and rejected man who is looking for a new life and a young boy from an impoverished family Read More »
I Am Cuba AKA Soy Cuba (1964) Mikhail Kalatozov, Sergio Corrieri, Salvador Wood, José Gallardo
This study of Cuba–partially written by renowned poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko–captures the island just before Read More »
The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935) John H. Auer, Erich von Stroheim, Harriet Russell, Dwight Frye
Dr. Crespi has a festering hatred for Dr. Stephen Ross, the man who married his ex-sweetheart. Read More »
Slaughters Big Rip-Off (1973) Gordon Douglas, Jim Brown, Ed McMahon, Don Stroud
Vigilante Slaughter comes under attack from Duncan, a local money launderer whose hit-man traps Slaughter in a car at a cliff Read More »
Time of the Hunt AKA Le temps d’une chasse (1972) Francis Mankiewicz, Guy L’Ecuyer, Marcel Sabourin, Pierre Dufresne
Willy, Richard, and Lionel, three blue-collar friends from Montreal East, leave the city and travel to the countryside for a weekend of hunting. Read More »
Zulu Dawn (1979) Douglas Hickox, Burt Lancaster, Simon Ward, Denholm Elliott
In 1879 South Africa, the administrators of the British Cape Colony have designs to eliminate the Zulus as a hindrance to their colonial economy. Read More »
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) Ken Burns, Jack Johnson, Keith David, Samuel L. Jackson
The story of Jack Johnson is huge. The first black Heavyweight Champion of the World, 1908 to 1915, he was rowdy, smart, rebellious, and proud. Read More »
The Wooden Camera (2003) Ntshaveni Wa Luruli, Junior Singo, Dana de Agrella, Innocent Msimango
Kayelitsha, South-Africa, today. 2003 A township, close to Cape-town, after the end of Apartheid. Read More »
Bombay (1995) Mani Ratnam, Arvind Swamy, Manisha Koirala, Nassar
Based on true incidents, a south Indian Hindu man falls in love with a Muslim woman–taboo in the small village from which they hail. Read More »