It is a breezy, inconsequential, but likeable comedy about a photographer, Corrado, played by Mastroianni, who snaps a picture of a Rome beauty, Antonietta, played by Loren. Read More »
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Rhapsody in August (1991) Akira Kurosawa, Sachiko Murase, Richard Gere, Hisashi Igawa, Drama
An elderly woman living in Nagasaki Japan takes care of her four grandchildren for their summer vacation. Read More »
Phantom of the Toilet (1995) Joji Matsuoka, Takayuki Inoue, Ai Maeda, Yuka Kono, Horror
After school children start to go missing and turn up dead, the students of the local elementary school come up with their own explanation. Read More »
Bremen Freedom (1972) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margit Carstensen, Wolfgang Schenck, Wolfgang Kieling, Drama
A very stylized TV version of the Fassbinder play. The set consists of a few pieces of furniture in front of a large screen on which coastal scenery is back projected. Read More »
Godspeed You! Black Emperor (1976) Mitsuo Yanagimachi, Documentary
The 1970s in Japan saw the rise of motorcycle gangs, which drew the interest of the media. Read More »
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty (1938) Leni Riefenstahl, Sheigo Arai, Jack Beresford, Ralf Berzsenyi, Documentary, Sport
After being commissioned by the 1936 Olympic Committee to create a feature film of the Berlin Olympics Read More »
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938) Leni Riefenstahl, David Albritton, Arvo Askola, Jack Beresford, Documentary, Sport
After being commissioned by the 1936 Olympic Committee to create a feature film of the Berlin Olympics Read More »
Ogin sama / Love Under the Crucifix (1962) Kinuyo Tanaka, Ineko Arima, Tatsuya Nakadai, Ganjirô Nakamura, Drama
The basic story in Love under the Crucifix is about Ogin, daughter of a tea master, who are both Christians in feudal Japan. Read More »
Svegliati e Uccidi / Wake Up and Die (1966) Carlo Lizzani, Robert Hoffmann, Gian Maria Volontè, Claudio Camaso, Crime, Drama
Robert Hoffman is Luciano Lutring, a small time jewelry thief who, despite his hot temper, can’t seem to get caught. Read More »
Tsuki wa noborinu / The Moon Has Risen (1955) Kinuyo Tanaka, Chishû Ryû, Hisako Yamane, Yôko Sugi, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Mokichi is the widowed father of three daughters, with whom he lives on the premises of a temple since the war. Read More »
Cairo (1963) Wolf Rilla, George Sanders, Richard Johnson, Faten Hamama, Crime, Drama
A man called Major is in Cairo after being released from a German Prison. Read More »
Der Dibuk / The Dybbuk (1937) Michal Waszynski, Avrom Morewski, Ajzyk Samberg, Mojzesz Lipman, Drama, Fantasy
In a Polish shtetl, two young men who have grown up together betrothe their unborn children, ignoring the advice of a mysterious traveler not to pledge the lives of future generations. Read More »
Breathless (1960) Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger
Michel Poiccard, an irresponsible sociopath and small-time thief, steals a car and impulsively murders the motorcycle policeman who pursues him. Read More »
The Mission (1986) Roland Joffé, Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Adventure, Drama
Jeremy Irons plays a Spanish Jesuit who goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region. Read More »
Seisakus Wife (1965) Yasuzô Masumura, Ayako Wakao, Takahiro Tamura, Nobuo Chiba, Drama, Romance, War
Japan at the beginning of the 20th century. Okane, a beautiful girl from a poor family, must serve as a mistress to a much older rich man. Read More »