Category: Drama
August 5, 2019 / Adventure

Det stora äventyret (1953) AKA The Great Adventure

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Cited by many as the most “personal” effort of Swedish filmmaker Arne Sucksdorff, The Great Adventure is also one of his few films to tie together its magnificent images with a dramatic narrative. “Adventure” means “life” to Sucksdorff, and that life is experienced by a group of Swedish farm children, two of whom are played by the director’s own sons. The kids save a wild otter from a hunter, then attempt to tame the animal. When spring comes, the children realize without remorse that the otter will be happier roaming free in the wilderness.

WATCH HERE<span class="entry-title-primary">Det stora äventyret (1953)</span> <span class="entry-subtitle">AKA The Great Adventure</span>
August 5, 2019 / Drama

Guang yin de gu shi (1982) AKA In Our Time

August 5, 2019 / Drama

Shokutaku no nai ie (1985) AKA The Empty Table / Family Without a Dinner Table

This gripping docudrama is a fictionalized account of what could happen to a Japanese family when one of their sons shames them in front of the entire nation. Director Masaki Kobayashi has used real events so the dramatic turns in the film are based on fact — a 1970s shootout in the mountains between a band of Japanese terrorists and the police in which many men on both sides died.

WATCH HERE<span class="entry-title-primary">Shokutaku no nai ie (1985)</span> <span class="entry-subtitle">AKA The Empty Table / Family Without a Dinner Table</span>
August 5, 2019 / Comedy

The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)

Lieutenant Rip Crandall is hoodwinked into taking command of the “Wackiest Ship in the Navy” – a real garbage scow with a crew of misfits who don’t know a jib from a jigger. What none of them knows, including Crandall, is that this ship has a very important top-secret mission to complete in waters patrolled by the Japanese fleet. Their mission will save hundreds of allied lives – if only they can get there in one piece. 

WATCH HEREThe Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960)
August 2, 2019 / Drama

Thérèse Desqueyroux (1962)

After Thérèse is acquitted of trying to poison her husband, Bernard Desqueyroux, she recalls the events that lead to her being charged. At the beginning of her marriage to Bernard, the only respite she found from the stifling provincial life was the company of her sister-in-law Anne. After Anne left, she found herself trapped in a loveless marriage to a boring man, whose only interest was in preserving his family name and property. By accident, Thérèse found that an increase in Bernard’s medicine made him very ill.

WATCH HEREThérèse Desqueyroux (1962)
August 2, 2019 / Drama

Her First Romance (1951)

Betty Foster, a high school student, has a crush on Bobby Evans, who is more interested in sports than girls. Betty and her kid brother, Herbie, follow Bobby and Lucille Stewart, Betty’s competitor in the pursuit of Bobby. Betty’s efforts to have Bobby crowned King of the Camp, and win his lover, almost ruin her father, Joe Foster, financially.

WATCH HEREHer First Romance (1951)
August 2, 2019 / Arthouse

Ukrainskaya rapsodiya (1961) AKA Ukrainian Rhapsody

July 28, 2019 / Drama

Il Cammino della Speranza (1950) AKA The Path of Hope

After the shuttering of a local mine, villagers in a tiny Sicilian town are desperate for work. Widower Saro decides to try his luck in France with his three children. He buys passage abroad from Ciccio, a guide who is to accompany him, his family and several others on their trek. Along for the ride are Barbara, and her boyfriend, Vanni. While the group travels across Italy, perils, as well as new relationships, are unavoidable.

WATCH HERE<span class="entry-title-primary">Il Cammino della Speranza (1950)</span> <span class="entry-subtitle">AKA The Path of Hope</span>