Month: April 2020

April 7, 2020 / Documentary

Simon Trevor follows an elephant from almost the moment of its birth through the seasons as it grows and learns, and its herd experiences good times and draught. It ends with Ahmed of Marsabit, the fabulous tusker who was the only Kenyan elephant ever to be protected by Presidential Decree. Lovingly and exquisitely photographed.

April 7, 2020 / Horror

The murder of a Wax Museum proprietor and some other strange goings-on in the vicinity prompt a police investigator to determine whether the killer is one of the principles who wants to own the museum or if Jack the Ripper has returned to killing after a hiatus of ten years.

April 6, 2020 / Adventure
April 6, 2020 / Comedy

Grace Connors is facing a great load of family and business problems of which she thinks she won’t know how to handle. Like a touch of magic, an unexpected help returns to her after many years of absence. Enters in her life Day-O, an imaginary childhood friend who is back to help her cope with every possible obstacles but also causing some new problems, all in amusing situations.

April 5, 2020 / Drama
April 5, 2020 / Drama
April 4, 2020 / Drama

Marianne, a stage actress, has decided to give up her career in order to marry a wealthy nobleman, Marquis Antoine de Fontaines. As a wedding present Antoine gives his future wife a precious diamond necklace, which is coveted by a gang of crooks. Jean, one of them, is given the mission to approach Marianne and to steal the necklace from her. The only trouble is that when he meets her, she recognizes him as the man she once loved…

April 4, 2020 / Arthouse

——UPGRADED——

This Soviet film is a biography of the Georgian primitive artist Nikoloz Pirosmanishvili (1862–1918), better known as Pirosmani, who died of starvation and sold his paintings to bars and restaurants for food and drink. The film experiments with color control techniques based on the painter’s style.