An ambitious suburban housewife, tired of forever being in debt, sets up an independent stenography business. Read More »
Drama
Alias María (2015) José Luis Rugeles, Carlos Clavijo, Anderson Gomez, Carmenza González, Drama, War
The 13 year old Maria is a member of a guerrilla unit in Colombia. She is sent for a special mission together with three others to bring the commander’s child into safety. Meanwhile she is pregnant herself.
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Tic Tac (1997) Daniel Alfredson, Oliver Loftéen, Tuva Novotny, Jacob Nordenson, Drama, Thriller
The lives of various Swedes intersect in this drama, which takes place over the course of one day and night. As despondent schoolboy Micke (Oliver Lofteen) plans to set his school on fire, young thugs Jorma (Mats Helin) and Lasse (Emil Forselius) while their time away at a bar. Read More »
The D.I. (1957) Jack Webb, Don Dubbins, Jackie Loughery, Drama
Gunnery Sergeant Jim Moore is one of the toughest Drill Instructors on Parris Island. But he’s got a thorn in his side: Pvt. Owens, who always seems to foul up when the pressure’s on. Read More »
Janggun-ui suyeom / The General’s Mustache (1968) Seong-gu Lee, Seung-ho Kim, Jung-Hee Yoon, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The movie begins with the mysterious death of a journalistic photographer named Kim Cheol-hun. Veteran police detective Park (Kim Seung-ho) teams up with a young, intellectual detective (Kim Seong-ok) to investigate the people surrounding Kim.
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Vuk samotnjak / The Lone Wolf (1972) Obrad Gluscevic, Slavko Stimac, Zeljko Mataija, Ivan Stimac, Adventure, Drama, Family
A boy finds a large wolf-like dog in the mountain and they befriend. The local peasants think that it may be a real wolf responsible for the sheep pestilence. Read More »
Nuan chun / Warm Spring (2003) Wulan Tana, Yang Hao, Qi Ruyi, Chengren Tian, Drama
If you take it purely on face value, Tana Wulan’s Warm Spring is a sweet film of the love and self-sacrifice between an old man, a poor farmer in a country village and a 7 year-old orphan who he takes into his care. Read More »
Il vangelo secondo Matteo / The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964) Pier Paolo Pasolini, Enrique Irazoqui, Margherita Caruso, Susanna Pasolini, Biography, Drama, History
Along a rocky, barren coastline, Jesus begins teaching, primarily using parables. He attracts disciples; he’s stern, brusque, and demanding. Read More »
The Tic Code (1999) Gary Winick, Chris Marquette, Polly Draper, Carol Kane, Drama
A 10 year old gifted boy wants to be a jazz pianist much to the chagrin of his more classical oriented piano instructor. Read More »
Esther and the King (1960) Raoul Walsh, Mario Bava, Joan Collins, Richard Egan, Denis O’Dea, Biography, Drama, History
When a modern-day girl faces a big challenge in her life, her mother teaches her about the power of fasting by sharing the story of a heroine from the Bible.
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The Learning Tree (1969) Gordon Parks, Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke, Estelle Evans, Drama
The story, set in Kansas during the 1920s, covers less than a year in the life of a black teenager, and documents the veritable deluge of events which force him into sudden manhood.
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Kynodontas / Dogtooth (2009) Yorgos Lanthimos, Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley, Angeliki Papoulia, Drama, Thriller
Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Read More »
Apaföld / Father’s Acre (2009) Viktor Oszkar Nagy, Tamás Ravasz, János Derzsi, Andrea Nagy, Drama
How a father returns to his son after a long period in prison. Anxious to be reconciled with his child – who reproaches him for his absence (the mother having died in the interim) – the father tries to teach him some values and buys a piece of land in order to plant a vine. Read More »
Jiu shi liu liu de ta / Lovable You (1980) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Kenny Bee, Anthony Chan, Ping-Yu Chang, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Wenqi Pan (FENG Feifei) is the daughter of a rich businessman. Her father arranges a marriage with Qian Ma (Anthony CHAN, aka CHAN Yau), son of another rich businessman. Read More »
Choking Man (2006) Steve Barron, Octavio Gómez Berríos, Eugenia Yuan, Mandy Patinkin, Drama
Choking Man is an intense blend of psychological drama and magical realism that encapsulates the contemporary immigrant experience in America. Read More »