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Children in the Wind AKA Kaze no naka no kodomo (1937) Hiroshi Shimizu, Reikichi Kawamura, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Masao Hayama
On vacation’s eve, a boy is sent to the countryside to live with his uncle after his father is imprisoned and accused of embezzlement. Read More »
I Confess (1953) Alfred Hitchcock, Montgomery Clift, Anne Baxter, Karl Malden
Otto Keller and his wife Alma work as caretaker and housekeeper at a Catholic church in Québec City, Québec. Read More »
How Green Was My Valley (1941) John Ford, Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O’Hara, Anna Lee
Life is hard in a Welsh mining town and no less so for the Morgan family. Read More »
The Blood of Heroes (1989) David Webb Peoples, Rutger Hauer, Joan Chen, Delroy Lindo
A post-apocalyptic world provides the backdrop for a brutal, futuristic game resembling football. Read More »
Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano AKA Neokonchennaya pyesa dlya mekhanicheskogo pianino (1977) Nikita Mikhalkov, Aleksandr Kalyagin, Elena Solovey, Evgeniya Glushenko
Early in the 20th century, family and friends gather at the country estate of a general’s widow, Anna Petrovna. Read More »
How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines (1943) John Ford, Eddie Foster, Martin Garralaga
A training film for OSS agents who are to be dropped behind enemy lines Read More »
Tokyo Trial AKA Tôkyô saiban (1983) Masaki Kobayashi, Kei Satô
”THE TOKYO TRIAL” is a 4 1/2-hour account of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East that is visually satisfying but historically empty. Read More »
Mad Emperor: Ludwig II AKA Ludwig II: Glanz und Ende eines Königs (1955) Helmut Käutner, O.W. Fischer, Marianne Koch, Paul Bildt
King Ludwig II of Bavaria is frustrated, having to accept parliament’s will to join Bismarck, rather he his cultured Habsburg friends, in wars. Read More »
Night Journey AKA Yahaeng (1977) Soo-yong Kim, Jeong-hie Yu, Sung-il Shin, Il-woong Lee
Lee Hyun-ju (played by Yoon Jung-hee) is secretly living with bank co-worker, Mr. Park (played by Shin Seong-il) Read More »
Tough Cops (1988) Eddie Rodriguez, Romano Kristoff, Jimmy Bridges, Kenneth Peerless
Vietnam War vet turned police detective on the edge Nick Carpenter partners up with slick police detective with cat skills Pete Logan Read More »
Cuban Love AKA Kyûba no koibito (1969) Kazuo Kuroki, Masahiko Tsugawa, Obdulia Plasencia, Gloria Lee
A Japanese sailor arrives in Cuba, willing to know the country and meet its people Read More »
Rider on the Rain AKA Le passager de la pluie (1970) René Clément, Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Marlène Jobert
A beautiful young woman in the South of France is raped by a mysterious masked assailant. Read More »
Untama giru (1989) Go Takamine, Chikako Aoyama, Kaoru Kobayashi, John Sayles
Magical realist film about Okinawa. It’s about the occupation of Okinawa – both by the United States Read More »
The Deep Blue Night AKA Gipgo puleun bam (1985) Chang-ho Bae, Sung-Ki Ahn, Mi-hee Chang, Yu-yeong Jin
Baek Ho-bin jumps into an arranged marriage with Jane for a green card and a chance to succeed in America. Read More »