May 2014
My viewing log. All the films (listed at IMDb) I've seen during this month.
Also, films NOT listed at IMDb (as of yet):
Indian Roots of Tibetan Buddhism (Benoy K. Behl, 2014, doc, sh) - 7/10
Notes:
TV = TV viewing
OL = online viewing
R = Recommended (8-10/10)
FF = For Fanatics Only (5-7/10)
P = Pass (1-4/10)
Also, films NOT listed at IMDb (as of yet):
Indian Roots of Tibetan Buddhism (Benoy K. Behl, 2014, doc, sh) - 7/10
Notes:
TV = TV viewing
OL = online viewing
R = Recommended (8-10/10)
FF = For Fanatics Only (5-7/10)
P = Pass (1-4/10)
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- DirectorMichael Patrick KingStarsSarah Jessica ParkerKim CattrallCynthia NixonA New York City writer on sex and love is finally getting married to her Mr. Big. But her three best girlfriends must console her after one of them inadvertently leads Mr. Big to jilt her.TV, 5/1/14. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorRich CowanStarsRay LiottaGisele FragaMichael RodrickWhile investigating a series of murders, a homicide detective becomes the prime suspect when the FBI uncovers his close personal ties to all the victims.TV, 5/1/14. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorDito MontielStarsChanning TatumTerrence HowardLuis GuzmánIn New York City, a young counterfeiter is introduced to the world of underground street fighting by a seasoned scam artist, who becomes his manager on the bare-knuckling brawling circuit.TV, 5/2/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorFernando SpinerStarsPablo CedrónNazareno CaseroClaudio RissiAballay was a bad tempered gaucho. After killing a man, the terrified look of the victim's son raised his consciousness about his savagery. Years go by, that kid's look doesn't leave him. Aballay knows that the kid will look for him.TV, 5/2/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorSandor SternStarsTiffani ThiessenEric CloseLorrie MorganThere's a rapist plaguing a neighborhood. Now a young newlywed suspects that her new husband may be the one doing this.TV, 5/3/14. 4.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorRob BowmanStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonJohn NevilleMulder and Scully must fight the government in a conspiracy and find the truth about an alien colonization of Earth.TV, 5/3/14. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorJohn M. StahlStarsIrene DunneCharles BoyerBarbara O'NeilA concert pianist unhappily married to a mentally ill woman falls in love with a waitress.TV, 5/4/14. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorPaul W.S. AndersonStarsLogan LermanMatthew MacfadyenRay StevensonThe hot-headed young D'Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down-on-their-luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war.TV, 5/4/14. 5.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorChristophe BarratierStarsLaetitia CastaGuillaume CanetJean TexierOccupied France; Lebrac leads a play war between two rival kid gangs, but a girl he likes, who's Jewish, is in danger of being discovered by local Nazi sympathisers. Lebrac and the village must now respond to the reality of what's happening.TV, 5/4/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorAleksandar DjordjevicStarsNikola SimicMilan 'Lane' GutovicRuzica SokicDimitrije Pantic loses his suitcase with business projects in an overcrowded bus, only to find a similar one - yet full of foreign currencies. This money turns his life upside down, but it also influences other people's ambitions.Orig. title: Tesna koža 3.
