A tontine is established for a dozen children, a tontine being a kind of bet/insurance Read More »
Merry Christmas… Happy New Year / Buon Natale… Buon anno (1989) Luigi Comencini, Virna Lisi, Michel Serrault, Mattia Sbragia
Gino and Elvira have been married for 40 years, but lack of money has forced them to part Read More »
Bloodstained Clan Honor / Chi-zome no daimon (1970) Kinji Fukasaku, Bunta Sugawara, Tatsuo Umemiya, Kôji Tsuruta
It takes place in the sunset days of the yakuza in the 1970s. The postwar turmoil that created the black market Read More »
Silent Night / Magdalene (1988) Monica Teuber, Steve Bond, Nastassja Kinski, David Warner
Father Joseph Mohr, a newly appointed priest in the town of Oberndorf (near Salzburg) Read More »
The Last of the Mohicans (1992) Michael Mann, Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Russell Means
British and French troops do battle in colonial America, with aid from various native American war parties. Read More »
To Each His Hell / À chacun son enfer (1977) André Cayatte, Annie Girardot, Hardy Krüger, Bernard Fresson
After her daughter is kidnapped and killed, a mother discovers that there can be something even worse after “the worst.” Read More »
The Virgins / Les vierges (1963) Jean-Pierre Mocky, Charles Aznavour, Gérard Blain, Francis Blanche
The story of five girls who are looking for their first love and first lovemaking. Read More »
All the Colors of the Dark / Tutti i colori del buio (1972) Sergio Martino, George Hilton, Edwige Fenech, Ivan Rassimov
A woman recovering from a car accident in which she lost her unborn child finds herself pursued by a coven of devil worshipers. Read More »
Twirl (1981) Gus Trikonis, Erin Moran, Lisa Whelchel, Charles Haid
Best friends compete for the title of “Miss Twirl” (similar to a Miss America contest with the primary category of competition being (what else?) twirling!). Read More »
What Am I Doing in the Middle of a Revolution? (1972) Sergio Corbucci, Vittorio Gassman, Paolo Villaggio, Riccardo Garrone
Theatre director Don Albino Moncalieri and his only employee Guido Guidi are in desperate need of money. Read More »