This entry in the series featuring RCMP Rod Webb and his wonder dog, Chinook, has a larger cast than usual Read More »
Street of Shame AKA Akasen Chitai (1956) Kenji Mizoguchi, Machiko Kyô, Aiko Mimasu, Ayako Wakao
Five prostitutes work at Dreamland, in Tokyo’s Yoshiwara district. As the Diet considers a ban on prostitution, the women’s daily dramas play out. Read More »
The Life of Oharu AKA Saikaku Ichidai Onna (1952) Kenji Mizoguchi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Tsukie Matsuura, Ichirô Sugai
A fifty-year-old prostitute, no longer able to attract men, looks back on her sad life. Read More »
The Holy Man AKA Mahapurush (1965) Satyajit Ray, Charuprakash Ghosh, Robi Ghosh, Prasad Mukherjee
A retired lawyer meets a holy man Birinchi Baba (Charuprakash Ghosh) and his assistant (Robi Ghosh) Read More »
Number One (1985) Les Blair, Bob Geldof, Mel Smith, Alison Steadman
A down on his luck Irishman in London decides to play snooker for money. Read More »
My Lovely Sister AKA Ahoti Hayafa (2011) Marco Carmel, Reymonde Amsallem, Moris Cohen, Evelin Hagoel
A love story between Rahma, her husband Robert, and the ghost of Rahma’s beautiful sister Mary. Mary died from the pain of banishment, because she chose an Arab. Read More »
A Woman’s Secret (1949) Nicholas Ray, Maureen O’Hara, Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Grahame
Susan is in the hospital with a bullet near her heart. Marian has told the police that she shot Susan in a rage as Susan was giving up singing. Read More »
The Missing Lady (1946) Phil Karlson, Kane Richmond, Barbara Read, George Chandler
A jade statue, the “missing lady”, is stolen and its owner killed. Read More »
Law Breakers AKA Les assassins de l’ordre (1971) Marcel Carné, Jacques Brel, Catherine Rouvel, Paola Pitagora
In France, the position of “magistrate” resembles that of the American district attorney Read More »
The Actress (1953) George Cukor, Spencer Tracy, Jean Simmons, Teresa Wright
Former seaman Clinton Jones now works at a lowly job. His daughter Ruth wants to become an actress. Read More »