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The Age of the Medici (1972) Roberto Rossellini, Marcello Di Falco, Virgilio Gazzolo, Adriano Amidei Migliano
This is a lengthy exposition of the social and political history of renaissance Florentine history Read More »
Threshold (1981) Richard Pearce, Donald Sutherland, John Marley, Sharon Acker
The celebrated heart surgeon Dr. Vrain supports the research of the offbeat scientist Aldo Gehring Read More »
They Ran for Their Lives (1968) John Payne, Oliver Drake, Scott Brady, Luana Patten
A geologist aids the escape of a young woman whose father was murdered to recover forged oil documents. Read More »
My Life Without Me (2003) Isabel Coixet, Sarah Polley, Scott Speedman, Mark Ruffalo
Ann, 23 years old, lives a modest life with her two kids and her husband in a trailer in her mother’s garden. Read More »
Homicide (1991) David Mamet, Joe Mantegna, William H. Macy, Vincent Guastaferro
Policeman Bob Gold has to capture a murderer that not even the FBI has been able to find. Read More »
Armored Car Robbery (1950) Richard Fleischer, Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman
Dave Purvis takes pride in being unknown to the law, though famed among fellow crooks Read More »
Warning to Wantons (1949) Donald B. Wilson, Harold Warrender, Anne Vernon, David Tomlinson
Seventeen-year-old Renee slips away from her convent school, joins her fashionable mother Read More »
Holiday in Spain (1960) Jack Cardiff, Denholm Elliott, Peter Lorre, Beverly Bentley
A vacationing Englishman (Denholm Elliott) stumbles upon a plot to kill a young American tourist (Beverly Bentley) in Spain. Read More »
Gaudi Afternoon (2001) Susan Seidelman, Judy Davis, Marcia Gay Harden, Lili Taylor
Cassandra, a solitary writer in Barcelona (a US ex-pat) gets a call for help from a stranger Read More »
A Family Thing (1996) Richard Pearce, Robert Duvall, James Earl Jones, Michael Beach
Earl Pilcher, Jr., runs an equipment rental outfit in Arkansas, lives with his wife Read More »
The Escape (1939) Ricardo Cortez, Kane Richmond, Amanda Duff, June Gale
An embittered Louie Peronni (Edward Norris) returns from prison to find that his sister Read More »
Starstruck (1982) Gillian Armstrong, Joey Kennedy, Ross O’Donovan, Margo Lee
Young woman wants to become the next big singer with the help of her friends and despite the wishes of her working class family. Read More »
Norman… Is That You? (1976) George Schlatter, Redd Foxx, Pearl Bailey, Dennis Dugan
A black man is distraught when he discovers his son is gay and is determined to set him right. Read More »
I’ll Get By (1950) Richard Sale, June Haver, William Lundigan, Gloria DeHaven
Updated version of “Tin Pan Alley” concerns two songwriters Read More »