TV, 5/4/14. 4/10 (P). - DirectorWalt DisneyStarsMargie GayJulius the cat is skating on a pond when he espies a young lady break through the ice. He saves her, only to realize she's not particularly attractive, and so throws her back. Meanwhile, a kitten orphan is left in a basket by the side of the pond; Julius discovers it and takes it skating with him, afterward taking it home to Alice. They name him Oscar, and Julius tries to give the brat a bath. He then feeds Oscar and teaches him some table manners.OL, 5/5/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorRoberto RobertiStarsRodolfo De AngelisAdolfo Della MonicaTecla ScaranoA silent film made by Roberto Roberti (Bob Robertson), father of the more famous Sergio Leone, about Naples and his tradition, his music and his immortal beauty that continue to have a big impact on many foreigners today, even on tourists.OL, 5/5/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorVojislav NanovicStarsMeri BoskovaAco JovanovskiLjuba ArsovaFrosina is one of the many Macedonian wives whose husbands are economic emigrants abroad. Marriage does not bring them a family, only the burden of life itself. After her husband's short visits, she gives birth to children who do not live long because of the poverty into which they have been born. She gives birth to them alone, and she buries them alone. Only her last child, Klime, survives all his various illnesses and grows up to be her one joy in life. The war breaks out...OL, 5/5/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorAndrucha WaddingtonStarsAlberto AmmannLeonor WatlingPilar López de AyalaA chronicle of the life of Lope de Vega, the Spanish playwright who dominated Spain's early Golden Age of theater.TV, 5/5/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorMiroslav MikuljanStarsBekim FehmiuMilan StrljicOlivera JezinaThis film is the true story of the creation of Labin Republic 1921. When Italy 1921 annexed Istria, Labin area that is very rich in coal became strategically important for the new government. Domestic Croatian and Slovene population disappointed by the method of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, which is they sold foreigners. Accumulated social problems and the growing terror of Italians lead to great miners' strike, led by favorite union leader Ivan Pipan. The strikers will be join young miner Ive Blazina, who as commander of the Red Guard workers struggling for mining republic, and the for love of beautiful Mary Brezac. The sudden intervention of the Italian army destroys their dreams, and resigned Pippan surrenders. But not everyone agrees with his behavior.TV, 5/5/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorFred GuiolRichard WallaceStarsOliver HardyGlenn TryonVivien OaklandA divorced woman is set to receive $100,000 and quarts of diamonds from her divorce-disapproving aunt. Having taken in her first husband as a lodger, due to financial difficulties, and now living with her second husband, she must act to convince her aunt, that she is still married to her first husband, which is not taken gracefully by her second husband.OL, 5/6/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorFred GuiolStarsTheda BaraStan LaurelOliver HardyA young man visiting Hollywood on family business gets into trouble when he sees a bank robbery in progress, and thinks it is a movie scene.OL, 5/6/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseOliver HardyWilliam V. MongTwo rich families arrange a marriage between their children. The kids rebel, each running away, and run into each other at the train station. Not knowing the other's identity, they fall for each other and work to sabotage the plan.OL, 5/6/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseKatherine GrantLucien LittlefieldA wife suspects her husband is cheating when seen on the street talking to an attractive young woman. She believes she has caught him his mistress. A dancing butler, a game-playing dog and an accommodating burglar complicate things.OL, 5/6/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseStuart HolmesMildred JuneCharley is afraid of dogs, and one chases him into a phone box, which a stuffy aristocrat has just left to get more change, to continue the phone call with his fiancée, who is being forced by her parents to marry him. Charley agrees to help the girl, and is mistakenly hired as a butler at the same house. That evening, there's a big party at the house, and he has to find out which of the 20 girls there is the right one. The moment, he finds her, he gets the order to bathe the Duke, her dog, but he thinks she's talking about the future son-in-law... Meanwhile, the father, fed up with the aggressive dog, gives another domestic the order to get rid of the dog at midnight, when he hears him howling like a dog, the dog will be thrown by him out of the window. The aristocratic fiancée is in reality a crook, and is going to throw the safe out of the window, his partner in crime shall be prepared, when he hears him howling like a dog at midnight. Charley tells the girl that he will be ready for her eloping at midnight and the signal is him howling like a dog...OL, 5/7/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorRouben MamoulianStarsThelma BiracreeConstance FinkelBetty MacDonaldEarly Colour Film made by Eastman Kodak itself. Martha Graham's dance "The Flute of Krishna" is performed in front of the camera by students from the Eastman School of Music.OL, 5/7/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorAndré De TothStarsDick PowellLizabeth ScottJane WyattMarried insurance adjuster John Forbes falls for femme fatale Mona Stevens while her boyfriend is in jail and all suffer serious consequences as a result.OL, 5/7/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorJerzy SkolimowskiStarsVincent GalloEmmanuelle SeignerZach CohenAn Afghan POW attempts his escape.TV, 5/7/14. 8.5/10 (R).
