The Doors is a 1991 American biographical film about the 1960–70s rock band of the same name which emphasizes the life of its lead singer, Jim Morrison. It was directed by Oliver Stone, and stars Val Kilmer as Morrison and Meg Ryan as Pamela Courson (Morrison’s companion). The film portrays Morrison as the… Continue Reading
Candy is a 1968 sex farce film directed by Christian Marquand based on the 1958 novel by Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg, from a screenplay by Buck Henry. High school student Candy (former Miss Teen Sweden Ewa Aulin) seemingly descends to Earth from space. In the relatively simple satiric plot, she naively… Continue Reading
Das wilde Leben (Eight Miles High in the english version) is a German biographical motion picture, set in the 1960s and depicting the “wild life” of Uschi Obermaier, a West German groupie, interpreted by Natalia Avelon. Obermaier enjoyed sexual freedom at the legendary Kommune 1 in Berlin… Continue Reading
In Venice, forty-old-year old Serge Fabergé (Serge Gainsbourg) has just been given the best advertisement director award. While taking a walk on the Piazza San Marco, Serge meets Evelyn Nicholson (Jane Birkin), a twenty-three-year-old English beauty. He falls passionately in… Continue Reading
Lásky jedné plavovlásky (Loves of a blonde or A Blonde in love in the english version) is a 1965 Czechoslovakian film directed by Milos Forman. Revered as one of the finest examples of foreign cinema ever produced, the film paints a portrait of small town… Continue Reading
The Dreamers is a 2003 romantic drama film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. The screenplay is by Gilbert Adair, based on his own novel The Holy Innocents. An international co-production by companies from France, the United Kingdom, and Italy, the film… Continue Reading
Blow-Up is a 1966 film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni about a fashion photographer, played by David Hemmings, who believes he may have witnessed a murder and unwittingly taken photographs of the killing. It was Antonioni’s first entirely English-language film. The plot was… Continue Reading