
Musicians remember the Kansas City jazz scene, paying homage to the legends of the genre. Read More »
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Kansas City (1996) Robert Altman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte

Robert Altman’s jazz-scored film explores themes of love, crime, race, and politics in 1930s Kansas City. Read More »
Kapò (1960) Gillo Pontecorvo, Susan Strasberg, Laurent Terzieff, Emmanuelle Riva

Kapo is a black and white film that tells the story of a Jewish teenager Read More »
Le golem (1967) Jean Kerchbron, André Reybaz, Georges Douking, François Vibert

A man mistakes hat during a religious service. In dream, he will relive the life Read More »
The Nanny (1965) Seth Holt, Bette Davis, Wendy Craig, Jill Bennett

Bette Davis is an English nanny whose charge is a rude 10-year-old Joey, just discharged from a disturbed Read More »
Sweet Deceptions / I dolci inganni (1960) Alberto Lattuada, Christian Marquand, Catherine Spaak, Jean Sorel

Francesca, a 17-year old school girl, has a vivid dream of making love to Enrico Read More »
Castle on the Hudson (1940) Anatole Litvak, John Garfield, Ann Sheridan, Pat O’Brien

Mobster Tommy Gordon isn’t worried about being sentenced to Sing Sing prison Read More »
The Footloose Heiress (1937) William Clemens, Craig Reynolds, Ann Sheridan, Anne Nagel

A spoiled rich girl tries to elope with a ne’er-do-well, but they are stopped Read More »
Erotic Liaisons / Erotikkuna kankei (1992) Kôji Wakamatsu, Ryûdô Uzaki, Joe Yamanaka, Kei Satô

Set in Paris, the plot concerns a low-key private detective agency run by Rie Read More »
The Candy Man (1969) Herbert J. Leder, George Sanders, Leslie Parrish, Manolo Fábregas

An American actress travels to Mexico to make a movie and brings her daughter with her. Read More »