- DirectorWilliam A. O'ConnorStarsMickey McBanBynunsky HymanThe Man in the Moon invites little Mickey and his dog over for a visit. They go on a magical trip and meet strange characters along the way.OL, 5/8/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorHans CürlisStarsWassily KandinskyKandinsky is one of several great artists of the 1920s shown at work before a canvas, in this entry from a series of documentary shorts by Curlis.OL, 5/8/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorPhilip RoscoeStarsAl JolsonDressed in overalls and wearing black-face makeup, Jolson sings three of his hit songs. For the complete list, follow the soundtrack link.OL, 5/8/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorLee De ForestStarsEddie CantorThis experimental talking short shows Cantor in his vaudeville act.OL, 5/8/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorFrank BorzageStarsDane ClarkGail RussellEthel BarrymoreDanny is despised by his schoolmates because his father was accused of killing another man and sentenced to death.OL, 5/8/14. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorRodrigo GarcíaStarsNaomi WattsAnnette BeningKerry WashingtonA drama centered around three women: A fifty-year-old woman, the daughter she gave up for adoption thirty-five years ago, and a woman looking to adopt a child of her own.TV, 5/8/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorFulton Lewis IIIStarsFulton Lewis IIIA short film produced by the House Committee on Un-American Activities documenting demonstration and rioting during the San Francisco hearings.OL, 5/9/14. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorSeth GreenStarsSeth GreenCandace BaileyAbraham BenrubiThe first of three Star Wars themed Robot Chicken parodies.OL, 5/9/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorDennis HopperStarsJulie AdamsDaniel AdesRichmond L. AguilarAfter a film production wraps in Peru, an American wrangler decides to stay behind to witness the ways that filmmaking affects the locals.OL, 5/9/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorBurr SteersStarsZac EfronMatthew PerryLeslie MannMike O'Donnell is ungrateful for how his life turned out. He gets a chance to rewrite his life when he tried to save a janitor near a bridge and jumped after him into a time vortex.TV, 5/9/14. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorDwight H. LittleStarsSteven SeagalJoanna PaculaBasil WallaceA retired DEA agent is out to hunt down and take out a Jamaican drug posse that has targeted he and his family for murder.TV, 5/9/14. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsMarlene DietrichJames StewartMischa AuerDeputy sheriff Destry tames the town of Bottle Neck, including saloon singer Frenchy.TV, 5/10/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorStacy CochranStarsDiane LaneJames Le GrosStephen CollinsDebbie (Diane Lane) and Gerald's lives drastically change after they get a gun. Their mysterious neighbor, Skippy, becomes an important and transforming figure in their lives.TV, 5/10/14. 5/10 (FF).
- DirectorRodney GibbonsStarsMatt FrewerKenneth WelshLiliana KomorowskaSir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes - the world's greatest detective - faces a most alluring adversary... Legendary opera star Irene Adler is threatening to destroy the King of Bohemia's reputation with proof of their illicit affair. The evidence? A photograph. Her ransom? The king's hand in marriage. But not only does investigating detective Sherlock Holmes already know Irene from the past, he also knows that the queen of manipulation would never resort to such a common crime. After uncovering her true ambitions, Holmes draws the cunning songstress into a well-matched game of cat and mouse.TV, 5/10/14. 5.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorLarry BishopStarsLarry BishopDennis HopperMichael MadsenTwo rival bikers gangs, the Victors and the Six-Six-Six's, refuel their decades-old rivalry.TV, 5/10/14. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorMark OsborneJohn StevensonStarsJack BlackIan McShaneAngelina JolieTo everyone's surprise, including his own, Po, an overweight, clumsy panda, is chosen as protector of the Valley of Peace. His suitability will soon be tested as the valley's arch-enemy is on his way.TV, 5/10/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorMatthias GlasnerStarsBirgit MinichmayrJürgen VogelHenry StangeA struggling German couple starts finding each other again after keeping as a secret about being responsible for a horrific accident.TV, 5/10/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorUte WielandStarsEmilia SchüleSelina Shirin MüllerHenriette NagelThree teen-aged girlfriends navigate multiple love triangles.TV, 5/11/14. 4.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorNicole van KilsdonkStarsLucas AdriaansePippa AllenKes BlansKiek is 9 years old. Her father, a doctor, is to be sent to an area at war. She worries, he could get sick or be in an accident and there are even stray bullets. She tries to reduce the risks to her dad. Mixture of live action and animation.TV, 5/11/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorZoran CalicStarsDragomir Bojanic-GidraMarko TodorovicJelena ZigonMilan tells Zika to be married and to come to a suitable candidate, they decided to give advertisement in all national and international newspapers. From Slovenia to Brazil offers on VHS constantly arriving. And Zika do not err on the final selection of young, Milan offered him a language instruction their knowledge and skills. Zika understand what it is and the real tricks of his friend Milan.Orig. title: Žikina ženidba.
