Six year old Johan, a.k.a. Fimpen, loves football. One day his talents are discovered. Read More »
Nice Girl? (1941) William A. Seiter, Deanna Durbin, Franchot Tone, Walter Brennan
A young girl finds herself attracted to one of her father’s business partners. Read More »
Love and Larceny AKA Il mattatore (1960) Dino Risi, Vittorio Gassman, Dorian Gray, Anna Maria Ferrero
Gerardo, an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy Read More »
Whoopee! (1930) Thornton Freeland, Eddie Cantor, Ethel Shutta, Paul Gregory
Western sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle. Read More »
Higher Ground (1988) Robert Day, John Denver, Meg Wittner, David Renan
A retired F.B.I. Agent (played by country music star John Denver) becomes a bush pilot in Alaska. Read More »
Stanley and Livingstone (1939) Henry King, Otto Brower, Spencer Tracy, Nancy Kelly, Richard Greene
When American newspaperman and adventurer Henry M. Stanley comes back from the western Indian wars Read More »
Happy Here and Now (2002) Michael Almereyda, Karl Geary, Shalom Harlow, Clarence Williams III
In New Orleans, a young woman named Muriel goes missing. Read More »
Don’t Ever Leave Me (1949) Arthur Crabtree, Jimmy Hanley, Petula Clark, Linden Travers
In a pleasant variation on “The Ransom of Red Chief,” elderly crook Harry Denton Read More »
Days of Violence AKA I giorni della violenza (1967) Alfonso Brescia, Peter Lee Lawrence, Beba Loncar, Luigi Vannucchi
During the last months of the Civil War, Joe’s brother is unjustly killed by Clifford, a captain in the Northen army. Read More »
Code Name: Emerald (1985) Jonathan Sanger, Ed Harris, Max von Sydow, Horst Buchholz
In April 1944, an allied agent is sent to France in order to rescue an “overlord” captured by the Germans. Read More »