Following over two dozen different people in the almost wordless atmosphere of a dark night in a Brussels town, Akerman examines acception and rejection in the realm of romance. Read More »
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Search for Beauty (1934) Erle C. Kenton, Buster Crabbe, Ida Lupino, Robert Armstrong, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Three shady characters – Larry, Jean, and Dan – want to make money legally by resuscitating a fitness magazine with cheesecake and beefcake photos and salacious stories with tacked-on morals. Read More »
That Sinking Feeling (1979) Bill Forsyth, Tom Mannion, Eddie Burt, Richard Demarco, Comedy, Crime
Ronnie, Wal, Andy and Vic are four bored, unemployed teens in dreary, rainy Glasgow. Ronnie comes up with a great idea. Read More »
Medurat Hashevet / Campfire (2004) Joseph Cedar, Michaela Eshet, Hani Furstenberg, Moshe Ivgy, Drama
Israeli Rachel Gerlik has been widowed for one year. Despite not ever having loved her husband, she feels she now needs to move on with her life. Read More »
Certo, Certissimo, Anzi… Probabile / Diary of a Telephone Operator (1969) Marcello Fondato, Claudia Cardinale, Catherine Spaak, Robert Hoffmann, Comedy, Romance
Marta and Nanda are two women tied to a long friendship, but of opposite personalities: one is a romantic dreamer, the other a calculating opportunist. Read More »
Four Jills in a Jeep (1944) William A. Seiter, Kay Francis, Carole Landis, Martha Raye, Music, Romance, War
Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas Read More »
Cantando dietro i paraventi / Singing Behind Screens (2003) Ermanno Olmi, Bud Spencer, Jun Ichikawa, Sally Ming Zeo Ni, Drama, History, Music, War
A young Western student, of unusual candor, due to a misunderstanding of address, is led to a theater-brothel for customers inclined to strong and transgressive emotions. Read More »
Le fate ignoranti / The Ignorant Fairies (2001) Ferzan Ozpetek, Margherita Buy, Stefano Accorsi, Serra Yilmaz, Drama, Romance
AIDS doctor Antonia’s husband is killed by a car. She gets depressed until she learns he had been cheating on her with a man. Read More »
Afriques: Comment ça va avec la douleur? / Africa, How Are You with Pain? (1996) Raymond Depardon, Documentary
Only a microphone on his camera, Raymond Depardon has surveyed Africa from July 1993 to February 1996. Read More »
California Split (1974) Robert Altman, George Segal, Elliott Gould, Ann Prentiss, Comedy, Drama
A down on his luck gambler links up with free spirit Elliot Gould at first to have some fun on, but then gets into debt when Gould takes an unscheduled trip to Tijuana. Read More »