A Senegalese woman is eager to find a better life abroad. She takes a job as a governess for a French family Read More »
Xala (1975) Ousmane Sembene, Thierno Leye, Myriam Niang, Seune Samb, Comedy
It is the dawn of Senegal’s independence from France, but as the citizens celebrate in the streets we soon become aware that only the faces have changed. Read More »
Where East Is East (1929) Tod Browning, Lon Chaney, Lupe Velez, Estelle Taylor, Drama, Romance
‘Tiger’ Haynes is a respected trapper of jungle beasts for zoos and circuses and a doting father to his beautiful young daughter Toyo. Read More »
In the Mirror of Maya Deren (2001) Martina Kudlácek, Miriam Arsham, Stan Brakhage, Chao Li Chi, Documentary, Biography
Using footage from filmmaker Maya Deren’s avant-garde films of the 1940s Read More »
A Gentle Woman (1969) Robert Bresson, Dominique Sanda, Guy Frangin, Jeanne Lobre, Drama, Romance
A young woman kills herself, leaving no explanation to her grief-stricken pawnbroker husband. Read More »
Moonlight and Pretzels (1933) Karl Freund, Leo Carrillo, Mary Brian, Roger Pryor, Musical, Drama
A song plugger is stranded in a small town. There he meets a girl who later helps him to put on a show on Broadway. Read More »
Year by the Sea (2016) Alexander Janko, Karen Allen, Yannick Bisson, Celia Imrie, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Hoping to reclaim who she was before marriage and children, an empty nester retreats to Cape Cod where she embarks upon a quest to set herself free. Read More »
Zenobia (1939) Gordon Douglas, Oliver Hardy, Harry Langdon, Billie Burke, Comedy
A southern country doctor is called on by a visiting circus man to cure his sick elephant. Read More »
Cockfighter (1974) Monte Hellman, Warren Oates, Richard B. Shull, Harry Dean Stanton
Frank Mansfield has wanted to win the Cockfighter of the Year medal for ages. Frank never speaks. Read More »
The Matrimonial Bed (1930) Michael Curtiz, Frank Fay, James Gleason, Lilyan Tashman, Comedy, Romance
It is the fifth anniversary of the death of Adolphe Noblet who died in a train wreck. Read More »