Austerlitz; historical drama, France / Italy, 1960; D: Abel Gance, S: Pierre Mondy, Jean Marais, Martine Carol, Elvire Popesco, Georges Marchal, Claudia Cardinale, Ettore Manni, Jack Palance, Daniela Rocca, Orson Welles, Jean-Louis Trintignant Paris, 1805. Following the end of the Treaty of Amiens, which the British didn't follow through since they didn't evacuate from Malta and Alexandria, French First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte is anxious and senses a new Coalition will declare war on him. Napoleon's family, including brother Lucien and sisters Pauline and Caroline, urge him to declare himse ..read more

Paddington; fantasy comedy, UK / France, 2014; D: Paul King, S: Ben Whishaw (voice), Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin, Nicole Kidman, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent A British explorer found two anthropomorphic bears in the Peruvian jungle and told them they are always welcomed in London. Decades later, after an earthquake kills one of the bear, Pastuzo, the other, aunt Lucy, decides to take the explorer on his word and sends nephew Paddington via a ship to London. Once there, Paddington is lost, but is taken pity by the Brown family who take him in: Mary and her ..read more

Sansho Dayu; drama, Japan, 1954; D: Kenji Mizoguchi, S: Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyoko Kagawa, Eitaro Shindo, Kinuyo Tanaka, Akitake Kono Japan, the Middle Ages. Governor Masauji stands up for the rights of the exploited peasants, so his feudal lord punishes him by sending him to the Tsukushi Province in exile. On their long journey to him, Masauji's wife Tamaki and their children Zushio and Anju are tricked into boats of gangsters and separated. Zushio and his sister Anju land as slaves in the blacksmith estate run by cruel landlord Sansho, under the protection of the Minister of the Right. A dec ..read more

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire; fantasy comedy, USA, 2024; D: Gil Kenan, S: Mckenna Grace, Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Finn Wolfhard, Kumail Nanjiani, Emily Alyn Lind, Patton Oswalt, Bill Murray, Celeste O'Connor, Annie Potts, William Atherton New York. Gary Grooberson and Callie Spengler are a couple and continue with the Ghostbusters business, together with Callie's teenage kids Phoebe and Trevor. They are assisted by mentors Winston Zeddemore and Ray Stantz. When a certain Nadeem sells a metal orb to Ray, it turns out to be an ancient ghost trap which keeps demon Garra ..read more

Alien: Covenant; science-fiction horror, USA / UK, 2017; D: Ridley Scott, S: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride Years after the "Prometheus" expedition, spaceship "Covenant" is heading towards an inhabitable planet, Origae-6, with 2,000 colonists. A neutrino burst damages the ship, so android Walter wakes up several astronauts from cryosleep. Captain Christopher decides to re-direct the spaceship towards a different, closer planet emitting a signal, despite Daniels protesting. A reconnaissance ship lands on the planet, the astronauts walk around without ..read more

Miraculous, le film; computer-animated fantasy musical, France, 2023; D: Jeremy Zag, S: Anouck Hautbois, Benjamin Bollen, Antoine Tomé, Marie Nonnenmacher, Thierry Kazazian Paris. Teenage girl Marinette gets a crush on a boy from her high school, Adrien, but he is not interested in her. His dad Gabriel uses a magical jewel, Butterfly Miraculous, to transform into Hawk Moth and lure the forces of Ladybug and Black Cat, hoping their powers will revive his late wife Emilie. Marinette receives the superpowers of Ladybug from Wang Fu, whereas Adrien receives the superpowers of Black Cat, with ..read more

Léon Morin, prêtre; drama, France, 1961; D: Jean-Pierre Melville, S: Emmanuelle Riva, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Chantal Gozzi, Irène Tunc, Nicole Mirel A small French town in the Alps, World War II. Barny is a widow whose Jewish husband was killed, her little daughter France secretly lives in the house of another family, while she works correcting assignments for a correspondence school that has moved from Paris. She falls in love with a co-worker, Sabine. As an communist and atheist, Barny randomly goes to a Catholic church for confession to mock religion, but the young priest Leon Morin act ..read more

Erogotoshitachi yori jinruigaku nyumon; drama / satire, Japan, 1966; D: Shohei Imamura, S: Shoichi Ozawa, Sumiko Sakamoto, Masaomi Kondo, Keiko Sagowa, Haruo Tanaka Subu Ogata is an underground director of pornographic films. He entered a relationship out of convenience with his landlord, the widowed Haru, a hairdresser who has a teenage son, Koichi, and teenage daughter, Keiko. Haru also believes a carp is her reincarnated husband, so she keeps the fish in a small aquarium in her house. Subu has troubles with his semi-illegal business, so he sometimes gets arrested by the police, the y ..read more

I Come in Peace; science-fiction action, USA, 1990; D: Craig R. Baxley, S: Dolph Lundgren, Brian Benben, Betsy Brantley, Matthias Hues Talec, a humanoid alien with long blond hair who just says "I come in peace", appears on Earth and randomly attacks people by inserting heroin into their chest with one tube, and extracting endorphins from their brains through another tube, killing them in the process. Detective Jack Caine is sent on the case, but is annoyed by his new partner, FBI agent Smith. Still, Jack is aided by his girlfriend Diane. Jack discovers a mysterious CD which levitated and kil ..read more

Akai Hashi no Shita no Nurui Mizu; comedy, Japan, 2001; D: Shohei Imamura, S: Koji Yakusho, Misa Shimizu, Mitsuko Baisho, Mansaku Fuwa Tokyo. After losing his job and having problems with his wife, Yosuke decides to go to the Noto peninsula to search for an alleged stolen golden statue hidden in a house of a deceased old man. Yosuke encounters Saeko living in the house, who is ashamed of having the ability of squirting water up to six ft above her when she gets aroused. The two become passionate lovers. Yosuke accepts a job as a fisherman and meets an African man who is preparing for a mara ..read more