
George ‘Hotsy’ Hamilton II, heir to a meat-packing fortune, returns home from an expedition in the Congo. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1950s
Red Fish / Los peces rojos (1955) José Antonio Nieves Conde, Arturo de Córdova, Emma Penella, Félix Dafauce

One night of storm, Hugo and Ivón arrive at a hotel in Gijón (Spain) accompanied by the son of the first one. Read More »
Gigolo / Gibier de potence (1951) Roger Richebé, Arletty, Georges Marchal, Nicole Courcel

Back from the war, Marceau Le Guern remembers. Educated in an orphanage run by Dominican brothers 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 »
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 »
Express Train from Andalucía / El expreso de Andalucía (1956) Francisco Rovira Beleta, Jorge Mistral, Marisa de Leza, Mara Berni

The handsome Andrade, the undergraduate Miguel and a street vendor Read More »
Nazarín (1959) Luis Buñuel, Marga López, Francisco Rabal, Rita Macedo

Nazarin is a priest, attempting to living a pure and honest life strictly according Read More »
Taira Clan Saga / Shin Heike monogatari (1955) Kenji Mizoguchi, Narutoshi Hayashi, Raizô Ichikawa, Tatsuya Ishiguro

Special Forces commander Captain Tadamori returns to Kyoto after successfully defeating Read More »
The Thick-Walled Room / Kabe atsuki heya (1956) Masaki Kobayashi, Kô Mishima, Torahiko Hamada, Keiko Kishi

Among the first Japanese films to deal directly with the scars of World War II Read More »
Boum sur Paris (1953) Maurice de Canonge, Édith Piaf, Jacques Pills, Mick Micheyl

In this French musical comedy, the search for a bottle of perfume containing an explosive ingredient Read More »