The Atomic Cafe is a disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government issued propaganda films designed to reassure Americans that the atomic bomb was not a threat to their safety. With no narration other than that provided by historical clips, this movie justly…
Films
Category: Films
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(103min) Directed by Woody Allen with Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest and Michael Caine. Set between two Thanksgiving dinners, this insightful comedy drama unravels the delectably entwined stories of a closely knit artistic family. It’s an elegant Woody Allen Manhattan tapestry about Hannah and…
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A shocking documentary about the struggle of the people of Jeju Island, S. Korea and U.S. culpability in Korea since 1945. The film places the modern-day protest by the peaceful people of Jeju Island, S. Korea against the construction of a massive U.S. naval base…
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REDISCOVERING WORLD CINEMA – ORSON WELLES TOUCH OF EVIL (1958) (95min) Directed by Orson Welles, with Orson Welles, Charlton Heston. Janet Leigh. Music by Henry Mancini Mexican-born cop Heston agrees to investigate a border town bombing only to find himself drawn into a harrowing web…
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REDISCOVERING WORLD CINEMA – ORSON WELLES JANE EYRE (1944) (97min) Directed by Robert Stevenson,with Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine Score: Bernard Hermann – Writers: Aldus Huxley, John Houseman In 1847 England, a young governess hires on in the shadowy house of a man tormented by secrets….