Third and final version of the La Cage aux Folles series has Renato’s drag queen lover Albin learning that he can inherit a vast fortune from a distant relative. Read More »
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The Velvet Trap (1966) Ken Kennedy, Jamie Karson, Alan Jeffory, Betty Coryell, Drama, Erotic
Tale of a young woman who gets raped by her boss and then flees to Las Vegas where she is forced into a becoming a prostitute at a notorious whorehouse and Things get worse further.
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Freeway (1988) Francis Delia, Darlanne Fluegel, James Russo, Billy Drago, Thriller
A crazed driver…with a deeply troubled past goes on a nightly shooting spree across the highways of America…preying on motorists as part of a fanatical religious crusade. Read More »
Up in Central Park (1948) William A. Seiter, Deanna Durbin, Dick Haymes, Vincent Price, Comedy, Musical
A newspaper reporter and the daughter of an immigrant maintenance man help expose political corruption in New York City. Read More »
Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940) Eugene Forde, Lloyd Nolan, Marjorie Weaver, Joan Valerie, Comedy, Mystery, Drama
Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and roulette wheels. Read More »
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943) Bruce Manning, Jean Renoir, Deanna Durbin, Edmond O’Brien, Barry Fitzgerald, Comedy, Drama
Making her first film appearance since 1941, Deanna Durbin plays the title role in The Amazing Mrs. Holliday. Truth to tell, however, there is no Mrs. Holliday: it’s the guise assumed by idealistic missionary Ruth (Durbin) to sneak a group of Chinese war orphans into the US. Read More »
Shadows In Paradise / Varjoja paratiisissa (1986) Aki Kaurismäki, Matti Pellonpää, Kati Outinen, Sakari Kuosmanen, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Only connect. In gray, class-conscious Helsinki, Nikander is a stoic, solitary garbage man. Cigarettes, coffee, bingo games, and English lessons border his circumscribed life. Read More »
Le feu follet / The Fire Within (1963) Louis Malle, Maurice Ronet, Léna Skerla, Yvonne Clech, Drama
Alain Leroy is having a course of treatment in a private hospital because of his problem with alcohol. Read More »
Diario napoletano / Neapolitan Diary (1992) Francesco Rosi, Simona Caramelli, Pietro Bontempo, Documentary, Crime, History
A fascinating return to the same issues done in a semi-docu style. The ‘story’ joins Rosi as he fights his way through impossible city traffic to a school of architecture to host a discussion of the older movie. Read More »
Safety Last (1923) Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor, Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strother, Comedy, Thriller
In 1922, the country boy Harold says goodbye to his mother and his girlfriend Mildred in the train station and leaves Great Bend expecting to be successful in the big city. Read More »