TV, 5/11/14. 2.5/10 (P). - DirectorRidley ScottStarsDenzel WashingtonRussell CroweChiwetel EjioforAn outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.TV, 5/11/14. 7.5/10 (R).
- StarsGeorge AndersonErnest BesigHarry BridgesA rebuttal to the short film (Operation Abolition) produced by the House Committee on Un-American Activities documenting demonstration and rioting during the San Francisco hearings.OL, 5/12/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorDel LordStarsBilly BevanLeonora SummersVernon DentBilly is transferred to the California office, so he packs up his wife and mother in their jalopy and head west, encountering numerous comical adventures along the way--many at the expense of their road companions.OL, 5/12/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorArthur LipsettStarsKonrad AdenauerVannevar BushReginald CudlippFrom Arthur Lipsett, another incisive short film that looks at human might, majesty and mayhem. Compiled from some peculiar newsreel items of the last 50 years, the filmmaker calls this a time capsule, yet his arrangement of pictures makes it almost explosive. There are hundreds of items, once front-page stuff, but all wryly grotesque when seen in this reshuffle of the past.OL, 5/12/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorTheodore UshevThis metaphorical surrealist tale is an allusion . Nightingales in December is a trip into the memories, and the fields of the current realities. What if the Nightingales were working, instead of singing and going south? Is the innocence the only savior of birds songs? There are no Nightingales in December... What is left, is only the history of our beginning, and our end.OL, 5/12/14. 10/10 (R).
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Caution! Listed twice at IMDb - under this (French) and under its English title 'Nightingales in December' (both titles are on a film copy I saw).
It's the same Canadian film, of course. - DirectorMartín RoseteStarsJonathan D. MellorFéodor AtkineJavier CidonchaThree extreme situations that are actually the same.OL, 5/12/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorRodrigo GudiñoVincent MarconeStarsJulian RichingsAlan AldertonLea LawrynowiczThe film centers on an unusual photograph dating back to the 1930s. An investigation of its particulars reveals a tapestry of secrets hidden in the details, and a tale of kidnapping and murder captured in a haunting moment.OL, 5/12/14. 8.5/10 (R).
- DirectorClaude CloutierStarsMartin BarryJohanne GarneauRick JonesIn a world of odd people and surreal habits, the Queen weeps and wails: her daughter Betty won't wake up. With the court looking on, the King swings into action, jiggling the bed with the help of a knight, calling on a doctor and then a witch, and also phoning for a prince. As the prince, on his steed, makes his way to Betty's bedside - a trip replete with adventures - we watch others try to wake the young woman. On-lookers include a jester, Henry VIII, Queen Victoria, and a multi-eyed gargoyle. Will the prince make everything right? Where are we?OL, 5/12/14. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorGérald MorinStarsAdriano De AngelisEnzo De CastroFederico FelliniTV, 5/12/14. 7/10 (FF).
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Shown under its Italian title 'Sulle tracce di Fellini' in my country (on TVS 1). - DirectorMiroslav MikuljanStarsFabijan SovagovicMilan StrljicEna BegovicDeals with the father-son conflict in a farming family. The two never see eye to eye especially over the way the farm is run. The boy opts for a different way of life and also falls in love with a dumb girl to the horror of his family.Orig. title: Hoću živjeti.
