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Man from Deep River (1972) Umberto Lenzi, Ivan Rassimov, Me Me Lai, Prasitsak Singhara
A photographer on assignment in the rain forest is ambushed and held slave by a primitive tribe Read More »
Underworld (1927) Josef von Sternberg, Arthur Rosson, George Bancroft, Clive Brook, Evelyn Brent
‘Nobody helps me — I help them!’ boasts open-handed gangster Bull Weed Read More »
No Love for Johnnie (1961) Ralph Thomas, Peter Finch, Stanley Holloway, Mary Peach
Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he’s feeling frustrated with his life Read More »
Martin’s Day (1985) Alan Gibson, Richard Harris, Lindsay Wagner, James Coburn
Threatened with recapture after a prison escape, Martin Stechert grabs a twelve-year-old as hostage. Read More »
Bridal Suite (1939) Wilhelm Thiele, Annabella, Robert Young, Walter Connolly
Affording a happy variation from the more serious problems of life Read More »
Savage Man Savage Beast (1975) Antonio Climati, Mario Morra, Giuseppe Rinaldi, Pit Dernitz
Here’s a National Geographic style documentary that’s alternately exploitive and informative. Read More »
Brakhage (1998) Jim Shedden, Jerry Aronson, Jane Brakhage, Marilyn Brakhage
Jim Sledden’s 1998 documentary Brakhage is an interesting, well-constructed portrait of avant-garde filmmaker Stan Brakhage Read More »
Here Comes the Navy (1934) Lloyd Bacon, James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, Gloria Stuart
To continue a grudge with naval officer Biff Martin, feisty construction worker Chesty O’Connor Read More »
Last Night at the Alamo (1983) Eagle Pennell, Sonny Carl Davis, Lou Perryman, Steven Mattila
The cheerless events on the last night in the existence of a little suburban Houston pub. Read More »
Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981) Marco Ferreri, Ben Gazzara, Ornella Muti, Susan Tyrrell
After a lecture where a poem is read out to a group of bored students, the alcoholic and sex addicted poet Read More »
Die Nichten Der Frau Oberst (1980) Erwin C. Dietrich, Karine Gambier, Brigitte Lahaie, Pascale Vital
Frau Oberst has 2 young nieces who are very open with their sexuality. Read More »
The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953) Alvin Ganzer, F. Hugh Herbert, Leo Genn, Don Taylor, Gene Barry
In the spring of 1945, World War II is coming to a close. Roger Halyard, a dignified, strait-laced Englishmen Read More »
Hester Street (1975) Joan Micklin Silver, Steven Keats, Carol Kane, Mel Howard
It’s 1896. Yankel Bogovnik, a Russian Jew, emigrated to the United States three years earlier Read More »
Chip Off the Old Block (1944) Charles Lamont, Donald O’Connor, Peggy Ryan, Ann Blyth
The son of a strict Navy officer falls for the daughter of a musical-comedy star. Read More »