British working-class youth are realistically portrayed in this rare, mod film. A group of delinquent teenagers in London’s East End circa 1969 roam the streets “bored as usual” because “there’s nothing to do ’round here.” Read More »
Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit / Kaibyô nori no numa (1968) Yoshihiro Ishikawa, Ryôhei Uchida, Kôtarô Satomi, Kyoko Mikage, Horror
Nabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Takafusa Ryuzoji, seeking to gain power and steal his Lord’s wife. Read More »
My Favorite Year (1982) Richard Benjamin, Peter O’Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Jessica Harper, Comedy
Benjy Stone is the junior writer on the top rated variety/comedy show, in the mid 50s (the early years). Read More »
Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer (1975) Thom Andersen, Fay Andersen, Dean Stockwell, Eadweard Muybridge, Documentary, Biography
Thom Andersen’s remarkable and sadly neglected hour-long documentary adroitly combines biography, history, film theory, and philosophical reflection. Read More »
Broadway Bad (1933) Sidney Lanfield, Joan Blondell, Ricardo Cortez, Ginger Rogers, Drama
Showgirl Joan Blondell, supported by her friend Ginger Rogers, fights for the custody of her son during a divorce hearing. Read More »
The Rich Are Always with Us (1932) Alfred E. Green, Ruth Chatterton, George Brent, Bette Davis, Comedy, Drama, Romance
The ten year marriage of of Caroline Van Dyke and Greg Grannard is falling apart. A young woman, Allison, plots to become his second wife. Read More »
Schuld sind immer die Anderen / Shifting the Blame (2012) Lars-Gunnar Lotz, Edin Hasanovic, Julia Brendler, Marc Benjamin Puch, Drama
In a project with the concept of open-prison, Benjamin is given the unique chance of a new beginning. Read More »
It’s Love I’m After (1937) Archie Mayo, Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Comedy
Renowned stage actors Basil Underwood and Joyce Arden are partners on and off the stage. Read More »
Havana Widows (1933) Ray Enright, Joan Blondell, Glenda Farrell, Guy Kibbee, Comedy
Mae and Sadie, impecunious chorus girls, chisel some money from an admirer and head for Havana to “dig gold” among the millionaires. Read More »
The Great Man’s Lady (1942) William A. Wellman, Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, Drama, Romance, Western
In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt (who lives in the last residence among skyscrapers) is at last persuaded to tell her story to a ‘girl biographer’. Read More »