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Tough Assignment (1949) William Beaudine, Don ‘Red’ Barry, Marjorie Steele, Steve Brodie
Don Reilly, a Los Angeles newspaper reporter in 1949, recently married to Margie Read More »
Oh, You Beautiful Doll (1949) John M. Stahl, Mark Stevens, June Haver, S.Z. Sakall
In the early 1900s, song plugger Larry Kelly chances to meet Alfred Breitenbach Read More »
I Love Melvin (1953) Don Weis, Donald O’Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Una Merkel
Melvin Hoover, a budding photographer for Look magazine, accidentally bumps into a young actress named Judy LeRoy in the park. Read More »
Jassy (1947) Bernard Knowles, Margaret Lockwood, Patricia Roc, Dennis Price
In 17th. century England, Jassy is believed a witch because she has sometimes visions of approaching disasters. Read More »
Return to Beethoven Street: Sam Fuller in Germany (2016) Robert Fischer, Christa Lang, Hans-Christoph Blumenberg, Eric P. Caspar
Another reason for getting this wonderful release is Robert Fischer’s superlative, eye-opening Read More »
Beeswax (2009) Andrew Bujalski, Tilly Hatcher, Maggie Hatcher, Alex Karpovsky
A pair of identical twin sisters — one, who has been paraplegic since youth and gets around in a wheelchair, and the other — ‘same face, different bodies.’ Read More »
Bombay Clipper (1942) John Rawlins, William Gargan, Irene Hervey, Charles Lang
An American Foreign Correspodent, Jim Wilson, and his wife Frankie Read More »
Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984) Peter Webb, Paul McCartney, Bryan Brown, Ringo Starr
Paul McCartney plays himself in another exaggerated “Day In the Life.” Read More »
Before Winter Comes (1968) J. Lee Thompson, David Niven, Topol, Anna Karina
Comedy set in a refugee camp in occupied Austria after World War II. Read More »
Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942) Ray Enright, Constance Bennett, Bruce Cabot, Warren William
The bullets fly fast and thick in this rip-roaring shoot-’em-up starring Constance Bennett, Bruce Cabot and Warren William. Read More »
The Plot Against Harry (1970) Michael Roemer, Martin Priest, Ben Lang, Maxine Woods
A small-time Jewish racketeer, just out of prison, finds himself in a quandary. Read More »
Synecdoche, New York (2008) Charlie Kaufman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams
Life is looking pretty bleak for theater director Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman). Read More »
Esther Waters (1948) Ian Dalrymple, Peter Proud, Kathleen Ryan, Dirk Bogarde, Cyril Cusack
Esther (Kathleen Ryan) goes into service in Victorian England, only to be seduced by the sweet talking groom William (Sir Dirk Bogarde) Read More »
Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982) Robert Altman, Cher, Karen Black, Sandy Dennis
The Disciples of James Dean meet up on the anniversary of his death Read More »