Jonathan Stitch, having just won a prestigious MacKinlay Award for his first novel Read More »
The Case of the Howling Dog (1934) Alan Crosland, Warren William, Mary Astor, Allen Jenkins
A very nervous man named Cartwright comes into Perry’s office to have the neighbor arrested for his howling dog. Read More »
Married and in Love (1940) John Farrow, Alan Marshal, Barbara Read, Patric Knowles
Two married couples become engulfed in a storm of emotional fury when Doctor Leslie Yates Read More »
The Knife AKA Noz (1967) Zivorad ‘Zika’ Mitrovic, Velimir ‘Bata’ Zivojinovic, Ljubisa Samardzic, Rade Markovic
A popular folk singer is found murdered and two police detectives are investigating his past in order to catch the killer. Read More »
The White Sound AKA Das weiße Rauschen (2001) Hans Weingartner, Tobias Amann, Daniel Brühl, Anabelle Lachatte, Patrick Joswig
Driving through the countryside, Kati, Jochen and Lukas take some magic mushrooms. Read More »
Blue in the Face AKA Brooklyn Boogie (1995) Paul Auster, Wayne Wang, Harvey Keitel, Lou Reed, Michael J. Fox
Director Wayne Wang and screenwriter Paul Auster had enough storylines and characters left over from their charming comedy Smoke to make another film Read More »
The Son AKA Le fils (2002) Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Olivier Gourmet, Morgan Marinne, Isabella Soupart
Olivier – meticulous, careful, even-handed – teaches carpentry at a vocational school in Liège. Read More »
Rosetta (1999) Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Émilie Dequenne, Fabrizio Rongione, Anne Yernaux
The first scene, like almost all others, is a fighting scene. A girl, about 18, is sacked from her factory work because her trial period is over. Read More »
Pearl of the South Pacific (1955) Allan Dwan, Virginia Mayo, Dennis Morgan, David Farrar
Two beachcombers with a yacht join woman-with-a-past Rita on a quest for black pearls on a secret island. Read More »
Condemned! (1929) Wesley Ruggles, Ronald Colman, Ann Harding, Dudley Digges
Suave thief Colman is sent to Devil’s Island, where he becomes romantically involved with the wife of sadistic warden Digges. Read More »