
Edmund Rostand’s play Cyrano de Bergerac, transplanted to Japan. A poet-warrior with an oversized nose (matched only by his great heart) loves a lady. Read More »
Tag Archives: french subtitles
Ordet (1955) Carl Theodor Dreyer, Henrik Malberg, Emil Hass Christensen, Preben Lerdorff Rye

How do we understand faith and prayer, and what of miracles? August 1925 on a Danish farm. Read More »
Rhythm on the Range (1936) Norman Taurog, Bing Crosby, Frances Farmer, Bob Burns

Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he regards as a vagabond Read More »
The Marriage Circle (1924) Ernst Lubitsch

Professor Stock and his wife Mizzi are always bickering. Mizzi tries to seduce Dr. Franz Braun, the new husband of her good friend Charlotte. Read More »
The Promising Boy AKA Decko koji obecava (1981) Milos ‘Misa’ Radivojevic, Aleksandar Bercek, Dara Dzokic, Rade Markovic

Slobodan Milosevic is young promising guy. He is a solid student, obedient son and considerate boyfriend. Read More »
Bashing (2005) Masahiro Kobayashi

Yuko volunteered to be an aid worker in Iraq and was taken hostage there. Read More »
Something in the Air AKA Après mai (2012) Olivier Assayas, Clément Métayer, André Marcon, Lola Créton

In the months after the heady weeks of May ’68, a group of young Europeans Read More »
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940) Lynn Shores, Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, C. Henry Gordon

A wax museum run by a demented doctor contains statues of such crime figures as Jack the Ripper and Bluebeard. Read More »
Tokyo Chorus (1931) Yasujirô Ozu

Mr. Omura, a teacher, leads a group of male students in an outdoor drill. Read More »
Street of Shame AKA Akasen Chitai (1956) Kenji Mizoguchi, Machiko Kyô, Aiko Mimasu, Ayako Wakao

Five prostitutes work at Dreamland, in Tokyo’s Yoshiwara district. As the Diet considers a ban on prostitution, the women’s daily dramas play out. Read More »