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Dick Tracy (1945) William Berke, Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, Mike Mazurki

Dick is confronted with a string of brutal murders where the sufferers Read More »
Confidence Girl (1952) Andrew L. Stone, Tom Conway, Hillary Brooke, Eddie Marr

After successfully swindling thousands of dollars from hapless victims Read More »
The Jackpot (1950) Walter Lang, James Stewart, Barbara Hale, James Gleason

Bill Lawrence wins a slew of prizes on a radio quiz program. Read More »
TGV (1998) Moussa Touré, Makena Diop, Al Hamdou Traore, Bernard Giraudeau

The TGV? No, it is not the famous French high-speed train, but instead the rickety and colourful bus operated Read More »
Empty Nest / El nido vacío (2008) Daniel Burman, Oscar Martínez, Cecilia Roth, Inés Efron

A chronicle of the emptiness felt when ones children have left home Read More »
The Beaches of Agnès / Les plages d’Agnès (2008) Agnès Varda, André Lubrano, Blaise Fournier

At nearly 80, Agnès Varda explores her memory – growing up in Belgium, living in Sète, Paris, and Noirmoutier Read More »
Crespià, the Film not the Village (2003) Albert Serra, Jaume Badia, Lluís Carbó, Anna Darné

Loving cult film and idiosyncratic musical portrait of summer festivities in the Catalan village of Crespià Read More »
Boston Blackie’s Chinese Venture (1949) Seymour Friedman, Chester Morris, Maylia, Richard Lane

Blackie is seen leaving a Chinese laundry where the proprietor has been murdered Read More »
13 Lead Soldiers (1948) Frank McDonald, Tom Conway, Maria Palmer, Helen Westcott

Captain Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond is called in to solve the murder of a man from whom two lead soldiers were stolen. Read More »