Gorbaciòf – The Cashier who Liked Gambling Stefano Incerti, Italy – North American Premiere A compulsive gambler who works in the petty-cash office of the Poggioreale prison falls in love with Lily, an illegal immigrant, and tries to free both of them from their dead-end lives. The film stars Toni Servillo, Mi Yang and Nello […]
Deep in the Woods (2010): Benoît Jacquot
August 19, 2021 by
Deep in the Woods Benoît Jacquot, France/Germany – North American Premiere France, 1865. A young vagabond, Timothée, arrives in a village and is given food and lodging by Doctor Hughes and his daughter Joséphine. Joséphine runs after him, leaving her home and father, driven by an uncontrollable force. Distraught, she follows this young man for […]
Cairo (1942): Van Dyke’s Musical Comedy Thirller, Starring Jeanette MacDonald and Robert Young
August 16, 2021 by
Jeanette MacDonald’s last film on her MGM contract, Cairo, is a middling musical comedy directed by W. S. Van Dyke. The screenplay was written by John McClain, based on an idea by Ladislas Fodor about a news reporter shipwrecked in a torpedo attack, who teams up with a Hollywood singer and her maid to foil […]
Avatar: The Last Airbender: Live-Action Series Has Cast Four Leads
August 12, 2021 by
Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley, and Dallas Liu have joined the series. Cormier will star as Aang, with Kiawentiio set to play Katara. Ousley will play Sokka and Liu will play Zuko.
