Christine Penmark seems to have it all: a lovely home, a loving husband and the most “perfect” daughter in the world. Read More »
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The Three Faces of Eve (1957) Nunnally Johnson, Joanne Woodward, David Wayne, Lee J. Cobb
Eve White is a quiet, mousy, unassuming wife and mother who keeps suffering Read More »
The Story of Adele H. AKA L’histoire d’Adèle H. (1975) François Truffaut, Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson, Sylvia Marriott
Halifax, 1863. A young woman, Miss Lewly, comes to Halifax to search for Lt Pinson Read More »
The Gorgon (1964) Terence Fisher, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Richard Pasco
In the early twentieth century, a Gorgon takes human form and terrorizes a small European Read More »
Street Mobster AKA Gendai yakuza: Hito-kiri yota (1972) Kinji Fukasaku, Bunta Sugawara, Noboru Andô, Mayumi Nagisa
A yakuza, who has an untamed rage and lack of respect for authority, finds himself Read More »
In the Shadow of the Vultures AKA A Sombra dos Abutres (1998) Leonel Vieira, Vítor Norte, Diogo Infante, José Eduardo
1962 in Tras-os-Montes, a miners’ strike begins to be repressed by the National Guard. Read More »
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004) Xan Cassavetes, Robert Altman, Vera Carlisle Anderson, C.L. Batten
A documentary on the Z Channel, one of the first pay cable stations in the US, and its programming chief, Jerry Harvey. Read More »
Black Legion (1937) Archie Mayo, Michael Curtiz, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Dick Foran
A hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker Read More »
The Dragon from Russia AKA Hong Chang Fei Long (1990) Clarence Fok, Samuel Hui, Maggie Cheung, Nina Li Chi
May Yip and Yao are both orphans and have been friends since youth Read More »
Cinderella Liberty (1973) Mark Rydell, James Caan, Marsha Mason, Kirk Calloway
A lonely Navy sailor falls in love with a hooker Read More »
Time for Dying (1969) Budd Boetticher, Richard Lapp, Anne Randall, Robert Random
In Silver City, naive farm boy Cass and newcomer saloon girl Nellie Read More »
Mystery Street (1950) John Sturges, Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett
A small-town policeman is assisted by a Harvard professor after Read More »
Tenderness of the Wolves AKA Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe (1973) Ulli Lommel, Kurt Raab, Jeff Roden, Margit Carstensen, Ingrid Caven
In 1925, in Germany, Fritz Haarmann is a homosexual, thief and sneak, having a special license from the police. Read More »
The Killer Elite (1975) Sam Peckinpah, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Arthur Hill
Mike Locken is one of the principal members of a group of freelance spies. Read More »
Chisum (1970) Andrew V. McLaglen, John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George
As one of the founders of the town of Lincoln, John Chisum is increasingly worried Read More »