Alexia travels with her friend Marie to spend a couple of days with her family in their farm in the country. Read More »
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To Sir, with Love (1967) James Clavell, Sidney Poitier, Judy Geeson, Christian Roberts
Engineer Mark Thackeray arrives to teach a totally undisciplined class at an East End school. Read More »
Pink Flamingos (1972) John Waters, Divine, David Lochary, Mary Vivian Pearce
Sleaze queen Divine lives in a caravan with her mad hippie son Crackers and her 250-pound mother Mama Edie Read More »
The Whip and the Body AKA La frusta e il corpo (1963) Mario Bava, Daliah Lavi, Christopher Lee, Tony Kendall
After the announcement of the servant Losat, the nobleman Kurt Menliff returns Read More »
Plank Face (2016) Scott Schirmer, Nathan Barrett, Susan M. Martin, Brigid Macaulay
A man is taken captive by a feral family in the deep woods. Read More »
The Passenger AKA Professione: reporter (1975) Michelangelo Antonioni, Jack Nicholson, Maria Schneider, Jenny Runacre
A journalist researching a documentary in the Sahara Desert meets a gunrunner who dies suddenly. Read More »
Lady Killer (1933) Roy Del Ruth, James Cagney, Mae Clarke, Margaret Lindsay
When a movie theater usher is fired, he takes up with criminals Read More »
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings (1976) John Badham, Billy Dee Williams, James Earl Jones, Richard Pryor
Tired of being treated like a slave by team owner Sallison Potter (Ted Ross) Read More »
The Good Fairy (1935) William Wyler, Margaret Sullavan, Herbert Marshall, Frank Morgan
Luisa Ginglebusher (Sullavan) leaves the orphanage where she grew up to take a job as a movie theater usherette. Read More »
The Player (1992) Robert Altman, Tim Robbins, Greta Scacchi, Fred Ward
A studio script screener gets on the bad side of a writer by not accepting his script. Read More »
Kid Galahad (1937) Michael Curtiz, Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart
When a bellhop knocks out fighter Chuck McGraw, promoter Nick Donati realizes he’s a potential champ. Read More »
Dog Day AKA Canicule (1984) Yves Boisset, Lee Marvin, Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet
A fugitive on the run from the law and carrying several million dollars hides out in the house of a farm family. Read More »
Bliss (1985) Ray Lawrence, Barry Otto, Lynette Curran, Helen Jones
Harry suffers a heart attack and has a near-death experience that changes his outlook on life. Read More »
The Hit (1984) Stephen Frears, Freddie Stuart, Ralph Brown, A.J. Clarke
Ex-gangster Willie Parker (Terence Stamp) has betrayed his former “colleagues” Read More »
Picture Snatcher (1933) Lloyd Bacon, James Cagney, Ralph Bellamy, Patricia Ellis
Ex-convict Danny Kean decides to become honest as a photographer for a paper. Read More »