The Sound of Old Rooms, 2011. Directed by Sandeep Ray. SYNOPSIS: Filmed over 17 years, this up-close documentary takes the viewer through the life experiences of an ordinary Indian man trying to hold on to his calling of being a poet while juggling a normal life.  The most interesting thing about documentary The Sound of […]

I Have Always Been a Dreamer, 2012. Directed by Sabine Gruffat. SYNOPSIS: A documentary travelogue and film portrait of two cities in contrasting states of development: Dubai, UAE and Detroit, U.S.A. I Have Always Been a Dreamer begins with a single long take scanning the inner city area of Detroit. The camera gazes up at […]

Knightriders, 1981. Written and Directed by George A. Romero.Starring Ed Harris, Gary Lahti, Tom Savini, Amy Ingersoll, Patricia Tallman, Christine Forrest, Warner Shook, Brother Blue and Cynthia Adler. SYNOPSIS: A medieval reenactment troupe find it increasingly difficult to keep their family-like group together, with pressure from local law enforcement, interest from entertainment agents and a […]

Man at the Top, 1973. Directed by Mike Vardy.Starring Kenneth Haigh, Nanette Newman, Harry Andrews, William Lucas, Clive Swift, Paul Williamson, John Collin and John Quentin. SYNOPSIS: Northerner Joe Lampton becomes involved with Lord Ackerman, the powerful chairman of a pharmaceutical concern, where he makes a shocking discovery: his predecessor committed suicide because of his […]

Spanish Fly, 1976. Directed by Bob Kellett.Starring Leslie Phillips, Terry-Thomas, Graham Armitage, Nadiuska, Frank Thornton and Sue Lloyd. SYNOPSIS: On the Mediterranean island of Minorca, expat Sir Percy de Courcy buys 100,000 gallons of local wine, hoping to sell it at a vast profit. Unfortunately, the wine tastes foul, and when he asks his chauffeur […]

On the Fiddle (a.k.a. Operation Snafu), 1961. Directed by Cyril Frankel.Starring Alfred Lynch, Sean Connery, Cecil Parker, Stanley Holloway and Eric Barker.  SYNOPSIS: Tricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope sets his sights on the main chance, teams with slow-witted, good-hearted gypsy Pedlar Pascoe, and works up a lucrative […]

Promised Land, 2012. Directed by Gus Van Sant.Starring Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Frances McDormand, Rosemarie DeWitt, Scoot McNairy, Titus Welliver, Terry Kinney and Halbrook. SYNOPSIS:A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources. Promised Land is a classic […]

Nor’easter, 2012. Written and Directed by Andrew Brotzman.Starring David Call, Richard Bekins, Liam Aiken, Haviland Morris, Rachel Brosnahan, Danny Burstein, Geary Smith and Emory Cohen. SYNOPSIS: A young and inexperienced priest encourages a family to declare their long-missing son dead, but once they do, the boy mysteriously returns, testing the priest’s commitment to church doctrine […]

A Late Quartet, 2012. Directed by Yaron Zilberman.Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener, Imogen Poots, and Mark Ivanir. SYNOPSIS: Members of a world-renowned string quartet struggle to stay together in the face of death, competing egos and insuppressible lust. The beauty of A Late Quartet is in its ability to allow the audience […]

Pincus, 2012. Written and Directed by David Fenster.Starring Paul Fenster, Dietmar Franusch, Christi Idavoy and David Norstrom. SYNOPSIS: A story centered on a young guy who ineptly runs the family construction business by day and begrudgingly acts as caretaker for his father by night.  David Fenster’s Pincus is happy to be rough around the edges. […]