In search of income and a little adventure, Ishmael (Richard Basehart) finds himself in New Bedford, a small whaling town on the Massachusetts coast. Shortly after arriving, he makes his peace with God at the whaler’s church – presided over by Father Mapple (Orson Welles) – before signing on to the Pequod, with the mysterious Captain Ahab (Gregory Peck) leading the…
Category: Classics
La Piscine
On vacation at a villa on the French Riveria, Jean-Paul (Alain Delon) and Marianne (Romy Schneider) spend many an afternoon lazing about the sun-beaten deck and garden surrounding the luxurious swimming pool that is the centerpiece of the estate. Tensions and passions rise when Marianne invites an old flame, Harry (Maurice Ronet) to join the…
Body Heat
In the middle of an oppressive heat wave, temperatures are not the only thing rising in a small south Florida town. Local lawyer Ned Racine (William Hurt) encounters the unhappily married socialite Matty Walker (Kathleen Turner) on one fatefully hot night. It does not take long for passion to get the better of the two, but only one thing stands in their…
A Song to Remember
Bored with playing the classics, a young Frédéric Chopin (Maurice Tauzin), surprises his piano teacher, Joseph Elsner (Paul Muni), with a waltz the young prodigy composed himself. Recognizing his talent, Elsner wants to move Chopin from his poor home in war-torn Poland to France where he can become a concert pianist. As an adult, Chopin…
Reflections in a Golden Eye
Reflections in a Golden Eye is a 1967 adaptation of the Carson McCullers novel of the same name by director John Huston. It is a twisted web of infidelity and hidden truths. U.S. Army Major Weldon Penderton (Marlon Brando) is unhappily married to Leonora (Elizabeth Taylor) who in turn is cheating on her husband with their married neighbor,…
