
In this road-movie, the filmmaker follows his parents on their way ‘back home’ to Bangladesh. After the Partition of India in 1947, East Pakistan, (today’s Bangladesh) witnessed enormous atrocities. Read More »
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Robbery (1967) Peter Yates, Stanley Baker, Joanna Pettet, James Booth, Crime, Mystery, Drama

Based on the true story of the 1963 British Royal Mail robbery, this late ’60s British caper film was directed by Peter Yates a year before he made the action classic Bullitt in the States. Read More »
Kokoro / The Heart (1955) Kon Ichikawa, Masayuki Mori, Michiyo Aratama, Tatsuya Mihashi, Drama

Kon Ichikawa’s rich adaptation of Natsume Soseki’s classic novel depicts a complex relationship between a student and an older man he calls “sensei.” Read More »
The Lady Vanishes (1938) Alfred Hitchcock, Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Mystery, Thriller

In Alfred Hitchcock’s most quick-witted and devilish comic thriller, the beautiful Margaret Lockwood, traveling across Europe by train Read More »
Hiroshima (1953) Hideo Sekigawa, Eiji Okada, Yumeji Tsukioka, Yoshi Katô, Drama

“Hiroshima” is a feature film directed by Hideo Sekigawa and was independently produced outside of major studio system in 1953. Read More »
Rebecca (1940) Alfred Hitchcock, Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Film-Noir, Mystery, Drama

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. Read More »
Circuitry Man (1990) Steven Lovy, Jim Metzler, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Lu Leonard, Action, Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi

In a future where most humans have moved underground to escape the pollution, one of the few pleasures left is a kind of narcotic in the form of chips which can be plugged directly into the brain. Read More »
They Came to Cordura (1959) Robert Rossen, Gary Cooper, Rita Hayworth, Van Heflin, Adventure, Drama, History

After a cavalry charge during the 1916 U.S. “war against Pancho Villa,” unheroic awards officer Tom Thorn (who is obsessed with the nature of courage) recommends 4 men for the Medal of Honor. Read More »
O Costa do Castelo (1943) Arthur Duarte, António Silva, Maria Matos, Milú, Comedy, Romance

This is a most entertaining movie that is made better by the outstanding performance of Antonio Silva. Read More »
Hurensohn / The Whore’s Son (2004) Michael Sturminger, Chulpan Khamatova, Predrag ‘Miki’ Manojlovic, Stanislav Lisnic, Drama

Ozren is raised in Vienna by his mother Silvija, who works as a prostitute, and his aunt and uncle. Read More »