The Name Of Rose
In the 14th century, William of Baskerville, an intellectually nonconformist Franciscan friar, and his apprentice travel to an isolated abbey to investigate a series of mysterious deaths.
23 April 1944, Grönenbach, Germany
16 March 1959, Recklinghausen, Germany
18 August 1969, New York City, New York, USA
16 January 1910, Palo Alto, California, USA
9 August 1941, Hopfen am See, Bavaria, Germany
15 September 1930, Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
9 December 1945, London, England, UK
9 January 1914, Chungking, China
20 July 1963, Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
9 May 1958, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1961
6 October 1905, Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]
April 19, 2016
...a misbegotten adaptation that rarely manages to justify its very existence.
July 01, 2004
A spiritual thriller that holds up thanks to its rich themes and great acting
July 01, 2004
How you accept an English monk with a Scottish accent and the mind of a Sherlock Holmes is the question.
August 31, 2016
Umberto Eco seems unduly dismissive of a film that had to excise his postmodern trappings and scholarly sidebars. But it hasn't just been stripped down to a tawdry whodunit. Here, albeit in a streamlined way, the whydunit matters as much, if not more.
August 02, 2011
For labyrinth-lovers...a thoughtful and entertaining murder mystery predicated on intellectual debate. [Blu-ray]
January 01, 2000
This real monastery looks as if it were designed by the artist M. C. Escher.
July 23, 2004
the window dressing is not enough to buoy the principle acting
May 26, 2006
It's really a decent exploitation film disguised as a proper art film.
