A sinister character boards the Rome Express on the trail of a valuable Van Dyke painting Read More »
Crime
Scars of the Sun (2006) Takashi Miike, Shô Aikawa, Aiko Satô, Ken’ichi Endô
Katayama (Aikawa Sho) is on the way home to his wife and little daughter when he stumbles on a gang of punks beating up an innocent man. Read More »
The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968) Ken Annakin, Vittorio De Sica, Raquel Welch, Robert Wagner
Vittorio De Sica delivers a full-blown comic performance as Cesare Celli, an American gangster exiled to Italy and kidnapped by a collection of inept crooks. Read More »
Swallowtail Butterfly (1996) Shunji Iwai, Hiroshi Mikami, Chara, Ayumi Itô
After a young girl’s mother dies, she is cared for by Glico, a brassy hooker, who gives the girl the name “Ageha” (Butterfly). Read More »
The Beat Generation (1959) Charles F. Haas, Steve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren, Ray Danton
Soon after, we learn that Hess is a serial rapist at large in Los Angeles. Read More »
School on Fire (1988) Ringo Lam, Fennie Yuen, Roy Cheung, Damian Lau
A young schoolgirl gets involved in the triads of Hong Kong after a classmate is killed in a fight. Read More »
Don’t Play with Fire (1980) Hark Tsui, Lieh Lo, Chen Chi Lin, Albert Au
Three lazybones friends manufacture a firebomb and place it in a cinema. Read More »
The Merry Gentleman (2008) Michael Keaton, Kelly Macdonald, Tom Bastounes
A woman leaves an abusive relationship to begin a new life in a new city Read More »
Hot Diamonds in Cold Blood (1967)
When $300,000,000 in diamonds are stolen from a fiery plane wreck the British Government become concerned that it might Read More »
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951) Crane Wilbur, Steve Cochran, David Brian, Philip Carey
Another in a unrelated series of Warner’s penitentiary tours in three different decades. Read More »