Posted on November 7, 2023
In 1798, Napoleon lands his army in Egypt, defeats the Mameluke warlords (the remnants of Ottoman rule), and goes on to Cairo. Three brothers, who are Egyptian patriots, chafe Read More
Posted on October 28, 2022
Bologna, 2002. Opposition to the Labor Law is exploding at Italian universities. The murder of a judge reopens old political wounds between Italy and France. Marco, a former left-wing Read More
Posted on July 20, 2022
The French have always had a way with words, which is why the annual college concours Eloquentia, or eloquence competitions, seem to have the same status there that the Read More
Posted on February 11, 2022
A collection of five plays written by Georges Feydeau performed by talented cast members at the Théâtre Marigny, the Théâtre St. Georges, and at La Maison des Arts de Read More
Posted on February 19, 2019
The Romanovs: An Imperial Family with English subtitles is a 2000 Russian film by Gleb Panfilov about the last days of Tsar Nicholas II and his family. The Russian Read More
Posted on February 19, 2019
Two teenage Russian boys have their father return home suddenly after being absent for 12 years. The father takes the boys on a holiday to a remote island on Read More
Posted on October 25, 2018
Áurea arrives at a town in the dunes of State of Maranhão, Brazil, in 1910, having for female company only her mother Maria. She is pregnant and wants a Read More
Posted on September 25, 2018
The dramatization of a motorcycle road trip Che Guevara went on in his youth that showed him his life’s calling.
Posted on September 20, 2018
ENT physicians gather at a provincial hotel in Salta. The hotel owner, Helena, is subdued, brittle, avoiding the calls of her ex-husband’s pregnant wife. Family dysfunction seems everywhere. Helena’s Read More
Posted on September 20, 2018
In August, when Madrid’s upper and middle classes escape the unbearable heat of the city for beach holidays, three poor inner-city teenagers are left in their crumbling neighborhood looking Read More
