понедельник, 31 августа 2015 г.

Young Bodies Heal Quickly (2014)


Director & Writer: Andrew T. Betzer
Stars: Gabriel Croft, Hale Lytle, Jay Featherstone, Johnathan Frasier, Sandra L. Hale, Daniel P. Jones, Adrian Lemon, Ali Lynch, Pilisa Mackey

Two brothers are fleeing arrest for the "accidental" killing of a young girl. Their destination is their estranged father's desolate compound on the sea shore.

USA
In English
 

вторник, 25 августа 2015 г.

Johnny Tough (1974)


Tough / Johnny Tough

Director: Horace Jackson
Stars: Dion Gossett, Christopher Townes, Renny Roker, Rich Holmes, Sandy Reed, Guy Badger, Beverly Daniel, Sam Dickerman

Johnny Tough is a "blaxploitation" film tempered by a social consciousness. Dion Gossett plays a young urban African-American. Gossett continually rebels against the white establishment, as represented by his teacher. The boy finds he can expect no back-up of his attitude at home, where his parents wallow in self-indulgence, so he feels that a show of force is his only option. Renny Roker and Sandy Reed also appear in this film. Not quite as violent as most films in its genre, Johnny Tough was consigned to the Late Late Show circuit as soon as it finished its initial theatrical run.

USA
In English
 

понедельник, 24 августа 2015 г.

Tarzan and the Jungle Boy (1968)


Director: Robert Gordon
Stars: Mike Henry, Rafer Johnson, Aliza Gur, Steve Bond, Ron Gans, Edward Johnson

Tarzan is joined by a reporter and her fiance on a journey to find a boy who was abandoned in the jungle six years earlier. The search party must also battle an evil native, who is out to kill the boy and take over as chief of his brother's tribe.

USA
In English (second audio)

среда, 19 августа 2015 г.

Ya la hicimos (1994)



Director: Rafael Montero
Stars: Leticia Perdigón, Alonso Echánove, Diego Sieres, Ernesto Gómez Cruz, Demian Bichir, Ana Bertha Espín, Loló Navarro, Yonan Lajud

Virginia y Nacho, matrimonio de escasos recursos, viven precariamente de sus raquíticos sueldos, insuficientes para mantener a su hijo de nueve años de edad. Hasta que la fortuna les sonríe y Nacho se gana un auto ultimo modelo en la promocion de unos chicles que el niño compra. Sin embargo a veces es mejor que la suerte no te sonría.

Mexico
In Spanish
 

воскресенье, 16 августа 2015 г.

Little Pal / The Healer (1935)



Director: Reginald Barker
Stars: Ralph Bellamy, Karen Morley, Mickey Rooney, Karen Morley, Judith Allen, Robert McWade, Bruce Warren, J. Farrell MacDonald, Vessie Farrell

Dr. Holden (Ralph Bellamy) is "The Healer" (the original title) in this 1930s morally uplifting pot-boiler. He is a doctor that has come home to a warm springs to try to heal children from the unnamed crippling disease (polio). He runs a destitute camp for these children, assisted by Evelyn Allen (Karen Morley) who looks upon the Doc as a great man. Jimmy (Mickey Rooney) is a paraplegic kid whom the Doc promises to cure. This little triangle is interrupted by a rich girl Joan Bradshaw (Judith Allen) who cons the good Doc into building a sanitorium for the wealthy with her father's money. Doc is momentarily swayed, but comes to his senses just as a forest fire threatens his original cabins around the warm spring. His treatment of Jimmy pays off as Jimmy rides a bicycle to save the day. Doc realizes that his true love is Evelyn, not the self-interested Joan.

USA
In English (second audio)
 

пятница, 14 августа 2015 г.

La Perla Negra (1977)


La Perla Negra / The Black Pearl

Director: Saul Swimmer
Stars: Carlos Estrada, Perla Cristal, Mario Custodio, Emilio Rodríguez, Carl Anderson, George Rigaud, Rafael Cabarcos, Aldo Sambrell, Ricardo Palacios, José Crespo, Jaime Doria, Lucy Tiller

When young Ramon finds a giant black pearl beneath the seas of Baja California, he angers the giant manta ray who guards it. Neither Ramon nor his father understand the danger that such a pearl can bring. Both the Manta Diablo and the Sevillano (another pearl diver) are determined to get their hands on the pearl, even if they must kill Ramon to do so.

USA | Spain
Spanish dubbing
 

понедельник, 10 августа 2015 г.

Visit to a Chief's Son (1974)


Director: Lamont Johnson
Stars: Richard Mulligan, Johnny Sekka, John Philip Hogdon, Jesse Kinaru, Jock Anderson, Chief Lomoiro

Music by Francis Lai

In this adventure, an anthropologist takes his son to Africa to chronicle the rituals performed by the Masai during a solar eclipse. When they first arrive, both father and son are terribly self-absorbed and aloof, but after spending time with the friendly tribe, the two become caring human beings.
 
USA
In English
 

воскресенье, 9 августа 2015 г.

Il piccolo patriota padovano (1915)



Il piccolo patriota padovano / The Little Patriot From Padua

Director: Leopoldo Carlucci
Star: Ermanno Roveri

On a ship bound for Genoa is a small Paduan boy, covered in rags, who has been sold by his parents to a company of acrobats and been forced to do all the work in the circus. After escaping during a stopover in Barcelona, the Italian consul has repatriated him. Moved by pity and curiosity, some foreign travelers offer the boy some money. Retiring to his bunk, he dreams of a decent meal, a new jacket and bringing the rest of the money home to his parents, so poor they had to sell him. But when by chance he hears those travelers, chatting with each other, gossiping about Italy and the Italians, he dosn’t hesitate to throw his money back in their faces, shouting “I will not accept alms from those who insult my country."
Another story of youthful self-sacrifice from Edmondo De Amicis' novel
Cuore / Heart.

Italy
Silent movie with no sound and intertitles
 

суббота, 1 августа 2015 г.

Medeas (2013)


Director: Andrea Pallaoro
Stars: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Brían F. O'Byrne, Mary Mouser, Ian Nelson, Maxim Knight, Jake Vaughn, Kevin Alejandro, Patrick Birkett, Angel Amaral, Tara Buck, Granville Ames 

Medeas is a daring and lyrical exploration of alienation and desperation through the intimate observation of a family's inner lives and their relationship to each other and their environment. Without moral judgment, it probes the boundaries of human behavior and the lengths to which people can be driven for love and self-preservation.

USA - Italy 
In English, with English subs (.srt)