Fourth film in the “Shôwa Zankyôden” series. This expression means duty, obligations, and rules obeyed by gangsters and outlaws in the pre-Shôwa era. Read More »
Death of a Salesman (1951) Laslo Benedek, Fredric March, Mildred Dunnock, Kevin McCarthy
Based on Arthur Miller’s famous play. Willy Loman is an over-the-hill salesman who faces a personal turning point Read More »
Hey, Lets Twist! (1961) Greg Garrison, Joey Dee, The Starliters, Jo Ann Campbell
The rise, fall and rise again of the Peppermint Lounge nightclub is chronicled. Read More »
Thick Skinned AKA Peaux de vaches (1989) Patricia Mazuy, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean-François Stévenin, Jacques Spiesser
A decade after a man has been killed in an accident in an isolated part of the French countryside, a family tries to come to terms with what happened. Read More »
Lola (1981) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Barbara Sukowa, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Mario Adorf
Ten years after the war, West Germany’s market economy is booming. Read More »
Love and Crime AKA Meiji · Taishô · Shôwa: Ryôki onna hanzai-shi (1969) Teruo Ishii, Sada Abe, Yukie Kagawa, Yoshi Katô
Discover 4 famous japanese murderers: Takahashi Oden, the last woman beheaded in Japan, Sada Abe Read More »
I, Claudius (1976) Herbert Wise, Derek Jacobi, John Hurt, Siân Phillips
This mini-series follows the history of the Roman Empire, from approximately the death of Marcellus (24/23 B.C.) Read More »
Cynthia (1947) Robert Z. Leonard, Elizabeth Taylor, George Murphy, S.Z. Sakall
Taylor plays the title character, a sickly, sheltered young lady who is never permitted the companionship of other teenagers. Read More »
Handcuffs AKA Lisice (1970) Krsto Papic, Fabijan Sovagovic, Adem Cejvan, Jagoda Kaloper
Small village in mountains of Dalmatinska Zagora is under total control of Andrija, local Party official. Read More »
The Lawless (1950) Joseph Losey, Macdonald Carey, Gail Russell, Johnny Sands
Former big city newsman Larry Wilder is tired of fighting the powers that be Read More »