
On the seacoast of Mauritania, some wait to go to Europe. Khatra, a spirited boy, wants an electric light so he can read at night. Read More »
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An American in Paris (1951) Vincente Minnelli, Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Musical, Romance, Drama

Jerry Mulligan, a struggling American painter in Paris, is “discovered” by an influential heiress with an interest in more than Jerry’s art. Read More »
The Spiral Road (1962) Robert Mulligan, Rock Hudson, Burl Ives, Gena Rowlands, Adventure

An arrogant young doctor helps an eccentric older doctor care for natives in the Dutch West Indies circa 1936. Read More »
Copie conforme / Certified Copy (2010) Abbas Kiarostami, Juliette Binoche, William Shimell, Jean-Claude Carrière, Drama

James Miller has just written a book on the value of a copy versus the original work of art. Read More »
Het dak van de Walvis / On Top of the Whale (1982) Raoul Ruiz, Jean Badin, Fernando Bordeu, Herbert Curiel, Fantasy

A parody of anthropology, linguistics, and cultural imperialism. The film follows an unlikely team of linguists into the wilds of an ersatz Patagonia Read More »
Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken / Love in Thoughts (2004) Achim von Borries, Daniel Brühl, August Diehl, Anna Maria Mühe, Drama, Romance

Weimar, Germany, in 1927. Best friends Günther and Paul ask themselves: is that really it, the highest point in life? Read More »
A Kiss Before Dying (1956) Gerd Oswald, Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Virginia Leith, Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery, Romance, Thriller

Bud Corliss (Wagner) is an ambitious student who is wooing Dorothy Kingship (Woodward) purely for her father’s mining fortune. Read More »
Chicago Deadline (1949) Lewis Allen, Alan Ladd, Donna Reed, June Havoc, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery

On Chicago’s South Side reporter Ed Adams finds the body of a dead girl. Her address book leads to a host of names of men frightened by her death but claiming never to have known her. Read More »
First Love (1939) Henry Koster, Deanna Durbin, Robert Stack, Eugene Pallette, Comedy, Musical

In this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle after graduating from boarding school. Read More »
Winnetou und Shatterhand im Tal der Toten / The Valley of Death (1968) Harald Reinl, Lex Barker, Pierre Brice, Rik Battaglia, Western, Adventure

Mabel Kingsley arrives at a western town to clear her missing father of the charge that he stole a shipment of government gold. Read More »