
Bayou Maharajah explores the life and music of New Orleans piano legend James Booker, the man Dr. John described as “the best black, gay, one-eyed junkie piano genius New Orleans has ever produced.” Read More »
Tag Archives: USA
Battle of the Coral Sea (1959) Paul Wendkos, Cliff Robertson, Gia Scala, Teru Shimada, Drama, War, Action

In 1942 submarine commander Jeff Conway secretly photographs Japanese aircraft carriers in the Coral Sea. Read More »
The Incredible Melting Man (1977) William Sachs, Alex Rebar, Burr DeBenning, Myron Healey, Horror, Sci-Fi

“You’ve never seen anything til you’ve seen the Sun through the rings of Saturn,” exclaims Alex Rebar. Read More »
Where Angels Go Trouble Follows! (1968) James Neilson, Rosalind Russell, Stella Stevens, Binnie Barnes, Comedy

In this follow-up to “The Trouble with Angels”, the wry but wise Mother Superior of St. Francis Academy For Girls accompanies a group of nuns including modern Read More »
Cat People (1942) Jacques Tourneur, Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Kent Smith, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

Serbian national Irena Dubrovna, a fashion sketch artist, has recently arrived in New York for work. The first person who she makes a personal connection with there is marine engineer Oliver Reed. Read More »
Sweet Charity (1969) Bob Fosse, Shirley MacLaine, John McMartin, Ricardo Montalban, Comedy, Drama, Music

Taxi dancer Charity continues to have Faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and Hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar will be the one to do it.
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The Red Pony (1949) Lewis Milestone, Myrna Loy, Robert Mitchum, Louis Calhern, Drama, Family, Western

In the coast range mountains on the western edge of the Salinas Valley is a ranch where Tom, a lad of about ten, longs for a pony. Read More »
The Ballad of Josie (1967) Andrew V. McLaglen, Doris Day, Peter Graves, George Kennedy, Comedy, Western

Starring Doris Day, The Ballad of Josie is a rousing western-comedy about a feisty widow who is determined to make a better life for herself and her young son. Read More »
You’ll Like My Mother (1972) Lamont Johnson, Patty Duke, Rosemary Murphy, Richard Thomas, Drama, Horror, Thriller

Francesa Kinsolving, a very pregnant widow whose husband was recently killed in action in Vietnam Read More »
The Irish in Us (1935) Lloyd Bacon, James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, Olivia de Havilland, Comedy

The family consists of Pat, the cop, Mike the fireman, Danny the boxing promoter and Ma. Pat wants Danny to get a real job, because most of his fighters end up in Polookaville and Pat wants to marry Lucille. Read More »