Told in semi-documentary style, this film deals with a little-known section Read More »
Crime
The Beggar’s Opera (1953) Peter Brook, Laurence Olivier, Hugh Griffith, George Rose
Authentic rendering of John Gay’s 18th century musical, filmed in Technicolor Read More »
Blackout (1985) Douglas Hickox, Keith Carradine, Kathleen Quinlan, Richard Widmark
A police officer suspects that a local husband and father who has recently undergone facial surgery Read More »
The Mirror Crack’d (1980) Guy Hamilton
The year is 1953. The small English village of St. Mary Mead, home to Miss Jane Marple Read More »
Inferno of Torture / Tokugawa irezumi-shi: Seme jigoku (1969) Teruo Ishii, Teruo Yoshida, Masumi Tachibana, Asao Koike
High demand for tattooed geisha generates an entire industry for their “production”. Read More »
The Cobra Strikes (1948) Charles Reisner, Sheila Ryan, Richard Fraser, Leslie Brooks
Hard-boiled reporter Mike Kent investigates the murder of a prominent scientist Read More »
Mona Lisa (1986) Neil Jordan, Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Michael Caine
After getting out of prison, George (Bob Hoskins) looks for a job, but his time Read More »
Secrets of Scotland Yard (1944) George Blair, Edgar Barrier, Stephanie Bachelor, C. Aubrey Smith
German spies have infiltrated Scotland Yard’s secret decoding unit. A special agent is dispatched to uncover them. Read More »
Mask of the Dragon (1951) Sam Newfield, Richard Travis, Sheila Ryan, Sid Melton
Lt. Dan Oliver, an American soldier in Korea, agrees to deliver a jade dragon statuette Read More »
After Office Hours (1935) Robert Z. Leonard, Constance Bennett, Clark Gable, Stuart Erwin
Hard-hitting news editor Jim Branch falls for high-society type Sharon Norwood Read More »