TV, 5/12/14. 7/10 (FF). - DirectorPatrick DoyonStarsChantal BarilNatalie Hamel-RoyJacques LavalléeOn a typically boring Sunday a small boy goes to church with his parents before being taken to a relative's house for a family lunch. Still bored he amuses himself by placing a coin on the adjacent railway track,an action which has unfortunate and bizarre results for a passing bear.OL, 5/13/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorJavier Recio GraciaStarsMiguel Angel PerezEva MolinaOn her deathbed, a sad, white-haired woman yearns to reunite with her beloved late husband. However, the road to the afterlife can be long, and today's modern medicine works miracles.OL, 5/13/14. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorGrant OrchardWhen a New Yorker walks past a chicken on his morning stroll, we are left to wonder which one is the real city slicker.OL, 5/13/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorJoaquin BaldwinA voodoo doll must find the courage to save his friends from being pinned to death.OL, 5/13/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorJoaquin BaldwinAn origami tale of a skillful paper-folder who could shape the world with his hands.OL, 5/13/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorJoaquin BaldwinA nurturing farmer in is danger of losing his crop of windmills due to the cyclical forces of nature.OL, 5/13/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorJoseph LoseyStarsDirk BogardeAlexis SmithAlexander KnoxAfter a convict breaks in a psychotherapist's home, he agrees to rehabilitation rather than arrest but the therapist's wife becomes infatuated with him.OL, 5/13/14. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsLuke WilsonKate HudsonDavid PaymerA writer must turn out a novel in thirty days or face the wrath of loan sharks.TV, 5/13/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorIshu PatelIn this short animation film, a magnificent bird performs for the Emperor inside a glittering palace. Its plumage is a blaze of colour. A blackbird, watching enviously, strives to acquire what he so desperately covets, only to discover that a golden cage can't compete with the open skies.OL, 5/14/14. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorBernhard WickiStarsVolker BohnetFritz WepperMichael HinzIn 1945, Germany is being overrun, and nobody is left to fight but teenagers.OL, 5/14/14. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorJulie DelpyStarsJulie DelpyAdam GoldbergDaniel BrühlMarion and Jack try to rekindle their relationship with a visit to Paris, home of Marion's parents -- and several of her ex-boyfriends.TV, 5/14/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorJoseph LoseyStarsDavid WayneHoward Da SilvaMartin GabelIn this Americanization of the 1931 German thriller, both the police and the criminal underworld stalk a mysterious serial killer who preys on little girls.OL, 5/15/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorShawn ChristensenStarsShawn ChristensenFatima PtacekKim AllenHaving reached the lowest point in his life, a self-destructive man on the brink of demise receives an unexpected call from his estranged sister to look after her young daughter for the night. Could this be the beginning of a new reality?OL, 5/15/14. 8.5/10 (R).
- DirectorPeter FoottStarsRobert SheehanLesley ConroyBrendan McDonaldUniquely spanning 15 years in as many scenes, "An Créatúr" ("The Helpless Creature") tells the story of a young boy and a moment which changes his life forever.OL, 5/15/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorMaria BlumencronStarsHannah HerzsprungDavid Lee McInnisSangay JägerTV, 5/15/14. 7/10 (FF).
