Title: Camp de Thiaroye Year: 1988 Director: Ousmene Sembene, Thierno Faty Sow Cast: Sidiki Bakaba, Ibrahim Sane, Hamed Camara, Phillipe Chamelat Synopsis: Camp de Thiaroye is a fact-inspired narrative recounting the events leading up to the massacre at Camp Thiaroye,...
Title: The Flight of the Eagle Year: 1982 Director: Jan Troell Cast: Max Von Sydow Synopsis: The Flight of the Eagle chronicles the journey of explorer S.A. Andrée and his two companions, Nils Strindberg and Knut Frænkel, from Svalbard, Norway...
Title: The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick Year: 1972 Director: Wim Wenders Cast: Arthur Brauss, Kai Fischer, Erika Pluhar, Bert Fortell Synopsis: When disaffected goalkeeper Josef Bloch is dismissed from a game for committing a penalty, he finds himself...
Title: Passion Fish Year: 1992 Director: John Sayles Cast: Mary McDonnell, Angela Bassett, Alfre Woodard, Lenore Banks Synopsis: When famous soap actress May-Alice Culhane (McDonnell) is paralyzed from the waist down, she encounters a series of struggles. Her fall from...
Title: It’s a Wonderful Life Year: 1946 Director: Frank Capra Cast: Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, Beulah Bondi, Henry Travers Synopsis: George Bailey (Stewart) recollects his life’s many touchstones thanks to an unlikely angel when he contemplates...
Title(s): Italianamerican; American Boy: A Profile of – Steven Prince Year(s): 1974, 1978 Director: Martin Scorsese Synopses: Italianamerican (1974) A personal profile centering on the director’s parents, Charles and Catherine Scorsese, and their insights and memories of immigrant life in...
Title: Raging Bull Year: 1980 Director: Martin Scorsese Cast: Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci, Theresa Saldana, Frank Vincent Synopsis: The career and life of boxer Jake LaMotta is chronicled over two decades; if his mercurial temper isn’t dictating...
Title: Boarding Gate Year: 2007 Director: Olivier Assayas Cast: Asia Argento, Michael Madsen, Kim Gordon, Kelly Lin, Carl Ng Synopsis: As career criminal Miles (Madsen) considers retirement, his former partner/associate Sandra (Argento) pays him a visit with her own scheme,...
Title: The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse Year: 1960 Director: Fritz Lang Cast: Peter van Eyck, Dawn Addams, Gert Frobe, Wolfgang Preiss, Werner Peters Synopsis: After the mysterious death of a reporter, a blind clairvoyant and wealthy industrialist courts a...
Title: The Late Show Year: 1977 Director: Robert Benton Cast: Lily Tomlin, Art Carney, Eugene Roche, Bill Macy, Joanna Cassidy Synopsis: Aging private eye Ira Wells (Carney) reluctantly allies with a young would-be actress turned hippie Margo (Tomlin) as their...