Beijing: young men in packs, machismo, class divisions, violence, and indifference. Read More »
The Men Who Made the Movies: Alfred Hitchcock (1973) Richard Schickel, Alfred Hitchcock, Cliff Robertson
A look at Alfred Hitchcock’s films. The Master of Suspense himself, who is interviewed extensively here Read More »
Heimat 3: A Chronicle of Endings and Beginnings / Heimat 3 – Chronik einer Zeitenwende (2004) Edgar Reitz, Henry Arnold, Salome Kammer, Peter Schneider
Hermann Simon and Clarissa Lichtblau reunite after almost exactly 19 years Read More »
The Black Devil (1957) Il diavolo nero
Duke Ubaldo of (fictitious) Roccamontana wants to overpower neighboring Italian states Read More »
The Peddler and the Lady / Campo de’ fiori (1943) Mario Bonnard, Caterina Boratto, Cristiano Cristiani, Peppino De Filippo
Peppino, a fishmonger on Campo de’ Fiori, a famous Roman marketplace, works alongside Elide Read More »
Blume in Love (1973) Paul Mazursky, George Segal, Susan Anspach, Kris Kristofferson
Lawyer Stephen Blume, specialized in divorces, lives a paradoxical situation when Read More »
The Last Butterfly / Poslední motýl (1991) Karel Kachyna, Tom Courtenay, Brigitte Fossey, Ingrid Held
Stage mime Antoine Moreau (Tom Courtenay) is compelled by the Gestapo to put on a performance Read More »
Royal Wedding (1951) Stanley Donen, Fred Astaire, Jane Powell, Peter Lawford
Tom and Ellen Bowen are a brother and sister dance act whose show closes in New York. Read More »
The Lady and the Bandit (1951) Ralph Murphy
While escaping from the police, English highwayman Dick Turpin meets Joyce Greene. Read More »
The Broad Way / Laveata tietä (1931) Valentin Vaala, Teuvo Tulio, Eeva Virtanen, Alli Riks
In this silent Finnish film by Valentin Vaala, master violist Antti Larto (Teuvo Tulio) Read More »