After Anna (Isabelle Adjani) reveals to her husband, Mark (Sam Neill), that she is having an affair, she leaves him and their son. Read More »
Tag Archives: Germany
A Gathering of Old Men (1987) Volker Schlöndorff, Louis Gossett Jr., Richard Widmark, Holly Hunter, Drama
A regular day in a Louisiana sugarcane plantation changes course when a local white farmer is shot in self defense. Read More »
The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky (2001) Paul Cox, Derek Jacobi, Delia Silvan, Chris Haywood, Biography, Music, Drama, Documentary
Dramatization of Russian ballet star Vaclav Nijinsky’s diaries which detail his madness as well as his homosexual relationship with Ballet Russe impresario Sergei Diaghilev and his marriage to his Hungarian wife. Read More »
Girl, Interrupted (1999) James Mangold, Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Clea DuVall, Drama
Susanna is depressed and directionless after finishing high school in the late 1960’s. A suicide attempt lands her in Claymore, a mental institution. Read More »
Les magiciens / Death Rite (1976) Claude Chabrol, Franco Nero, Stefania Sandrelli, Jean Rochefort, Drama, Thriller
While traveling to a resort in Tunisia, the magician and clairvoyant Professor Vestar befriends the idle millionaire Edouard Vangard and he offers a ride in his car. Read More »
Apachen (1973) Gottfried Kolditz, Gojko Mitic, Milan Beli, Colea Rautu, Western
In Northern Mexico, the Apache tribe have negotiated an agreement, granting passage over their land to the Mexicans in exchange for food. Read More »
Perceval le Gallois (1978) Éric Rohmer, Fabrice Luchini, André Dussollier, Solange Boulanger, Drama, Music, Romance, War
The film chronicles Perceval’s knighthood, maturation and eventual peerage amongst the Knights of the Round Table Read More »
Svet-Ake / The Light Thief (2010) Aktan Arym Kubat, Taalaikan Abazova, Askat Sulaimanov, Drama
The main hero of the film is an electrician with a far greater effect on the people around him than his job defines. Read More »
Das Versprechen / The Promise (1995) Margarethe von Trotta, Corinna Harfouch, Meret Becker, August Zirner, Romance, Drama
East-Berlin, 1961, shortly after the erection of the Wall. Konrad, Sophie and three of their friends plan a daring escape to Western Germany. Read More »
Flying Clipper – Traumreise unter weissen Segeln (1962) Hermann Leitner, Rudolf Nussgruber, Hans Clarin, Graham Hill, Burl Ives, Documentary
A spectacular bit of cinema, a Geography lesson of the Mediterranean Sea second to none. Read More »