A young man, Ryan, suffering from a disability, wishes to join the other kids from his schools football team. Read More »
Samurai Saga AKA Aru kengo no shogai (1959) Hiroshi Inagaki, Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Tsukasa, Akira Takarada
Edmund Rostand’s play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) loves a lady. Read More »
The Betrayer AKA Vanina Vanini (1961) Roberto Rossellini, Sandra Milo, Laurent Terzieff, Martine Carol
Vanina Vanini, a bored, spoiled Roman countess, falls in love with a dedicated young patriot Read More »
Ordet (1955) Carl Theodor Dreyer, Henrik Malberg, Emil Hass Christensen, Preben Lerdorff Rye
How do we understand faith and prayer, and what of miracles? August 1925 on a Danish farm. Read More »
Mouchette (1967) Robert Bresson, Nadine Nortier, Jean-Claude Guilbert, Marie Cardinal
Mouchette is a young girl living in the country. Her mother is dying and her father does not take care of her. Read More »
Before I Hang (1940) Nick Grinde, Boris Karloff, Evelyn Keyes, Bruce Bennett
A physician on death row for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a criminals’ blood Read More »
Encirclements AKA Hakafot (2014) Lee Gilat, Lior Ashkenazi, Assi Levy, Agam Ozalvo
When thirteen year old Aharon,is selected for the great honor of carrying the big Torah book Read More »
The Dolls AKA Le bambole (1965) Mauro Bolognini, Luigi Comencini, Nino Manfredi, Virna Lisi, Elke Sommer
Four different facets of love Italian-style provide the basis of this episodic film. Read More »
Mania (1974) Renato Polselli, Brad Euston, Ivana Giordan, Isarco Ravaioli
Professor Brecht finds out his wife Lisa is having an affair with his twin brother Giordano. Read More »
Performance (1970) Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg, James Fox, Mick Jagger, Anita Pallenberg
Chas, a violent and psychotic East London gangster needs a place to lie low after a hit that should never have been carried out. Read More »