Author Archive: Retro

Maribel, a young typist, goes to work in a construction company as secretary of the director, Don Ignacio. To seduce the girl, he gets a loan so that the parents can buy a new home and that way he gets Maribel to accompany him to London. They start an affair in London. Upon their return to Madrid, both continue their relationship until Carlos appears, a young journalist whom she knows when he interviews the builder. They go out together and the boy falls in love with her. Meanwhile, Maribel is unable to bear the double relationship, talks to both willing to do anything.

Villains are surprised by a brainy Volkswagen Beetle engaged in espionage.

In the early 1900s in Poland, two Jewish horse traders make a determined effort to keep a Cossack captain and his men from taking their horses for the Russo-Japanese war. Somewhat entertaining, but slow-paced and never really becomes the comedy it strives for.

Comedy horror about heirs trapped in a haunted mansion.

Adventure film about female pirate Mary Read.

A suburban couple become country publicans. Extension of the popular TV series, “The Larkins”. Dir. Vittorio De Sica.

A samurai encounters a ghostly snow witch who spares his life but haunts him later.

A scholar falls under the spell of a mysterious woman in a haunted villa.

Peasant family struggles to exist on a small island. No dialogue. Dir. Kaneto Shindo.