In Berlin in the early 1940s, romance is forbidden between the young countess who is studying veterinary medicine and a young man she meets at the home of a former professor. Read More »
Drama
Mandalay (1934) Michael Curtiz, Kay Francis, Ricardo Cortez, Warner Oland, Drama, Romance
Russian refugee Tanya Borisoff is suddenly abandoned penniless in Rangoon, Burma, by her lover, Tony Evans, who accepted a gunrunning deal from Nick, the owner of an amoral nightclub. Read More »
Ratas, ratones, rateros (1999) Sebastián Cordero, Carlos Valencia, Marco Bustos, Cristina Dávila, Action, Crime, Drama
The world of Salvador, a young and naive petty thief is changed by the arrival of his cousin Angel, an ex-convict in search of easy money, and with a hideout. Read More »
Joan at the Stake (1954) Roberto Rossellini, Ingrid Bergman, Tullio Carminati, Giacinto Prandelli, Biography, Drama, History, Musical
The film takes place mostly in a surrealistic fantasy around the time of the execution of Joan of Arc. Joan of Arc, played by Ingrid Bergman, is being burned alive for heresy. Read More »
D.O.A. (1949) Rudolph Maté, Edmond O’Brien, Pamela Britton, Luther Adler, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
Small-town accountant Frank Bigelow goes to San Francisco for a week’s fun prior to settling down with fiancée Paula. Read More »
Crab Trap (2009) Oscar Ruiz Navia, Karent Hinestroza, Arnobio Salazar Rivas, Rodrigo Vélez, Drama
A drama set in the black communities of Colombia’s Pacific coast, where a man looking to flee the country by boat encounters a local fisherman. Read More »
The Naked Runner (1967) Sidney J. Furie, Frank Sinatra, Peter Vaughan, Derren Nesbitt, Drama, Thriller
Sam Laker is an American industrialist, working in Britain, who has just been awarded an international award for industrial design. Read More »
Too Hot to Handle (1938) Jack Conway, Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Walter Pidgeon, Comedy, Adventure, Romance
Chris Hunter is a sly newsreel reporter. While in Shanghai doing reports on the Chinese-Japanese war, he meets pilot Alma Harding. Read More »
Algiers (1938) John Cromwell, Charles Boyer, Hedy Lamarr, Sigrid Gurie, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Pepe Le Moko, a thief who escaped from France with a fortune in jewels, has for two years lived in, and virtually ruled, the mazelike, impenetrable Casbah, “native quarter” of Algiers. Read More »
Medium Cool (1969) Haskell Wexler, Robert Forster, Verna Bloom, Peter Bonerz, Drama
John Cassellis is the toughest TV-news reporter around. His area of interest is reporting about violence in the ghetto and racial tensions. Read More »
Latino (1985) Haskell Wexler, Robert Beltran, Annette Charles, Américo González, Drama, War
Set in the context of the Sandinista government in Nicaragua and their battle with the U.S.-backed Contra rebels. Read More »
The Locket (1946) John Brahm, Laraine Day, Robert Mitchum, Brian Aherne, Drama, Film-Noir
Lovely Nancy seems like the ideal bride to fiancée John Willis… until, just before the ceremony, Willis is approached by Harry Blair, claiming to be Nancy’s former husband. Read More »
On Such a Night (1956) Anthony Asquith, Josephine Griffin, Marie Lohr, David Knight, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Short
An American tourist on a day trip to Sussex from London inadvertently finds himself at Glyndebourne Opera House in Sussex where he learns to appreciate Opera. Read More »
The Dragon of Evil Against the Warrior Saint (1969) Glauber Rocha, Maurício do Valle, Odete Lara, Othon Bastos, Action, Crime, Drama, Western
This movie is the sequel to “God and the Devil in the Land of the Sun” (Deus e o diabo na terra do sol), and takes place 29 years after Antonio das Mortes killed Corisco (the “Blond Devil”), last of the Cangaceiros. Read More »
Bullet in the Head (1990) John Woo, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Jacky Cheung, Waise Lee, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
In 1967, on the way to the wedding of a friend a young man is accosted by a local gang member. Read More »