Solaris: Journey of the Mind

Donatas Banionis. Photo: Mosfilm He’s admired now, but in the late 1960s Andrei Tarkovsky wasn’t doing so well. His second film, Andrei Rublev, had not been released due to controversial…

Song of the South: Disney’s Bad Conscience

James Baskett. Photo: Disney It’s not like this classic Disney flick is banned. Since its premiere, Song of the South has been rereleased in theaters on several occasions, the last…

And Then We Danced

Merab (Levan Gelbakhiani) has been training Georgian dance together with his girlfriend (Ana Javakishvili) for years when a new dancer (Bachi Valishvili) makes an appearance…  The love story may be…

I Am Curious (Blue)

Director Vilgot Sjöman divided his I Am Curious project into two movies. This follow-up to Yellow continues in the same vein, with a fictitious romance and a socialist examination of…

I Am Curious: Too Sexy for U.S. Customs

Börje Ahlstedt and Lena Nyman. Photo: Sandrew When this film reached the United States in the late 1960s, there was controversy. U.S. Customs had the film impounded and it remained…

A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding 

Prince Richard (Ben Lamb) of Aldovia is set to marry his bride, Amber (Rose McIver), but the country is rocked by protests against the royal family. This sequel is a…

The Holiday Calendar 

Photographer Abby Sutton (Kat Graham) receives an old advent calendar as a gift and begins to believe it has the ability to predict what’s going to happen to her each…

Bohemian Rhapsody 

This biopic of the legendary rock band Queen and its singer Freddie Mercury was long in the making and suffered from a troubled production. The final results aren’t exactly bad,…