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Fritz the Cat (1972) Ralph Bakshi, Skip Hinnant, Rosetta LeNoire, John McCurry
In the 1960s, fed up with monotonous college life and police repression, free-spirited Fritz Read More »
Tender Mercies (1983) Bruce Beresford, Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley
A broken-down, middle-aged country singer gets a new wife Read More »
Tigers Are Not Afraid AKA Vuelven (2017) Issa López, Paola Lara, Juan Ramón López, Nery Arredondo
Estrella is 10 years old and has 3 wishes: The first one, that her missing mother comes back and it happens. Read More »
Secondhand Lions (2003) Tim McCanlies, Haley Joel Osment, Michael Caine, Robert Duvall
A boy named Walter is dropped by his mother Mae at his great-uncles’ house. Read More »
Words and Music (1948) Norman Taurog, Mickey Rooney, Tom Drake, June Allyson
Encomium to Larry Hart (1895-1943), seen through the fictive eyes of his song-writing partner, Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) Read More »
Zorba the Greek AKA Alexis Sorbas (1964) Mihalis Kakogiannis, Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Papas
Traveling to inspect an abandoned mine his father owns in Crete, English author Basil (Alan Bates) Read More »
Rebel Without a Cause (1955) Nicholas Ray, James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo
Jim Stark is the new kid in town. He has been in trouble elsewhere Read More »
Living in Oblivion (1995) Tom DiCillo, Steve Buscemi, Catherine Keener, Dermot Mulroney
Film about filmmaking. It takes place during one day on set of non-budget movie. Read More »
Fate Is the Hunter (1964) Ralph Nelson, Glenn Ford, Nancy Kwan, Rod Taylor
Airliner crashes near Los Angeles due to unusual string of coincidences. Read More »
Outside the Law (1956) Jack Arnold, Ray Danton, Leigh Snowden, Grant Williams
An ex-con is given the chance to redeem himself, and revenge the murder Read More »
The Naked Monster (2005) Wayne Berwick, Ted Newsom, Kenneth Tobey, Brinke Stevens, R.G. Wilson
A brain-dead sheriff, a stolid secret agent and a sexy scientist team Read More »
The End of the Tour (2015) James Ponsoldt, Jason Segel, Jesse Eisenberg, Anna Chlumsky
The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky Read More »
State Fair (1962) José Ferrer, Pat Boone, Bobby Darin, Pamela Tiffin
Texan farmers the Frake family head for the Texas State Fair in Dallas. Read More »
Lisztomania (1975) Ken Russell, Roger Daltrey, Sara Kestelman, Paul Nicholas
This audacious, vulgar, freewheeling fantasia on the life of pianist Franz Liszt Read More »