Victor Schertzinger – One Night of Love (1934)
After several false starts, opera star Grace Moore became a motion picture success in the sublimely assembled One Night of Love. Moore opens the film by losing a radio talent contest in New York. She...
View ArticleFranc Roddam – Quadrophenia (1979)
Quote:London, 1965: Like many other youths, Jimmy hates the philistine life, especially his parents and his job in a company’s mailing division. Only when he’s together with his friends, a ‘Mod’...
View ArticleWerner Herzog – Tod für fünf Stimmen AKA Gesualdo: Death for Five Voices (1995)
Quote:Gesualdo was a nutcase, but a brilliant one. His madrigals are among the most moving moments in music history. You will walk away from this film realizing all of the above. While using what...
View ArticleBob Dylan – Eat the Document (1972)
Quote:This film is a documentary on Dylan’s tumultuous and historic 1966 tour of Europe with the Band – the one where he was roundly booed and reviled for “going electric” (and from which the recently...
View ArticleTeo Hernandez – Salomé (1976)
IMDB:A personal interpretation of Oscar Wilde Salome from three basic elements: the light, the color and the projection speed. “Ce film n’est pas l’illustration d’un récit historique ou d’une pièce de...
View ArticleFrancisco Ribeiro – O Pátio das Cantigas AKA The Courtyard of the Ballads (1942)
This classic of Portuguese cinema depicts the friendships and rivalries of the inhabitants of a square in downtown Lisbon, where exists a spirit of familiarity between neighbors. (from IMDB) 1.37GB |...
View ArticleMed Hondo – West Indies (1979)
One of Hondo’s enduring masterpieces, West Indies is a stunning widescreen musical that takes place entirely on a single set – a giant slave ship that symbolizes the triangular relationship between...
View ArticleMaurice Hatton – Long Shot [+Extras] (1978)
Synopsis:‘A budding Scottish film producer tries to get his ambitious Aberdeen-set western financed, and while he attracts some major stars and directors to the film he finds that with their support...
View ArticleMel Stuart – Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
quote:A poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka’s mysterious chocolate factory. 2.45GB | 1 h 39 min | 1024×576 | mkv...
View ArticleRichard Lester – Help! (1965)
Synopsis:An Eastern cult discovers that the sacrificial ring is missing. Sir Ringo Starr, drummer of The Beatles has it; sent by the girl (who’s to be sacrificed) as a gift. Clang, Ahme, Bhuta, and...
View ArticleRobert Wise – The Sound of Music (1965)
Synopsis:In 1930’s Austria, a young woman named Maria is failing miserably in her attempts to become a nun. When the Navy captain Georg Von Trapp writes to the convent asking for a governess that can...
View ArticleTony Gatlif – Vengo (2000)
SynopsisThe vibrancy of gypsy life has been brought to the fore on film by Tony Gatlif, himself of gypsy heritage. Galtif has covered much European territory with films such as his much-loved Gadjo...
View ArticleAllen Reisner – St. Louis Blues (1958)
W.C. Handy has been called “The Father of the Blues”, although he modestly said that he merely transcribed the music and made it available to a wide audience. Nevertheless, his music defined the...
View ArticleLarry Peerce – The Big T.N.T. Show (1966)
Synopsis:Originally billed as “The T.A.M.I. Show II” in preview hype, this concert sequel produced by Phil Spector (who also appears) and filmed at the Moulin Rouge Theater in Hollywood, CA features...
View ArticleFranco Enriquez – Otello (1958)
Amazon user review: I’m no special fan of things past, rather proposing that each age has its special conductors, singers, orchestras and that idolising per se performances of 30, 50 or more years ago...
View ArticleBoris Barnet – Shchedroe leto AKA A Bountiful Summer (1951)
Quote:Oksana Podpruzhenko, a beautiful brigadeer, a “heroin of the kolkhoz fields”, returns from Moscow where she has been awarded a medal for her work achievements. At the station she is met by a...
View ArticleFranklin J. Schaffner – Yes, Giorgio (1982)
A famous opera singer, Giorgio Fini, loses his voice during an American tour. He goes to a female throat specialist, Faye Kennedy, whom he falls in love with. 1.83GB | 1 h 51 min | 853×480 | mkv...
View ArticleArthur Lubin – Abbott & Costello: In The Navy (1941)
Russ Raymond, America’s number one crooner, disappears and joins the Navy under the name Tommy Halstead. Dorothy Roberts, a magazine journalist, is intent on finding out what happened to Russ and she...
View ArticleCharles Walters – Dangerous When Wet (1953)
A young woman enters a contest to be the first to swim the English Channel. 1.33GB | 1 h 35 min | 720×540 | mkv...
View ArticleBorivoj Zeman – Fantom Morrisvillu AKA The Phantom of Morrisville (1966)
The Phantom of Morrisville is parody upon cheap crime mystery books. The story takes place on old mysterious english mansion. Its filled with typical pulp fiction characters who are grotesque just by...
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