With the famous promotion “Garbo Talks!”, Anna Christie, was Greta Garbo’s first “talkie” film.
Barbara Steffek-Hill Five-Star Films Matinee
For her new Five-Star Films series, Barbara Steffek-Hill has chosen a selection of classic and contemporary films from her personal favorites for a Sunday matinee.
Mao’s Last Dancer (2009)
Mao’s Last Dancer is based on the autobiography of Li Cunxin. Cunxin was plucked from a poor Chinese village at the age of 11 by Madame Mao’s cultural delegates and […]
Duel in the Sun (1946)
Duel in the Sun follows a young, orphaned Mestiza woman who experiences prejudice and forbidden love while living with her white relatives on a large Texas ranch. From 1946, this […]
Our Man Flint (1966)
James Coburn stars as the dapper spy-extraordinaire, Derek Flint, a comic send-up of James Bond in Our Man Flint. Zonal Organization World Intelligence Espionage (Z.O.W.I.E.) calls upon ex-spy Flint to […]
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)
In pre-World War II London, a desperate middle-aged English governess, Guinevere Pettigrew (Frances McDormand), has just been fired from her fourth job. She manages to finagle her way into a […]
Dinner at Eight (1933)
The hours leading up to a lavish New York society dinner party reveal the hopes and heartaches of an all-star cast featuring Jean Harlow, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Marie Dressler, […]
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Young Martha (Barbara Stanwyck) inadvertently causes the death of her cruel, authoritarian aunt. Martha lies to the cops, and Walter (Kirk Douglas), who saw the crime, corroborates the girl’s story. […]
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Teacher and student become deeply involved with the tango and then – each other.
The Natural (1984)
Teacher and student become deeply involved with the tango and then – each other.
The Luzhin Defence (2000)
Teacher and student become deeply involved with the tango and then – each other.
The Tango Lesson (1997)
Teacher and student become deeply involved with the tango and then – each other.