Tony is a young man with a gambling habit: he loses $10,000 in a poker game with Drumond Read More »
Two Sons of Trinity / I due figli di Trinità (1972)
Franco and Ciccio are two cousins who, in the old West, have opened a service station Read More »
Mother’s Boys (1994) Yves Simoneau, Jamie Lee Curtis
Jude Madigan abandons her husband Robert and her three sons without any explanation. Read More »
Dead of Night (1945) Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton
Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse Read More »
Older Brother, Younger Sister (1953) Mikio Naruse
The eldest daughter of a rural family Mon returns home from Tokyo pregnant after an affair with a college student Kobata Read More »
Seventh Heaven (1997) Benoît Jacquot, Sandrine Kiberlain
The slightly kleptomanic 29-year-old Mathilde is experiencing strange swoonings since a few days. Read More »
Another Time, Another Place (1983) Michael Radford
Set in 1943 Scotland during World War II, Janie is young housewife married Read More »
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) Francis Ford Coppola
A 43-year-old mother and housewife who’s facing divorce is thrust back in time Read More »
Millions Like Us (1943) Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder
Categorised as a British World War II propaganda film this less known example is a superb work Read More »
Johnny O’Clock (1947) Robert Rossen, Dick Powell
Johnny O’Clock (Dick Powell) is a junior partner in a posh casino with Guido Marchettis (Thomas Gomez) Read More »