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Friedrich Schiller – Eine Dichterjugend (1923) Curt Goetz, Theodor Loos, Hermann Vallentin, Isabel Heermann, Biography, Comedy, Drama

In his film version, Curt Goetz shifts the focus away from the poetic output towards the young Friedrich Schiller himself Read More »
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) Sam Wood, Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, Akim Tamiroff, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War

Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists Read More »
L’uomo dalla croce / Man with a Cross (1943) Roberto Rossellini, Alberto Tavazzi, Roswita Schmidt, Attilio Dottesio, War, Drama

An extremely rare film by Roberto Rossellini, his third feature, made under the Fascist control of Italy. Read More »
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969) Lee H. Katzin, Bernard Girard, Geraldine Page, Ruth Gordon, Rosemary Forsyth, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

As Aunt Alice, Ruth Gordon applies for the job of housekeeper in the Tucson, Arizona home of widow Claire Marrable in order to find out what happened Read More »
Salud (2006) Connie Field, Documentary

A timely examination of human values and the health issues that affect us all, !Salud! looks at the curious case of Cuba Read More »
Murder at the Vanities (1934) Mitchell Leisen, Carl Brisson, Victor McLaglen, Jack Oakie, Musical, Mystery, Romance

Shortly before the curtain goes up the first time at the latest performance of Earl Carroll’s Vanities Read More »
The Gang’s All Here (1943) Busby Berkeley, Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, Phil Baker, Comedy, Musical, Romance

Playboy Andy Mason, on leave from the army, romances showgirl Eadie Allen overnight to such effect that she’s starry-eyed when he leaves next morning for active duty in the Pacific. Read More »
Waga koi wa moenu / Flame of My Love (1949) Kenji Mizoguchi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Mito, Kuniko Miyake, Drama, Romance

A woman’s struggle for equality in Japan in the 1880s. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where she helps the fledgling Liberal Party and falls in love with its leader Kentaro Omoi Read More »
Prince of Foxes (1949) Henry King, Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Wanda Hendrix, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance

In 1500, Duke Cesare Borgia hopes to marry his sister (widowed by poison) to the heir apparent of Ferrara, which impedes his conquest of central Italy. Read More »