Peter the Great, on becoming czar of Russia, using his knowledge of shipbuilding gained in a foreign country Read More »
Nicholas’ Gift (1998) Robert Markowitz
Fact based drama about an American couple on vacation in Italy in 1994 with their two children who are attacked and shot by highway bandits. Read More »
The Heart Is a Drum Machine (2009) Christopher Pomerenke
What is music? Many of today’s top artists and scholars grapple with the question in this cinematic Read More »
Lucrezia Borgia (1990) Lorenzo Onorati
After the death of her husband, Countess Lucrezia Borgia seeks to become the first lady of the Kingdom. Read More »
Hollywood North (2003) Peter O’Brian
A Canadian producer buys the film rights of a famous Canadian novel, Lantern Moon and wants it to reflect his home country. Read More »
The Limping Devil (1968) Kulhavý dábel
A baleful limping man walks through Prague. He is Asmodeus (Juraj Herz), the fiend of lustfulness Read More »
Nagisa (2000) Masaru Konuma, Madoka Matsuda
This film takes place one summer during the 1960s near a beach in Enoshima located outside of Tokyo. Read More »
Fat Girl (2001) À ma soeur! – Catherine Breillat
A Ma Soeur! is a provocative and shocking drama about sibling rivalry, family discord and relationships. Read More »
Letters from War (2016) Cartas da Guerra
Based on António Lobo Antunes’s novel, a collection of letters written by a young soldier, doctor and a aspirant writer Read More »
The Guilt of Janet Ames (1947) Henry Levin
A bitter war widow meets a soldier her husband died saving. As he defends the sacrifice’s value and battles alcoholism Read More »