mr6666 Posted December 31, 2014 Featured Films for Jan. 2015: Children of Paradise ('45) Knife in the Water ('62) The Weird Love Makers (1963) aka The Warped Ones (1960) PREMIERE The Magic Flute (1975) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted January 4, 2015 late Sun., 1-4 2:00 am ET 190 min romance Children Of Paradise (1945) In 19th-Century Paris, four men with very different intentions court a sideshow performer. Dir: Marcel Carne Cast: Arletty , Jean-Louis Barrault , Marcel Herrand . LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW: D: Marcel Carne. Jean-Louis Barrault, Arletty, Pierre Brasseur, Albert Remy, Maria Casares, Leon Larive, Marcel Herrand, Pierre Renoir. "Timeless masterpiece of filmmaking (and storytelling), focusing on a rough-and-tumble theatrical troupe in 19th-century France. Barrault plays the mime whose unfulfilled passion for free-spirited Arletty dominates his life, even as he achieves great fame on stage. Wise, witty, and completely captivating. Written by Jacques Prevert. Filming began in 1943 in Nazi-occupied France, but wasn't completed until 1945." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted January 8, 2015 late Sun., 1-11-15 2:00 am ET 94 min drama Knife In The Water (1962) A young businessman and a hitchhiker develop a deadly rivalry during a boating weekend. Dir: Roman Polanski Cast: Leon Niemczyk , Jolanta Umecka , Zygmunt Malanowicz . ARTICLE: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/80459/Knife-In-The-Water/articles.html 3:45 am ET C- 117 min crime Purple Noon (1961) French adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel, about Tom Ripley, a talented mimic, moocher, forger and all-around criminal improviser. Dir: René Clément Cast: Alain Delon , Marie Laforêt , Maurice Ronet . LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW: D: Rene Clement. Alain Delon, Marie Laforet, Maurice Ronet, Frank Latimore, Ave Ninchi. "Marvelously photographed (in southern Italy, by Henri Decae), tautly directed suspenser about Delon, who envies playboy-friend Ronet and schemes to murder him and assume his identity. Based on Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley. That's Romy Schneider among the friends stopping by cafe in opening scene. Remade as THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY; also see THE AMERICAN FRIEND." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted January 15, 2015 late Sun., 1-18-15 2:15 am ET 75 min drama Warped Ones, The (1960) PREMIERE A delinquent targets the girlfriend of the journalist who helped send him to jail. Dir: Koreyoshi Kurahara Cast: Tamio Kawaji , Noriko Matsumoto , Yuko Chiyo . Article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Warped_Ones 4:00 am ET 91 min I am Waiting (1957) PREMIERE A former boxer (Yujiro Ishihara) helps a beautiful and mysterious woman (Mie Kitahara) who's on the run from a gangster. Dir: Koreyoshi Kurahara Cast: Isamu Kosugi , Yujiro Ishihara , Mie Kitahara . ARTICLE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Waiting Morlock blog: http://moviemorlocks.com/2015/01/15/nippon-noir-i-am-waiting-1957/#more-81040 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted January 23, 2015 late Sun., 1-25-15 (change from NPG = "The Magic Flute") 3:00 AM 136 min drama Tokyo Story (1953) An aging couple visits their children in Tokyo only to find heartache and rejection. Dir: Yasujiro Ozu Cast: Chishu Ryu , Chiyeko Higashiyama , Setsuko Hara . LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW: D: Yasujiro Ozu. Chishu Ryu, Chieko Higashiyama, So Yamamura, Haruko Sugimura, Setsuko Hara. "An elderly couple (Ryu, Higashiyama) visit their children in Tokyo, who are too busy living their lives and treat them tactlessly. Quietly powerful story of old age, the disappointments parents experience with their children, and the fears the young have of time passing. A masterpiece. Not shown in the U.S. until 1972." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