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Shown under its English title 'Escape from Tibet' in my country (on TVS 2). - DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsJean ArthurEdward ArnoldRay MillandWhen a wealthy banker throws his wife's expensive fur coat off a roof and it lands on the head of a stenographer, everyone assumes she is his mistress and has access to his millions.OL, 5/16/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorSean EllisStarsGuillaume CanetMélanie LaurentInes Van Houtte SanchezJean-Paul Clément is on a business trip. He checks into the Dolphine Hotel for seven nights where we learn he has one saved message on his mobile phone and a personal dilemma.OL, 5/16/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorSam KarmannStarsDaniel RialetJacques MartialChristian RauthA commuter suddenly realizes he's mistakenly boarded the express train and desperately tries to get off between stations.OL, 5/16/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorJaime DezcallarStarsIsrael ElejaldeJavier AmbrossiPilar BastardésA man with arachnophobia buys a poisonous bird spider and sets it free in his apartment.OL, 5/16/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorJuan Pablo EtcheverryA trip into Picasso's creative mind. We enter his imagination to find the creatures and stories that populated his psyche.OL, 5/16/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorYann BenediQuentin ChailletSébastien EballardStarsYoham Hay-BonniffetCharlotte QuilletGary is entering in his teens and has a crush on Valentine, who is much taller and more sexually developed than he is. He is attracted to her and would like to kiss and romance her, but he feels insecure and dreams of becoming an adult to do so. Gary draws an adult version of himself on the wall of his room hoping to be that guy once. When his wish comes true and adult Gary comes to life from the wall, Gary comes to regret it.OL, 5/16/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorNicky PhelanStarsKathleen O'RourkeIt's night; a wide-eyed fearful child is in bed. When her granny enters the room, the child pretends to be asleep. Granny O'Grimm isn't fooled; she pokes the child with a walker and picks up the book "Sleeping Beauty." We see the story as she tells it, images jumping between fairies at a baby's christening and Granny's agitated narrating. The aged fairy, who wasn't invited to the feast, looks just like Granny, but with small wings. As the child's terror deepens, Granny reaches the end of her version of the story. Will the child get any sleep?OL, 5/16/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorKendra Vander VlietOn a cold winter night, a lovable little boy embarks on a mission and encounters baby stars in need of a home. Join them in this magical winter story of the discovery and courage of a young boy's heart. Will he find the strength within to do the impossible?OL, 5/16/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorPhillip NoyceStarsAngelina JolieLiev SchreiberChiwetel EjioforA CIA agent goes on the run after a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy.TV, 5/16/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorMarco BellocchioStarsGiovanna MezzogiornoFilippo TimiFausto Russo AlesiThe story of Mussolini's secret lover, Ida Dalser, and their son Albino.TV, 5/16/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsVictor MatureSuzan BallJohn LundThis biography of the famous Lakota Sioux war chief is told entirely from the Indian viewpoint.TV, 5/17/14. 5.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorArild AndresenStarsAsk von der HagenSusanne BoucherJostein BroxJo (13) is a smart thinker with a vivid imagination, but is bothered by classmates, and is a rather hopeless soccer goalie. He does what he has to survive this difficult time in life.TV, 5/17/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorBudd BoetticherStarsRandolph ScottKaren SteelePernell RobertsA bounty hunter (Randolph Scott) escorts a killer (James Best) to be tried for murder, but allows the man's outlaw brother (Lee Van Cleef) to catch up with them to have a showdown over a previous shocking murder.TV, 5/17/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorJames IvoryStarsRalph FiennesNatasha RichardsonVanessa RedgraveIn 1930s Shanghai, a blind American diplomat develops a curious relationship with a young Russian refugee who works odd--and sometimes illicit--jobs to support members of her dead husband's aristocratic family.TV, 5/17/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorKevin MacdonaldStarsBob MarleyZiggy MarleyRita MarleyA documentary on the life, music, and legacy of Bob Marley.TV, 5/17/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorJacques BeckerStarsAndré BervilJean KeraudyMichel ConstantinDistrust and uncertainty arise when four long-term inmates cautiously induct a new prisoner into their elaborate prison-break scheme.TV, 5/18/14. 8.5/10 (R).
- DirectorDuncan JonesStarsJake GyllenhaalMichelle MonaghanVera FarmigaA soldier wakes up in someone else's body and discovers he's part of an experimental government program to find the bomber of a commuter train within 8 minutes.TV, 5/18/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorMike MarzukStarsValeria EisenbartQuirin OettlJustus SchlingensiepenFive kids and a dog investigate the disappearance of a professor, uncovering a conspiracy involving criminals related to his alternative energy project; they attempt to rescue him from kidnappers.TV, 5/18/14. 4/10 (P).
