The Sun and the Moon, a film fairy tale, is about two women’s terrifying encounter with ‘Otherness’ in the form of a man, abject and monstrous Read More »
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The Phantom of the Moulin-Rouge (1925) René Clair, Albert Préjean, Sandra Milovanoff, Paul Ollivier
A man goes to the lonely estate of the mysterious Dr. Renault, whose strange experiments release the man’s spirit from his body. Read More »
Hypnotized (2004) In-shik Kim, Hye-su Kim, Tae-woo Kim, Chang Yun
A psychiatrist fails to help a mental patient during her stay in hospital. Read More »
Destiny (1921) Fritz Lang, Lil Dagover, Walter Janssen, Bernhard Goetzke
As a young couple stops and rests in a small village inn, the man is abducted by Death and is sequestered behind a huge doorless, windowless wall. Read More »
Creature of Darkness (2009) Mark Stouffer, Devon Sawa, Sanoe Lake, Matthew Lawrence
Andrew is haunted by the nightmare of dying a horrible death in the claw of a rampaging creature. Read More »
A Cold Wind in August (1961) Alexander Singer, Lola Albright, Scott Marlowe, Joe De Santis
An older woman seduces an impressionable working-class boy who falls deeply in love with her. Read More »
The Laughing Policeman (1973) Stuart Rosenberg, Walter Matthau, Bruce Dern, Louis Gossett Jr.
A policeman is among the victims when the passengers of a late-night bus are machine-gunned. Read More »
Shampoo (1975) Hal Ashby, Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn
Thirty-something George Roundy is a Beverly Hills hairdresser, who spends as much time sleeping with his female clients as he does doing their hair. Read More »
Wild Thing (1987) Max Reid, Robert Knepper, Kathleen Quinlan, Robert Davi
A child witnesses drug dealers murder his parents. He escapes and grows up wild in the city’s slums. Read More »
Suburban Cabaret (1935) Werner Hochbaum, Mathias Wieman, Luise Ullrich, Oskar Sima
Luise Ullrich and Mathias Wieman are the lovers and want to marry but he has to join the soldiers Read More »
Straight Time (1978) Ulu Grosbard, Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey
After being released on parole, a burglar attempts to go straight, get a regular job, and just go by the rules. Read More »
Mother Dao, the Turtlelike (1995) Vincent Monnikendam
In a span of ninety minutes the film aims to show how the Netherlands administered its colony as a colonial enterprise and what the relations were like at the time. Read More »
Isnt Life Wonderful (1924) D.W. Griffith, Carol Dempster, Neil Hamilton, Erville Alderson
The story follows a Polish professor and his family who have become refugees in the aftermath of World War I. Read More »
Cynara (1932) King Vidor, Ronald Colman, Kay Francis, Phyllis Barry
London barrister’s marriage is under strain after his affair with a shop-girl who is out to have him. Told in flashback. Read More »
The Plough and the Stars (1936) John Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Barry Fitzgerald
A husband clashes with his wife over his membership to the Irish citizen army. Read More »