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This little-known Marcel Pagnol production stars his wife Jacqueline as a miller’s daughter. The film concerns her romance with the rich and powerful Schubert, played by Tino Rossi. However, the storyline of La Belle Meuniere is not as fascinating as the film’s technical history. It was lensed in an experimental process called Rouxcolor, wherein four black-and-white images were projected on the screen simultaneously through special tinted lenses, thereby giving the illusion of color and depth. Pagnol had intended to make film in the usual “flat” black-and-white process, but when he became intrigued with Rouxcolor he scrapped his completed footage and started all over. Unfortunately, Rouxicolor proved too cumbersome for widespread distribution. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie GuideRead More »

A deported gangster’s plan to re-enter the USA involves skulduggery at a Mexican resort, and gambler Dan Milner is caught in the middle.Read More »

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Masako Izumi gives a celebrated performance as Wakae the eponymous 15-year old heroine who is branded by her rural community. The developing relationship between her and Saburo and their possibilities for escape are portrayed in this film which celebrated critic Tadao Satoh included in his 1980s best 300 Japanese films list.Read More »

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This bittersweet story is one of the last two films directed by acclaimed Bengali Satyajit Ray (1921-1992). In the story, Ananda Majumdar (Maradan Bannerjee) is the very moral and upright 70 year old patriarch of a family, with four grown sons. His father and one of his sons live at home with him, and his other three sons live elsewhere. When he collapses during a banquet being given in his honor, the sons and their families gather at his bedside at home. There, while their father lies for the most part comatose, the boys reveal to each other exactly what they’ve been up to without the sugar coating they’ve been giving their father. The oldest boy has been embezzling from the company he runs, another one is losing money for fun at the racetrack, and yet another has given up a decent job in order to become an actor.Read More »

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Nere-do-well Jerry Corbett finally meets and marries the right girl, Joan Prentiss. Unfortunately their wedded bliss is interrupted when Jerry’s play becomes a hit and he hooks up with the wrong woman from his past. Joan decides that turn-about is fair play and she picks another man to escort her around to various parties around New York. Eventually Jerry quits drinking and sends his girlfriend packing, just in time for Joan to take him back.Read More »

Bolshevik Tsolak Darbinyan is infiltrated into Dashnak Army as a musician of Army music band. Despite the initial personal conflict with band leader Arsen, he is able to win the friendship of young band musicians including Arsen and to persuade them to back him on the eve of the Bolshevik invasion to Armenia.Read More »

Plot (imdb) : Jean-Gaspard Deburau is a very successful mime, the most famous in his category. One day, he falls head over heels in love with Marie Duplessis, a courtesan better known as “La Dame aux Camélias”. But he soon realizes that he is but a number in her long list of lovers. He will find comfort in devoting his time teaching his art to his son Charles. Written by Guy BellingerRead More »

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Rangeela (1995) is a Hindi-language movie, a product of the Bollywood film industry. It was directed by Ram Gopal Varma, and starred Aamir Khan, Urmila Matondkar, and Jackie Shroff.

Rangeela was music director A. R. Rahman’s first Hindi movie with an original score. The film features famous playback singer Asha Bhosle, who made something of a comeback singing Rahman’s extremely popular music.Read More »

It is a talker of the Keirin who has risen from the bottom by making the first escape cut to my good technique. But before him, Prince seirabara, Prince of Keirin, always stood, and Wataru felt sorry. Kiyohara, who was synchronized with Wacoal at the Keirin school, made an invincible streak record in the school and won a series of consecutive wins in the race in this season. Although he tried to fight against the defeat of Kiyohara, he was the ozoshi of the zaibatsu, and Kiyohara, who left the real world due to his sudden illness, lost his enemy.Read More »