On a day like many others, a woman leaves work. She’s late for a party, in the outskirts of Lisbon. Read More »
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Pit Stop (1969) Jack Hill, Brian Donlevy, Richard Davalos, Ellen Burstyn
Grant Willard sponsors drivers in a “new” form of race car driving called The Figure Eight. Read More »
Children of Paradise AKA Les enfants du paradis (1945) Marcel Carné, Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur
Strolling indolently around the 1830s vibrant Parisian avenue called the Boulevard du Crime Read More »
Billy Budd (1962) Peter Ustinov, Robert Ryan, Melvyn Douglas
H.M.S. Avenger is headed into battle against the French fleet during the Napoleonic Wars Read More »
The Carrier (1988) Nathan J. White, Gregory Fortescue, Stevie Lee, Steve Dixon
The main character is stricken with a horrible disease, but it doesn’t affect him. Read More »
The Lady in Red Kills Seven Times AKA La dama rossa uccide sette volte (1972) Emilio Miraglia, Barbara Bouchet, Ugo Pagliai, Marina Malfatti
When two sisters inherit their family castle, a string of murders committed by a mysterious dark haired woman Read More »
Spite Marriage (1929) Edward Sedgwick, Buster Keaton, Dorothy Sebastian, Edward Earle
Elmer is a dry cleaner. He is madly in love with stage star Trilby Drew; for each of her 35 performances Read More »
Moby Dick (1956) John Huston, Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn
This classic story by Herman Melville revolves around Captain Ahab and his obsession with a huge whale, Moby Dick. Read More »
A Strange Adventure (1956) William Witney, Joan Evans, Ben Cooper, Marla English
A trio of thieves make their getaway by kidnapping a young hot-rodder Read More »
Minnie and Moskowitz (1971) John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Seymour Cassel, Val Avery
Minnie breaks up with her married boyfriend and becomes disillusioned. Read More »
White Zombie (1932) Victor Halperin, Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, Joseph Cawthorn
Young couple Madeleine and Neil are coaxed by acquaintance Monsieur Beaumont to get married on his Haitian plantation. Read More »
One from the Heart (1981) Francis Ford Coppola, Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Raul Julia
Hank and Frannie don’t seem to be able to live together anymore. Read More »
Heart Like a Wheel (1983) Jonathan Kaplan, Bonnie Bedelia, Beau Bridges, Bruce Barlow
Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them before. Read More »
The Terence Davies Trilogy (1983) Terence Davies, Phillip Mawdsley, Nick Stringer, Valerie Lilley
Davies’ film is divided into three segments entitled “Children”, “Madonna and Child”, and “Death and Transfiguartion”. Read More »
Petey Wheatstraw (1977) Cliff Roquemore, Rudy Ray Moore, Jimmy Lynch, Leroy Daniels
Petey Wheatstraw (Rudy Ray Moore) is a candidate to become the devil’s son-in-law. Read More »