Stevenson, a British soldier fluent in Rumanian and German, goes undercover to sabotage a German poison-gas factory. Read More »
Angel on the Right / Fararishtay kifti rost (2002) Jamshed Usmonov, Uktamoi Miyasarova, Maruf Pulodzoda, Kova Tilavpur
Set in the Tajik village of Asht, this film draws on the Muslim notion that we are born Read More »
Players (1979) Anthony Harvey, Ali MacGraw, Dean Paul Martin, Maximilian Schell
A rising tennis star falls for an older woman engaged with a wealthy man she doesn’t love. Read More »
Forty Deuce (1982) Paul Morrissey, Orson Bean, Kevin Bacon, Mark Keyloun
A young hustler tries to get drug money by selling a boy to a middle-aged man; his plans are disrupted when the kid dies. Read More »
Return to Lonesome Dove (1993) Mike Robe, Jon Voight, Barbara Hershey, Ricky Schroder
Head back to Lonesome Dove in this sequel to one of the most-loved miniseries of all time. Read More »
The Rake’s Progress (1945) Sidney Gilliat, Rex Harrison, Lilli Palmer, Godfrey Tearle
Vivian Kenway, a young Englishman from an aristocratic background, flunks out of Oxford Read More »
Le trio infernal / The Infernal Trio (1974) Francis Girod, Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider, Mascha Gonska
Marseilles, 1919. Georges Sarret is a distinguished and respected lawyer, recently honoured for his services in the First World War. Read More »
Kobe Kokusai Gang / International Gangs of Kobe (1975) Noboru Tanaka, Ken Takakura, Bunta Sugawara, Isao Natsuyagi
In International Gangs of Kobe the opposite occurs; it’s Sugawara’s presence that brings out Takakura’s ruthless side. Read More »
Theater of Life – Hishakaku (1963) Tadashi Sawashima, Kôji Tsuruta, Yoshiko Sakuma, Ken Takakura
Hishakaku asks his woman, Otoyo, a former geisha, to move to Tokyo, where they are taken in by Boss Kokin. Read More »
Barcarole (1935) Gerhard Lamprecht, Lída Baarová, Willy Birgel, Gustav Fröhlich
Loosely taken from Tales of Hoffman: in decadent 1911 Venice Read More »