It is an adaptation of the 1979 play of the same name by Sha Yexin, Li Shoucheng and Yao Mingde, set in mainland China. Read More »
J.C. (1972) William F. McGaha, Hannibal Penney
Jesus Christ is born again on Earth. But his father is a hardcore Southern Baptist, and during his teen years Read More »
Man on the Tracks (1957) Andrzej Munk, Kazimierz Opalinski, Zygmunt Maciejewski, Zygmunt Zintel
In 1950, at night, a passenger train kills a man on the tracks. He is Orzechowski, an engineer since 1914. Read More »
Last of the Great Survivors (1984) Jerry Jameson, Pam Dawber, James Naughton, Thom Bray
Perky social worker Laura Mathews (Pam Dawber) takes up the cause of a group of senior citizens Read More »
Scandalous John (1971) Robert Butler, Brian Keith, Alfonso Arau, Michele Carey
A crotchety old ranch owner fights to be able to live his life the way he wants to, and not the way other people–and the law–tell him he has to. Read More »
Gheisar / Caesar (1969) Masud Kimiai, Behrouz Vossoughi, Pouri Baneai, Nasser Malekmotei
When Gheisar returns to town, he finds that his sister committed suicide after being raped and her brother was murdered. Read More »
Wajib / The Wedding Invitation (2017) Annemarie Jacir, Mohammad Bakri, Saleh Bakri, Tarik Kopty
A father and his estranged son must come together to hand deliver his daughter’s wedding Read More »
Beyond the Stars (1989) David Saperstein, Martin Sheen, Christian Slater, Robert Foxworth
This Sci-Fi Drama centers around the teen-age Eric, son of a computer scientist Read More »
Omaret yakobean / The Yacoubian Building (2006) Marwan Hamed, Adel Imam, Nour El-Sherif, Youssra
Cairo: a 70-year-old building of once-luxury flats with tenements on the roof. Read More »
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema (1996) Stanley Kwan, Cheh Chang, Kaige Chen, Leslie Cheung
This highly personal film essay demonstrates that Chinese cinema has dealt with questions of gender and sexuality Read More »