Bobby Deerfield, a famous American race car driver on the European circuit Read More »
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Play for Today: Nuts in May (1976) Mike Leigh, Roger Sloman, Alison Steadman, Anthony O’Donnell
Their Morris packed to the gills, the punctilious Keith and the more spontaneous Candice-Marie arrive at a Dorset Read More »
A Touch of Zen AKA Xia nü (1971) King Hu, Feng Hsu, Chun Shih, Ying Bai
An artist, Ku, lives with his mother near an abandoned fort, reputed to be haunted. Read More »
Fair Game (1986) Mario Andreacchio, Cassandra Delaney, Peter Ford, David Sandford
A young woman running a wildlife sanctuary in the Australian outback is in for trouble Read More »
She-Shaman AKA Szamanka (1996) Andrzej Zulawski, Boguslaw Linda, Iwona Petry, Piotr Machalica
Classmates called her “Italian” … She is extremely beautiful and radiates a certain primitive, dangerous sexuality Read More »
Fight for Your Life (1977) Robert A. Endelson, Robert Judd, Catherine Peppers, Lela Small
A mean trashy exploitation picture about three convicts who escape from jail Read More »
The Sentinel (1977) Michael Winner, Cristina Raines, Ava Gardner, Chris Sarandon
A fashion model moves into a house inhabited (on the top floor) by a blind priest. Read More »
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955) Dan Milner, Kent Taylor, Cathy Downs, Michael Whalen
An unusual radioactive rock on the sea bottom mutates the ocean life into a horrible monster. Read More »
Flesh+Blood (1985) Paul Verhoeven, Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Burlinson
A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble Lord who decides Read More »
Gold, Silver, Death AKA Oro, Plata, Mata (1982) Peque Gallaga, Cherie Gil, Sandy Andolong, Liza Lorena
A tale set in World War II Philippines about how a rich family copes Read More »
Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962) Sidney W. Pink, John Agar, Carl Ottosen, Ove Sprogøe
A U.N. space expedition to the planet Uranus discovers a bizarrely familiar world right out of their own heads Read More »
Comanche Station (1960) Budd Boetticher, Randolph Scott, Nancy Gates, Claude Akins
Loner Cody trades with the Comanches to get a white girl released. Read More »
The Sticky Fingers of Time (1997) Hilary Brougher, Terumi Matthews, Nicole Zaray, Belinda Becker
A writer, Tucker Harding, is hired to cover an article on the hydrogen-bomb test, Nevada, 1952. Read More »
Thief (1981) Michael Mann, James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson
Frank is an expert professional safecracker, specializing in high-profile diamond jobs. Read More »
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) Frank Capra, James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains
Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers Read More »