Described by David Bordwell as ‘probably the greatest revelation’ of the retrospective of Shochiku’s Read More »
Our Dancing Daughters (1928) Harry Beaumont, Joan Crawford, Johnny Mack Brown, Nils Asther
Diana is outwardly the hit of the party but inwardly virtuous and idealistic. Read More »
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) Charles Crichton, Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James
Holland, a shy retiring man, dreams of being rich and living the good life. Read More »
The Pleasure / Il piacere (1985) Joe D’Amato, Andrea Guzon, Gabriele Tinti, Marco Mattioli
Italy in the early 1930s. To the elderly aristocrat Gerard Villeneuve, all that is left of Leonora Read More »
The 3 Rooms of Melancholia / Melancholian 3 huonetta (2004) Pirjo Honkasalo, Pirkko Saisio
A searing examination of the unrelenting Chechen conflict Read More »
Gran Casino (1947) Luis Buñuel, Libertad Lamarque, Jorge Negrete, Meche Barba
After the mysterious disappearance of an oil well owner, one of his workers, Gerardo (Jorge Negrete) assumes the business management. Read More »
Morvern Callar (2002) Lynne Ramsay, Samantha Morton, Kathleen McDermott, Linda McGuire
Following her boyfriend’s suicide, supermarket clerk Morvern Callar passes off his unpublished novel as her own. Read More »
Pari (1995) Dariush Mehrjui, Niki Karimi, Ali Mosaffa, Khosro Shakibai
Haunted by a book found in her dead brother’s room, Pari wanders around to find answers for a meaningful life. Read More »
Surrender – Hell! (1959) John Barnwell, Keith Andes, Susan Cabot, Paraluman
An officer leads a band of Filipino guerrillas against the Japanese in anticipation of Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s return. Read More »
Women of the Night / Yoru no onnatachi (1948) Kenji Mizoguchi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Sanae Takasugi, Tomie Tsunoda
Fusako Owada, a young woman in postwar Japan, is the mistress of a notorious drug dealer. Read More »