An American physicist, Peter Standish, lives in London in an inherited flat on Berkeley Square Read More »
Tag Archives: USA
The First Film (2015) David Wilkinson, Bernard Atha, Stephane Cornicard, Tom Courtenay
In October 1888 Louis Le Prince produced the world’s first films in Leeds,England. Read More »
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) James Foley, Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin
David Mamet’s award-winning play about a group of desperate real estate agents comes to the big screen from director James Foley. Read More »
Desert Bloom (1986) Eugene Corr, Jon Voight, JoBeth Williams, Annabeth Gish
The story involves Rose Chismore’s youth. She flashes back and remembers her coming-of-age. Read More »
The Blue Eagle (1926) John Ford, George O’Brien, Janet Gaynor, William Russell
George and Big Jim are comrades in the Navy but rivals outside it, both fighting for the love of Rose, the local policeman’s daughter. Read More »
Lightnin’ (1925) John Ford, Jay Hunt, Madge Bellamy, Ethel Clayton
Lightnin’ Bill Jones, a man partial to the bottle, does chores and odd jobs around the Calivada Hotel Read More »
The Borrower (1991) John McNaughton, Rae Dawn Chong, Don Gordon, Tom Towles
Aliens punish one of their own by sending him to earth. The alien is very violent Read More »
La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet AKA La danse (2009) Frederick Wiseman
The Paris Opera Ballet is one of the world’s great ballet companies. The film follows the rehearsals and performances of seven ballets Read More »
Loophole (1954) Harold D. Schuster, Barry Sullivan, Charles McGraw, Dorothy Malone
A bank teller attempts to clear his name and rebuild his career after he is wrongly accused of theft. Read More »
The Steel Trap (1952) Andrew L. Stone, Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Jonathan Hale
A Bank officer discovers a flaw in the U.S. extradition treaty with Brazil and decides to take advantage of it. Read More »