George and Catherine Apley of Boston lead a proper life in the proper social circle, as did the Apleys before them. Read More »
Sons of the Desert (1933) William A. Seiter, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, Comedy
So that he and Stan can sneak away to Chicago and attend the annual “Sons of the Desert” lodge convention, Ollie pretends to be sick Read More »
Sveto mesto / A Holy Place (1990) Djordje Kadijevic, Dragan Jovanovic, Branka Pujic, Aleksandar Bercek, Drama, Horror
Sveto mesto (A Holy Place, 1990) is based on a literary classic, Nikolai Gogol’s 1835 short story, ‘Viy’. Read More »
Boy of the Streets (1937) William Nigh, Jackie Cooper, Maureen O’Connor, Kathleen Burke, Drama
New York City teen Chuck Brennan (Jackie Cooper) gets involved with a gang and tries to make his way on the streets, inspired by his shifty father, Foggy (Guy Usher). Read More »
Without Love (1945) Harold S. Bucquet, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Lucille Ball, Comedy, Romance
In WWII Pat Jamieson is a scientist working, with Government support, on a high-altitude oxygen mask for fighter pilots. Read More »
Wild Duck (2013) Yannis Sakaridis, Alexandros Logothetis, Themis Bazaka, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos, Drama
“Wild Duck” is the story of Dimitris, a telecommunications engineer who’s forced to shutter his business after running up a considerable debt with a local loan shark. Read More »
Hadduta misrija / An Egyptian Story (1982) Youssef Chahine, Oussama Nadir, Mohsen Mohieddin, Nour El-Sherif, Drama
In the middle of his own heart surgery, an Egyptian filmmaker remembers his life. In fact his old self, as a child, is accused of attempted murder of his new self. Read More »
Iskanderija, kaman oue kaman / Alexandria Again and Forever (1989) Youssra, Youssef Chahine, Hussein Fahmy, Drama
The film’s remarkable range of tone and style gives us evidence of an artist in full command of his craft. Read More »
The Princess Bride (1987) Rob Reiner, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Robin Wright, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance
An elderly man reads the book “The Princess Bride” to his sick and thus currently bedridden adolescent grandson Read More »
The Child (1977) Robert Voskanian, Laurel Barnett, Rosalie Cole, Frank Janson, Horror
A newly hired house-keeper in a secluded area is alarmed to discover that her boss’s eleven-year-old daughter is using her supernatural powers Read More »