- DirectorDick LowryStarsTom SelleckSuzy AmisRachel DuncanAfter the Civil War, a returning Confederate veteran must reclaim his Arizona land and homestead from the Yankee carpetbaggers who illegally occupy it.TV, 5/18/14. 6.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorPeter MarkleStarsDermot MulroneyMichael CudlitzAnne HecheIn Silent Witness, Dermot Mulroney (Zodiak, Copycat) plays prominent defense attorney Tony Lord, who returns to his hometown to defend an old friend, played by Michael Cudlitz (TNT's Southland). The friend is a teacher accused of murdering one of his students, and the case re-opens the heartache from Tony's own high school days, when he was a student falsely accused of murdering his first love. Silent Witness also stars Anne Heche (Hung, Men in Trees) as Sue Robb, the wife of the accused teacher, and Judd Hirsch (Damages, Taxi) as Saul Ruben, Tony Lord's close friend and associate.TV, 5/18/14. 6/10 (FF).
- DirectorHelmut KäutnerStarsMaria SchellBernhard WickiBarbara RüttingA German nurse gets sent to the front because she gives medical aid to a wounded Serbian partisan during World War II.OL, 5/19/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorLewis KlahrA cut-out animated collage on the theme of change and lost time, underscored by Dory Previn's 'Theme to Valley of the Dolls', Jefferson Airplane's 'Lather' and John Cale reciting Andy Warhol's diary entry 'A Dream' from Songs for Drella.OL, 5/19/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorYves MontmayeurStarsMichael HanekeJean-Louis TrintignantYves MontmayeurMichael Haneke, theorists of the image that knows better than any other the dregs of our society with their existential fears and emotional derail ment to bring to light - a portrait.TV, 5/19/14. 7.5/10 (R).
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsJean-Louis TrintignantEmmanuelle RivaIsabelle HuppertGeorges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.TV, 5/19/14. 9/10 (R).
- DirectorHenri d' UrselStarsGeorges HugnetKissa KouprineRenee SavoyeA young man buys a pearl for his fiancée. He walks out of the jewelry store that opens onto...a forest. He counts the pearls and realizes one is missing so he gets back to the store. On entering he catches sight of an alluring saleslady sitting on...a showcase with her skirt lifted. On one of her stockings, close to the garter, another pearl necklace is tied. The young man takes it away from her. Outraged, the jeweler fires the assistant, who goes away with the man sitting on the handlebar of his bike. After this, the pearl is lost, found, lost again.OL, 5/20/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorArtavazd PeleshianA man paves his own way to his own soul through an intellectual quest, tragedies of nations and personal drama. The road moving through the cosmic distances is a flight into one's internal world. This flight and this drama are revealed in this philosophical film-poem.OL, 5/20/14. 9.5/10 (R).
- DirectorJames FargoStarsCasper Van DienPatrick MuldoonWilliam ForsytheMike decides to hit the road on his refurbished classic motorcycle along with best buddy Alex, but their trek takes a surprising turn when they become involved in a plan involving political blackmail, corruption, and dirty money. Carrying evidence that could get them killed at any minute, the boys are chased on the open road but turn their skills to their own advantage.TV, 5/20/14. 2.5/10 (P).
- DirectorJ. Lee ThompsonStarsMaximilian SchellSamantha EggarIngrid ThulinIn Paris, a Polish gigolo marries a rich Jewish doctor and stands to inherit her estate when she is deported to Dachau by the Nazis.OL, 5/21/14. 7/10 (FF).
- DirectorSam NewfieldStarsMary Beth HughesHugh BeaumontEdmund MacDonaldAn estranged wife shows up after a nearly 7 year disappearance to prevent her husband from marrying his new love, and someone kills her.OL, 5/21/14. 5.5/10 (FF).
- DirectorFranck DionStarsGaëtan GallierMister Cok is the owner of a large bomb factory. Looking for efficiency and profit, he decides to replace his workers by sophisticated robots; however one of the workers does not accept being discarded so easily.OL, 5/21/14. 8/10 (R).
- DirectorMette TangeStarsCarsten KnudsenRebecca Bang SørensenIsrael HernándezA little piggy is able to escape a slaughter house. Being sheltered by the owner of a pet shop, he thinks he has found the right place to survive, the only problem is that humans seem to prefer other animals as pets.OL, 5/21/14. 8/10 (R).