As the end of the Second World War approaches and the Soviet Red Army is advancing Read More »
Railroaded! (1947) Anthony Mann, John Ireland, Sheila Ryan
Sexy beautician Clara Calhoun, who has a bookie operation in her back room, connives with her boyfriend Read More »
The Spaniard’s Curse (1958) Ralph Kemplen, Tony Wright
A man is convicted of murder. He denies murder, and uses an ancient curse to threaten those responsible for sentencing him to death. Read More »
The Right Hand of the Devil (1963) Aram Katcher
This is a bizarre but highly effective vanity project from a balding Read More »
Les innocents (1987) André Téchiné, Sandrine Bonnaire
The lines between love, sex, and politics become hopelessly blurred in this French drama. Read More »
The Romance of Book and Sword (1987) Ann Hui, Nuo Ai
The story is based on the popular novel developed from folk legend. Read More »
Snow falling on Cedars (1999) Scott Hicks, Ethan Hawke
Ishmael is a local reporter covering a murder trial involving the 1954 death of a fisherman in a small island community in the Pacific Northwest. Read More »
Take Care, Red Riding Hood (1970) Shirô Moritani
Tokyo, February 9th, 1969. Kaoru is a high school graduate from a rich family. Read More »
Gentle 12 / Juninin no yasashii nihonjin (1991)
Shun Nakahara directs this comic take on Sidney Lumet’s 1957 classic Twelve Angry Men. Read More »
Faces of Women / Visages de femmes (1985) Désiré Ecaré
At a festival, a chorus of women sing and dance as two stories unfold. Read More »