Belle toujours happened to me suddenly and, as I had the will to pay my tribute to Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière, I had been happy to have discovered a means to accomplish this, Read More »
A Talking Picture (2003) Manoel de Oliveira, Leonor Silveira, Filipa de Almeida, John Malkovich, Comedy, Drama, History, War
A meditation on culture. July, 2001: buddies tide as a cruise boat departs Lisbon for Mediterranean ports and also the Indian Ocean. Read More »
That Day on the Beach (1983) Edward Yang, Sylvia Chang, Ming Hsu, Terry Hu, Drama
Two friends who have not seen each other for two years return. One is a powerful concert pianist back from a European tour and another has only started a brand new small business. Read More »
For Love or Money (1963) Michael Gordon, Kirk Douglas, Mitzi Gaynor, Gig Young, Comedy, Romance
In this romantic comedy, Deke Gentry (Kirk Douglas) is a lawyer who receives an odd mission from Chloe Brasher (Thelma Ritter), a wealthy widow, proprietor of a thriving resort chain, and among his most prominent customers. Read More »
Winter Light (1963) Ingmar Bergman, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnar Björnstrand, Gunnel Lindblom, Drama
On a chilly winter Sunday, the pastor of a tiny African American church (Tomas Ericsson) performs support for a very small congregation; however he’s dealing with a cold and a serious crisis of faith. Read More »
Albuquerque (1948) Ray Enright, Randolph Scott, Barbara Britton, George ‘Gabby’ Hayes, Western
Cole Armin comes to Albuquerque to work for his uncle, John Armin, a despotic and hard-hearted czar who works an ore-hauling cargo line Read More »
Backlash (1956) John Sturges, Richard Widmark, Donna Reed, William Campbell, Mystery, Romance, Western
Jim Slater’s dad (whom he never understood ) expired in the Apache ambush at Gila Valley, and Jim is looking for the 1 survivor Read More »
Backlash (1947) Eugene Forde, Jean Rogers, Richard Travis, Larry J. Blake, Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery
A body, considered to be of a criminal attorney, sends the authorities searching for the killer. Read More »
A Borrowed Life (1994) Nien-Jen Wu, Akio Chen, Jun Fu, Yung-Feng Lee, Drama
Sega, a Taiwanese born in the years of Japanese rule, felt nearer to Western nationality and culture compared to Mainland Chinese government who took over in 1945. Read More »
Without Warning (1994) Robert Iscove, Sander Vanocur, Jane Kaczmarek, Bree Walker, Sci-Fi
A television program is interupted by a news community announcing three meteors have hit the United States, France and China. Read More »