Author Archive: Retro

In New Zealand in the 1860s the native Maori people fought the British colonials to keep the land guaranteed to them by treaty. The warrior Te Wheke fights for the British until betrayal leads him to seek utu (revenge). The settler Williamson in turn seeks revenge after Te Wheke attacks his homestead. Meanwhile Wiremu, an officer for the British, seems to think that resistance is futile.

Tailor for men secretly competes with his wife’s dressmaking trade. English subtitles.

A fugitive makes a run for it with a woman in France. English dubbed. Dir. Frank Tuttle

A wealthy man pretends he’s poor to impress a needy young woman.

Poetic film masterpiece about husband and wife fighting, breaking up, and consequently reuniting. English subtitles.

Artist searches all over Paris for winning lottery ticket in this early sound era masterpiece. English subtitles.

Several young men have to stop an ancient native American evil in the form of a killer shark which is attacking a small beach community.