In 1896, three whalers are stranded in the Arctic North Canada and seek refuge with an Eskimo tribe. Read More »
Tag Archives: USA
Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam (1995) Nick Broomfield, Nina Xining Zuo, Madam Alex, Documentary, Biography
A documentary crew from the BBC arrives in L.A. intent on interviewing Heidi Fleiss, a year after her arrest for running a brothel but before her trial. Read More »
Darbys Rangers (1958) William A. Wellman, James Garner, Etchika Choureau, Jack Warden, Action, Drama, War
Highly fictionalized account of the formation of the US Army’s First Ranger Battalion in World War II and their first commanding officer Major (later, Lieutenant-Colonel) Orlando Darby. Read More »
Animal Factory (2000) Steve Buscemi, Willem Dafoe, Edward Furlong, Danny Trejo, Crime, Drama
Ron, who’s young, slight, and privileged, is sentenced to prison on marijuana charges. Read More »
The Richest Girl in the World (1934) William A. Seiter, Miriam Hopkins, Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Comedy, Romance
Dorothy Hunter is an heiress of untold wealth. She believes no one will love her for herself and not for her money, so she pretends to be her secretary Sylvia while Sylvia pretends to be Dorothy. Read More »
The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951) George Cukor, Jeanne Crain, Thelma Ritter, Scott Brady, Comedy, Romance
Marriage broker Mae Swasey, who somewhat cynically arranges her loser clients’ affairs, meets model Kitty Bennett and can’t resist meddling in her life Read More »
Eyewitness (1981) Peter Yates, William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Christopher Plummer, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Manhattan janitor Daryll Deever is fixated on hard-charging TV commentator, Tony Sokolow; he tapes her commentary daily to watch after work. Read More »
JFK (1991) [Director’s Cut] Oliver Stone, Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Jack Lemmon, Drama, History, Thriller
On November 22, 1963, president John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas. Lee Harvey Oswald is arrested for the crime and subsequently shot by Jack Ruby, supposedly avenging the president’s death. Read More »
At Long Last Love (1975) Peter Bogdanovich, Burt Reynolds, Cybill Shepherd, Madeline Kahn, Comedy, Romance, Musical
This film was Peter Bogdanovich’s homage to musical comedies of the 1930s. A millionaire named Michael Oliver Pritchard III and a singer named Kitty O’Kelly meet and fall in love. Read More »
Ragtime (1981) Milos Forman, James Cagney, Elizabeth McGovern, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Drama
The story runs in the 1910’s New York. Coalhouse Walker Jr. is a black piano player. He has won fame and fortune playing with a jazz band. Read More »