
The fifth in a series of Cinerama travelogues—and not a Documentary since the vast majority of the film, aside from the scenery, is comprised of fictional stories. Read More »
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Klute (1971) Alan J. Pakula, Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi

Six months after the disappearance of Tuscarora, PA businessman Tom Gruneman, his boss, Peter Cable, and his wife Read More »
Womens Camp 119 (1977) Bruno Mattei, Ivano Staccioli, Ria De Simone, Nello Riviè

A prisoner is forced to serve as a doctor’s assistant, giving her a front row seat for the horrible goings-on. Read More »
Arch of Triumph (1948) Lewis Milestone, Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton

In winter of 1938, Paris is crowded with refugees from the Nazis, who live in the black shadows of night, trying to evade deportation. Read More »
Achtung! The Desert Tigers (1977) Luigi Batzella, Richard Harrison, Lea Lander, Isarco Ravaioli

Durng World War II, an American major is captured by the Germans and thrown into a POW camp run by a sadistic Nazi officer Read More »
Hells Angels (1930) Howard Hughes, Edmund Goulding, Ben Lyon, James Hall, Jean Harlow

Two brothers attending Oxford enlist with the RAF when World War I breaks out. Read More »
C-Man (1949) Joseph Lerner, Dean Jagger, John Carradine, Harry Landers

When U.S. Customs Department Agent Cliff Holden’s boss is murdered by jewel thieves he’s assigned to the case.  Read More »
The Victory of Women (1946) Kenji Mizoguchi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Michiko Kuwano, Mitsuko Miura

A socially committed film about the feudal state of many Japanese women in 1946. Read More »
Come and See (1985) Elem Klimov, Aleksey Kravchenko, Olga Mironova, Liubomiras Laucevicius

The action takes place on the territory of Belarus in 1943. In the center of the story is a Belarusian boy, who witnesses the horrors of the Nazi punitive action Read More »
Goodbye, Father (1996) Luís Filipe Rocha, Afonso Pimentel, João Lagarto, Laura Soveral

For a 13-year-old boy like Filipe, the prospect of a summer vacation in the Azores with his father is like a dream come true. Read More »