A Jewish ghetto in central Europe, 1944. By coincidence, Jakob Heym eavesdrops Read More »
Crime
Queen of the Mob (1940) James P. Hogan, Ralph Bellamy, Blanche Yurka, J. Carrol Naish
Ma Webster and her boys rob a bank on Christmas Eve; G-men stop them with Tommy guns. Read More »
The Escapist (2008) Rupert Wyatt, Brian Cox, Damian Lewis, Joseph Fiennes
Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict fourteen years into a life sentence without parole. Read More »
G.B.H. (1983) David Kent-Watson, Cliff Twemlow, Jane Cunliffe, Anthony Schaeffer
A bouncer is called in to help fight off a mob boss who is trying to take over local night clubs. Read More »
Hotel by the Hour AKA Das Stundenhotel von St. Pauli (1970) Rolf Olsen, Curd Jürgens, Andrea Rau, Corny Collins
Despite the oppressive burden that his son has to survive in the hospital a dangerous operation Read More »
The Lone Wolf Returns (1935) Roy William Neill, Melvyn Douglas, Gail Patrick, Tala Birell
Once a jewel thief always a jewel thief? Yes and no. Yes if you consider the fact Read More »
Persons in Hiding (1939) Louis King, Lynne Overman, Patricia Morison, J. Carrol Naish
Dorothy Bronson, the ‘girl behind the crime’ according to J. Edgar Hoover Read More »
The Road to Hell AKA Camino del infierno (1951) Miguel Morayta, Pedro Armendáriz, Leticia Palma, Ramón Gay
When a robbery goes wrong, the thief takes a singer as hostage Read More »
Under the Open Sky AKA Subarashiki sekai (2020) Miwa Nishikawa, Koji Yakusho, Seiji Rokkaku, Yukiya Kitamura
A middle-aged former yakuza is released from prison after thirteen years Read More »
Blind Shaft AKA Mang jing (2003) Yang Li, Qiang Li, Baoqiang Wang, Shuangbao Wang
Two Chinese coal miners have hit upon the perfect scam: murder one of their fellow mine workers Read More »
The Odd One Dies AKA Liang ge zhi neng huo yi ge (1997) Tat-Chi Yau, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Carman Lee, Woo-min Byeon
The secret world of contract killing comes to focus in the dark Read More »
Cop or Hood AKA Flic ou voyou (1979) Georges Lautner, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Georges Géret, Jean-François Balmer
When the local police inspector was found dead in a prostitute’s house Read More »
The Payoff AKA La mazzetta (1978) Sergio Corbucci, Nino Manfredi, Paolo Stoppa, Marisa Laurito
Sasá Iovine, a small-time Neopolitan operator, finds himself in the thick of a multi-murder Read More »
The Young Don’t Cry (1957) Alfred L. Werker, Sal Mineo, James Whitmore, J. Carrol Naish
A teenager (Sal Mineo) fights to retain his dignity and self-respect against the brutality Read More »
Escape by Night (1953) John Gilling, Bonar Colleano, Andrew Ray, Sidney James
An Italian racketeer on the run in London holes up in a disused theatre with a hard-drinking journalist out to get the full story. Read More »