Apu is a jobless former student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer. An old college friend talks him into a visit up-country to a village wedding. Read More »
Ladri di biciclette / Bicycle Thieves (1948) Vittorio De Sica, Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda, Drama
Ricci, an unemployed man in the depressed post-WWII economy of Italy, gets at last a good job – for which he needs a bike – hanging up posters. Read More »
The Midnight Story (1957) Joseph Pevney, Tony Curtis, Marisa Pavan, Gilbert Roland, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
Beloved priest Father Thomasino is murdered in a San Francisco alley, and the police have few clues. Read More »
Where Does It Hurt? (1972) Rod Amateau, Peter Sellers, Jo Ann Pflug, Rick Lenz, Comedy
A corrupt hospital administrator decides to get as much money as possible from the patients by any means necessary – lie, cheat or steal. Read More »
St. Louis Blues (1958) Allen Reisner, Nat ‘King’ Cole, Eartha Kitt, Cab Calloway, Biography, Drama, Music
Will Handy grows up in Memphis with his preacher father and his Aunt Hagar. Read More »
Tombstone (1993) George P. Cosmatos, Kevin Jarre, Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Action, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Western
After success cleaning up Dodge City, Wyatt Earp moves to Tombstone, Arizona, and wishes to get rich in obscurity. Read More »
Ma nuit chez Maud / My Night at Maud’s (1969) Eric Rohmer, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Françoise Fabian, Marie-Christine Barrault, Comedy, Drama, Romance
The narrator (Jean-Louis), a devout Catholic, moves to a provincial town and vows to marry Francoise, a pretty blond he notices at mass. Read More »
Les Destinées sentimentales / Sentimental Destinies (2000) Olivier Assayas, Emmanuelle Béart, Charles Berling, Isabelle Huppert, Drama, Romance
In late nineteenth century Charante, Protestant minister Jean Barnery causes local disquiet when he arranges a separation from his obsessive wife – and more talk when he decides to take her back. Read More »
Hjemve / Just Like Home (2007) Lone Scherfig, Lars Kaalund, Bodil Jørgensen, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Comedy
As the citizens of a secluded Danish town gradually lose their trust in one another, the sight of a naked man in the early morning hours sets off an unsettling wave of paranoia. Read More »
High and Dizzy (1920) Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Roy Brooks, Comedy, Short
After a long wait, a young doctor finally has a patient come to his office. Read More »