Family honor, greed, machismo, homophobia, and the dreams of whores collide in a Mexican town. Read More »
The Peacemaker (1956) Ted Post, James Mitchell, Rosemarie Stack, Jan Merlin
A former gunfighter who went to prison but then took up religion arrives in a western town as the new preacher. Read More »
Deep Crimson AKA Profundo carmesí (1996) Arturo Ripstein, Regina Orozco, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Sherlyn
Set in 1940s northern Mexico, this film re-tells the story of “The Lonely Hearts Killers” Read More »
The Wings of the Dove (1997) Iain Softley, Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache, Alex Jennings
Kate Croy’s (Helena Bonham Carter’s) mother was born to wealth and privilege Read More »
Thrilling Love (1989) Maurizio Pradeaux, Tony Kendall, Sharon Kane, Michel Durand
A man, sexually maimed by his former wife, lives vicariously through her affairs. Read More »
A Star Is Born (1954) George Cukor, Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson
Norman Maine, a movie star whose career is on the wane, meets showgirl Esther Blodgett Read More »
Flashback (1969) Raffaele Andreassi, Fred Robsahm, Pilar Castel, Dada Gallotti
Heinz Prulier (Fred Robsahm) is a German soldier stationed as a sniper overlooking his own army from a tree. Read More »
To Matthieu AKA Selon Matthieu (2000) Xavier Beauvois, Benoît Magimel, Nathalie Baye, Antoine Chappey
Matthieu and Eric are two brothers who work at the same factory as their father in Normandy. Read More »
Mother AKA Mat (1990) Gleb Panfilov, Inna Churikova, Viktor Rakov, Liubomiras Laucevicius
Based on Maxim Gorky’s novel about a woman torn between her loyalties to husband and son in the years of the Revolution. Read More »
A Star is Born (1937) William A. Wellman, Jack Conway, Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou
Esther Blodgett is another starry-eyed farm child trying to break into the films. Read More »