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 / 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 »
To Matthieu (2000) Selon Matthieu
Matthieu and Eric are two brothers who work at the same factory as their father in Normandy. Read More »
Mother / 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 »
The Sleazy Uncle / Lo zio indegno (1989) Franco Brusati, Vittorio Gassman, Giancarlo Giannini, Andréa Ferréol
This wickedly funny Italian comedy centers upon a lascivious, fun-loving old uncle who hands out blood-test Read More »
Bring It Inside (2013) Trago Comigo
Telmo is a retired theater director that realizes he doesn’t remember the time Read More »
There Will Be No More Night / Il n’y aura plus de nuit (2020) Éléonore Weber, Nathalie Richard
To shoot: a gun or a movie camera. The military analogy is born with the beginning of cinema. Read More »
The Reluctant Sadist / Jeg – en marki (1967) Mac Ahlberg, Peer Guldbrandsen, Gabriel Axel, Hans Brenå, Jytte Breuning
A poor dandy embezzles large sums of money and buys the title Marquis De Sade Read More »
Natural Causes (1994) James Becket, Janis Paige, Ken Wisan, Joke Tachalom
An American links her mothers death in Bankok to a plot involving Vietnamese refugees. Read More »
Lost Treasure (2003) Jim Wynorski, Stephen Baldwin, Nicollette Sheridan, Coby Ryan McLaughlin
A painting is stolen from a building during a great fire and after it is recovered Read More »