The story of Sylvia Plath’s seminal novel The Bell Jar as well as the parallels between her life and the book. Read More »
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Sad Vacation (2007) Shinji Aoyama, Tadanobu Asano, Kaori Fujimitsu, Eri Ishida
Kenji, abandoned by his mother, scrapes out a meager existence doing odd jobs including driving Read More »
A Married Couple (1969) Allan King, Billy Edwards, Antoinette Edwards, Bogart Edwards
An “actuality drama” about a real-life marriage in crisis, in which the couple attempts Read More »
The Banquet / Ho moon yeh yin (1991) Alfred Cheung, Tung Cho ‘Joe’ Cheung, Eric Tsang, Carol ‘Do Do’ Cheng, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung
Film with a weak plot about an businessman trying to clinch a deal for the reconstruction of Kuwait after the Gulf War from a Kuwaiti prince. Read More »
The Oldest Profession / Le plus vieux métier du monde (1967) Claude Autant-Lara, Mauro Bolognini, Michèle Mercier, Enrico Maria Salerno, Gabriele Tinti
A collection of sketches on prostitution through the ages. Read More »
Devil in Silk (1956) Teufel in Seide
The last day of a vacation at the sea, Thomas Ritter met two women Read More »
Baixo Gávea (1986) Haroldo Marinho Barbosa, Lucélia Santos, Louise Cardoso, José Gregório
The existential questions of two young women who live together Read More »
Brewster’s Millions (1985) Walter Hill, Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee
Brewster is a minor league baseball player. Unknown to him, he had a (recently deceased) rich relative. Read More »
An Eye for an Eye (1966) Michael D. Moore, Robert Lansing, Patrick Wayne, Slim Pickens
Talion is a retired bounty hunter with many enemies who still want him dead. Read More »
The Murdered House (1988) La maison assassinée
A French mystery story set in 1896 and 1914 about the infant survivor of a mysterious massacre at a provincial inn Read More »