A struggling architect, being sued for divorce by his wife and struggling with booze and gambling Read More »
Crime
Hunter Will Get You / L’alpagueur (1976) Philippe Labro, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bruno Cremer, Jean Négroni
L’Alpagueur is a free-lance spy from the French secret agency. Read More »
Lure of the Swamp (1957) Hubert Cornfield, Marshall Thompson, Willard Parker, Joan Vohs
Simon Lute ekes out a modest living chartering his skiff to tourists and guiding them through the labyrinthine bayou. Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
The Spirit (2008) Frank Miller, Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson
Down these mean streets a man must come. A hero born, murdered, and born again. Read More »
The Saint’s Vacation (1941) Leslie Fenton, Hugh Sinclair, Sally Gray, Arthur Macrae
An otherwise innocuous-looking music box is the coveted macguffin that provokes treachery Read More »
The Saint Meets the Tiger (1943) Paul L. Stein, Hugh Sinclair, Jean Gillie, Gordon McLeod
A man murdered at the Saint’s doorstep manages to utter a few words to Simon Templar before he dies Read More »