Awakening, The (1928): Early Victor Fleming Melodrama, Starring Vilma Banky

Victor Fleming directed The Awakening, a feature starring Vilma Bánky, which is believed to be lost. he Awakening Film poster In Alsace, then under German occupation, shortly before the outbreak of WWI, Marie Ducrot is a pretty peasant woman who falls in love with Count Karl von Hagen, a German army officer. The people suffering […]

Quivitoq (1956) Denmark’s Oscar Nominated Drama, Directed by Erik Balling

Erik Balling directed Qivitoq (English: The Mountain Hiker), a Danish romantic drama, starring Poul Reichhardt and Astrid Villaume.

Forbidden Fruit (1952): Henri Verneuil’s Romantic Melodrama, Starring Fernandel and Françoise Arnoul

Henri Verneuil directed Forbidden Fruit (French: Le Fruit défendu), a romantic melodrama, starring Fernandel and Françoise Arnoul.

Sunday in the Country, A (1984): Tavenier’s Masterpiece

Legendary French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier directed A Sunday in the Country (French: Un dimanche à la campagne), a lyrical feature set during one typical Sunday in the late summer of 1912.

Epicentro: (Sundance Film Fest)

Courtesy of Sundance Acclaimed filmmaker Hubert Sauper’s latest Cuban docu, Epicentro, won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize for documentary at the 2020 Sundance Film Fest. Sauper’s previous works, Darwin’s Nightmare, We Come as Friends, were serious features on capitalism and post-colonialism. The poor Cuban subjects in this docu come across as resourceful survivors, still proud […]