Undaunted by a commission to make a film about his mentors and aesthetic exemplars, the filmmaking team of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet Read More »
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The Nightcleaners (1975) Marc Karlin, Documentary
“The Nightcleaners” is set in the context of the campaign (1970-1972) to unionize the women who cleaned office blocks at night and were being victimized and underpaid. Read More »
Festival in Cannes (2001) Henry Jaglom, Anouk Aimée, Rachel Bailit, Greta Scacchi, Comedy
Cannes, 1999. Alice, an actress, wants to direct an indie picture. Kaz, a talkative (and maybe bogus) deal maker, promises $3 million if she’ll use Millie, an aging French star. Read More »
Convicts Women / Bust Out (1973) John Hayes, Ric Lutze, Ralph Wain, Myron Griffin, Drama, Thriller, Adult
The Browns take their Catholic high school students on a picnic. As one student sneaks to her boyfriend, two others seduce escaped convicts who rape the fourth. Read More »
Blue Jeans (1975) Mario Imperoli, Gloria Guida, Paolo Carlini, Annie Carol Edel, Drama, Erotic
Tells the story of young Daniela ‘Blue Jeans’ Anselmi, a free-spirited drifter who makes her way in life by selling sexual favors and practicing petty-crime. Read More »
Ander (2009) Roberto Castón, Eriz Alberdi, Josean Bengoetxea, Cristhian Esquivel, Drama, Romance
The valley of Arratia in August 1999. Ander, a farmer well into his forties, lives with his sister Arantxa and his old mother in a remote part of rural Basque country. Read More »
Watcher in the Attic / Edogawa Ranpo ryoki-kan Yaneura no sanposha (1976) Noboru Tanaka, Junko Miyashita, Renji Ishibashi, Hiroshi Chô, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Erotic
Based on a story by well-praised Japanese writer Edogawa Rampo. In Tokyo, 1923, Saburo Gouda is exploring secrets of his fellow-occupants of an apartment building. Read More »
Dulces horas / Sweet Hours (1982) Carlos Saura, Assumpta Serna, Iñaki Aierra, Álvaro de Luna, Drama
The past is a riddle to Juan (Inaki Aierra), the playwright. He is tormented by it – by memories of the elderly father who went off Read More »
Carry on Emmannuelle (1978) Gerald Thomas, Kenneth Williams, Suzanne Danielle, Kenneth Connor, Comedy, Romance
The beautiful and sex-starved Emmannuelle Prevert just cannot inflame her husband’s ardour. Read More »
Carry on Doctor (1967) Gerald Thomas, Frankie Howerd, Sidney James, Charles Hawtrey, Comedy
The popular Dr Kilmore is sacked after being discovered in a compromising position on the roof of the nurses’ home. Read More »
Convicted Woman (1940) Nick Grinde, Rochelle Hudson, Frieda Inescort, June Lang, Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Jobless Betty Andrews, although innocent, is convicted of a department store theft and Read More »
Evening Primrose (1966) Paul Bogart, Anthony Perkins, Dorothy Stickney, Larry Gates, Fantasy, Horror, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
A young poet gets the brilliant idea to live in a department store, hiding by day, and courting his muse by night where it’s quiet, and he can have all his needs met. Read More »
Fanfare (1958) Bert Haanstra, Hans Kaart, Bernard Droog, Ineke Brinkman, Comedy, Music
After a fight the brass band in a small village splits up into two separate bands. They both want to win a contest and will do anything to prevent the other band from winning it.
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Embrace the Darkness 3 (2002) Robert Kubilos, Chelsea Blue, Ty Winston, Glen Meadows, Action, Fantasy, Thriller, Erotic
Journey to the forbidden place where even the most demanding appetites are fed. Led by 200-year-old Victor Chamberlain, the city’s vampires partake in secret, late night rituals. Read More »
This Property Is Condemned (1966) Sydney Pollack, Natalie Wood, Robert Redford, Charles Bronson, Drama, Romance
A railroad official, Owen Legate comes to Dodson, Mississippi to shut down much of the town’s railway (town’s main income). Read More »