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Gigi (1958) Vincente Minnelli, Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan
Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training Read More »
The Ambassador (1984) J. Lee Thompson, Robert Mitchum, Ellen Burstyn, Rock Hudson
Robert Mitchum plays a controversial U.S. ambassador to Israel who tries to solve the Palestinian Read More »
Foxy Brown (1974) Jack Hill, Pam Grier, Antonio Fargas, Peter Brown
A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend. Read More »
A Silent Woman AKA Una Mujer Silenciosa (2002) Matías Piñeiro, José Manuel Espeche, Eugenia Palioff, Beatriz Spelzini
Matías Piñeiro’s first film, produced when he was a film student. Read More »
Audition AKA Ôdishon (1999) Takashi Miike, Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki
In Tokyo, Shigeharu Aoyama is a widower that grieves the loss of his wife Read More »
Beauty and the Beast AKA La belle et la bête (1946) Jean Cocteau, René Clément, Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parély
Adélaïde, Belle, Félicie and Ludovic are young adult siblings who once lived in grandeur Read More »
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) John Huston, Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt
Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, both down on their luck in Tampico, Mexico in 1925 Read More »
Morgiana (1972) Juraj Herz, Iva Janzurová, Josef Abrhám, Nina Divísková
Klara and Viktoria are sisters. Their father dies, leaving most of his property to Klara. Read More »
Calcutta (1947) John Farrow, Alan Ladd, Gail Russell, William Bendix
Neale Gordon and Pedro Lake, commercial pilots who fly the hump between Chungking and Calcutta learn Read More »
Personal Services (1987) Terry Jones, Julie Walters, Alec McCowen, Shirley Stelfox
The story of the rise of a madame of a suburban brothel catering to older men Read More »
Orpheus (1950) Jean Cocteau, Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares
Orphee is a poet who becomes obsessed with Death (the Princess). Read More »
The Wages Of Fear AKA Le salaire de la peur (1953) Henri-Georges Clouzot, Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck
In a squalid South American oil town, four desperate men sign on for a suicide mission Read More »
She-Devils on Wheels (1968) Herschell Gordon Lewis, Betty Connell, Nancy Lee Noble, Christie Wagner
A female motorcycle gang busies itself creating a ruckus. Read More »
Unfaithfully Yours (1948) Preston Sturges, Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Rudy Vallee
Sir Alfred De Carter suspects his wife of adultery. While running a symphony orchestra Read More »