When Sid insults a powerful triad boss, his father sends him to Taiwan for safety. Read More »
Musical
Ishtar (1987) Elaine May, Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani
Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns Read More »
The Last Days of Disco (1998) Whit Stillman, Chloë Sevigny, Kate Beckinsale, Chris Eigeman
The Last Days of Disco, from director Whit Stillman, is a cleverly comic look at the early 1980s Manhattan party scene Read More »
Cowboy Canteen (1944) Lew Landers, Charles Starrett, Jane Frazee, Barbara Jo Allen
During world-war-two, Arizona cattle-ranch owner Steve Bradley (Charles Starrett) Read More »
Rosa de Alfama (1953) Henrique Campos, Alberto Ribeiro, Mariana Villar, Alves da Cunha
Alberto Ribeiro and Mariana Villar star in a popular melodrama set in Alfama (neighborhood of Lisbon) Read More »
Starlift (1951) Roy Del Ruth, Doris Day, Gordon MacRae, Virginia Mayo
Air Force fliers Rick Williams and Mike Nolan attempt to meet film star Nell Wayne Read More »
The Haunted Castle (1960) Kurt Hoffmann, Liselotte Pulver, Heinz Baumann, Hanne Wieder
From her father Charlotte inherits a dilapidated castle near the small German town Bonn. Read More »
So This Is Paris (1954) Richard Quine, Tony Curtis, Gloria DeHaven, Gene Nelson
Three sailors on leave (Joe, Al and Davy) head for Paris with one thing on their minds. Read More »
The Black King (1932) Bud Pollard, A.B. DeComathiere, Vivianne Baber, Knolly Mitchell
Fiery preacher Charcoal Johnson, though no model of sanctity, gains control of a Mississippi Baptist church Read More »
Oh, Bomb! (1964) Kihachi Okamoto, Yûnosuke Itô, Fubuki Koshiji, Ichirô Nakatani
Filmed as a traditional Japanese play, a yakuza boss is released from prison, but finds his gang usurped by a shady politician. Read More »
The Life of the Party (1930) Roy Del Ruth, Winnie Lightner, Irene Delroy, Jack Whiting
Broadway song-pluggers Flo and Dot, besieged with admirers, are fired; disgusted with men, they decide to become gold-diggers. Read More »
Show Boat (1936) James Whale, Irene Dunne, Allan Jones, Charles Winninger
Adaptation of the Broadway musical. Magnolia Hawks is the lovely but protected, and thus very naive Read More »
Elstree Calling (1930) André Charlot, Jack Hulbert, Tommy Handley, Gordon Begg, Teddy Brown
A series of nineteen musical and comedy “vaudeville” sketches presented in the form of a live broadcast hosted by Tommy Handley (as himself) Read More »
Eros Perversion (1978) Luigi Batzella, Derek Ford, Enzo Monteduro, Karin Well, Ajita Wilson
Mondo style fake documentary, revolving around the antics of comedian and voyeur Domenico. Read More »
Broadway to Hollywood (1933) Willard Mack, Jules White, Alice Brady, Frank Morgan, Jackie Cooper
Ted and Lulu Hackett are vaudeville’s The Hacketts, a fairly successful song-and-dance team. Read More »