
The story of a young boy, Apu, and life in his small Indian village. Read More »
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Apur Sansar / The World of Apu (1959) Satyajit Ray, Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Alok Chakravarty, Drama

Apu is a jobless former student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer. An old college friend talks him into a visit up-country to a village wedding. Read More »
Ladri di biciclette / Bicycle Thieves (1948) Vittorio De Sica, Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda, Drama

Ricci, an unemployed man in the depressed post-WWII economy of Italy, gets at last a good job – for which he needs a bike – hanging up posters. Read More »
Tombstone (1993) George P. Cosmatos, Kevin Jarre, Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Action, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Western

After success cleaning up Dodge City, Wyatt Earp moves to Tombstone, Arizona, and wishes to get rich in obscurity. Read More »
Ma nuit chez Maud / My Night at Maud’s (1969) Eric Rohmer, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Françoise Fabian, Marie-Christine Barrault, Comedy, Drama, Romance

The narrator (Jean-Louis), a devout Catholic, moves to a provincial town and vows to marry Francoise, a pretty blond he notices at mass. Read More »
Les Destinées sentimentales / Sentimental Destinies (2000) Olivier Assayas, Emmanuelle Béart, Charles Berling, Isabelle Huppert, Drama, Romance

In late nineteenth century Charante, Protestant minister Jean Barnery causes local disquiet when he arranges a separation from his obsessive wife – and more talk when he decides to take her back. Read More »
Hjemve / Just Like Home (2007) Lone Scherfig, Lars Kaalund, Bodil Jørgensen, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Comedy

As the citizens of a secluded Danish town gradually lose their trust in one another, the sight of a naked man in the early morning hours sets off an unsettling wave of paranoia. Read More »
Asobi / Play (1971) Yasuzô Masumura, Keiko Takahashi, Masaaki Daimon, Keizô Kanie, Drama, Romance

A young factory worker is picked up and courted by a clumsy youth with yakuza dreams, over one long day and a night. Read More »
Viva Zapata! (1952) Elia Kazan, Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn, Biography, Drama, History

In 1909, Emiliano Zapata, a well-born but penniless Mexican Mestizo from the southern state of Morelos Read More »
5 bambole per la luna d’agosto / 5 Dolls for an August Moon (1970) Mario Bava, William Berger, Ira von Fürstenberg, Edwige Fenech, Mystery, Thriller

George Stark is a wealthy industrialist who invites five business friends of his to his remote Mediterranean island Read More »