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The Downfall of Osen (1935) Kenji Mizoguchi, Isuzu Yamada, Daijirô Natsukawa, Mitsusaburô Ramon
In Tokyo, Osen is the servant girl of an unscrupulous antiques dealer, Kumazawa, who takes in the penniless Sokichi Hata. Read More »
Fingers (1978) James Toback, Harvey Keitel, Tisa Farrow, Jim Brown
Keitel plays the lead in this schizophrenic movie in which he is continually pulled by the two conflicting sides of his personality Read More »
Dunkirk (1958) Leslie Norman, John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Bernard Lee
Two stories in one – an easygoing British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. Read More »
Dinner at Eight (1933) George Cukor, Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery
Millicent Jordan is pre-occupied with the plans she is making for a high-class dinner party. Read More »
Battle of Britain (1969) Guy Hamilton, Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews
Historical reenactment of the air war in the early days of World War Two for control of the skies over Britain Read More »
The Youth Killer (1976) Kazuhiko Hasegawa, Yutaka Mizutani, Mieko Harada, Etsuko Ichihara
Though his parents help him run the family business, Jun still feels persecuted by their love Read More »
A Lively Geisha (1968) Kôsaku Yamashita, Sumiko Fuji, Bunta Sugawara, Keiko Yumi
Koshizu (Fuji), a young geisha, tries to kill herself but is saved by cook Yukichi (Sugahara). Read More »
The Millennial Bee (1983) Juraj Jakubisko, Jozef Kroner, Stefan Kvietik, Michal Docolomanský
A historic mega-film, one family saga, three generations (1887 -1917) assimilated to the bee community in the hive. Read More »
A Girl in Australia (1971) Luigi Zampa, Alberto Sordi, Claudia Cardinale, Riccardo Garrone
Early 1970s. Amedeo is a poor Italian immigrant living in Australia for twenty years. Read More »
A True Mob Story (1998) Jing Wong, Andy Lau, Gigi Leung, Suki Kwan
A low level gangster in Hong Kong gains new respect after saving a boss’s life in a gang fight. Read More »
Christmas Tango (2011) Nikos Koutelidakis, Giannis Bezos, Yannis Stankoglou, Antinoos Albanis
During the Greek junta, four people struggle with illicit desires at a military camp somewhere in Evros. Read More »
Nasty Habits (1977) Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Glenda Jackson, Melina Mercouri, Geraldine Page
In a Philadelphia convent, two nuns battle it out to be elected to the position of head abbess Read More »
Big Bad Mama (1974) Steve Carver, Angie Dickinson, William Shatner, Tom Skerritt
After the death of her lover, Wilma takes over his bootlegging business, but without much success. Read More »
Treasure Island (1972) Andrea Bianchi, Orson Welles, Kim Burfield, Lionel Stander
Young Jim Hawkins has an unforgettable encounter with pirate Captain Long John Silver and his murderous mates. Read More »