After helping a numbskull graduate college, a nebbish blunders into a job running an amusement park. Read More »
The Big Beat (1958) Will Cowan
Young man just out of college tries to persuade his father, who owns a record company, to start signing up rock ‘n’ roll acts. Read More »
Don’t Open the Door for the Man in Black / Non aprire all’uomo nero (1990) Giulio Questi, Aurore Clément, Claudia Muzii, Stefania Orsola Garello
Francesca, deeply depressed, is being treated by a psychiatrist to overcome Read More »
Fast Talking (1984) Ken Cameron, Steve Bisley, Tracy Mann, Peter Hehir
A bright young teenager from a broken home uses his quick wits Read More »
L’étrange Madame X / Strange Madame X (1951) Jean Grémillon, Michèle Morgan, Henri Vidal, Arlette Thomas
Can a person really lead a double life? It looks as though Irène can. Read More »
The Enchantment / Yûwakusha (1989) Shunichi Nagasaki, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Masao Kusakari, Kiwako Harada
Love triangles are fun. They are especially fun with the involved including a psychiatrist, his secretary and a patient. Read More »
Down to the Sea in Ships (1949) Henry Hathaway, Richard Widmark, Lionel Barrymore, Dean Stockwell
At the end of the 19th century, Massachusetts whaling ship captain Bering Joy takes his grandson Jed on a whaling expedition. Read More »
Her Bridal Night / La mariée est trop belle (1956) Pierre Gaspard-Huit, Brigitte Bardot, Micheline Presle, Louis Jourdan
A country girl is discovered by a Paris magazine and becomes a top model. Read More »
Tora-san 18 / Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajirô junjô shishû (1976) Yôji Yamada, Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Machiko Kyô
When Tora-san’s infatuation with his nephew’s school teacher causes family turmoil Read More »
The Wind Blows Under Your Feet (1976) György Szomjas, Djoko Rosic, István Bujtor, Vladan Holec
This ballad-like saga opens with image of a lone horseman on the empty plain, riding past a rude gallows. Read More »