
Melodramatic gangster action characterizes this tough and freely fictionalized biography of notorious, murderous Chicago mobster Roger Touhy. Read More »
Drama
River Without Buoys (1984) Tian-Ming Wu, Ronghua Hu, Wei Li, Baosen Song

Three men steer timber rafts on the Xiaohui river. Fifty-something Pan Laowu is still single. Read More »
Marianne (1929) Robert Z. Leonard, Marion Davies, George Baxter, Lawrence Gray

During World War I, a French girl is romanced by an American doughboy even though she is promised to a French soldier who is fighting at the front. Read More »
Portrait of Teresa (1979) Pastor Vega, Idalia Anreus, Miguel Benavides, Samuel Claxton

Teresa is overwhelmed: with a husband, three young sons, a job as a crew leader in a textile factory, and volunteer commitments as cultural leader of her union. Read More »
Postman (1995) Jianjun He, Jue Chen, Yuanzheng Feng, Zhixing Ge

Postman tells the Decalogue-like story of Xiao Dou, an introverted young postal worker who is suddenly promoted from installing mail boxes to delivering letters. Read More »
Exodus (1960) Otto Preminger, Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson

The theme is the founding of the state of Israel. The action begins on a ship filled with Jewish immigrants bound for Israel who are being off loaded on Cyprus. Read More »
Profile for Murder (1996) David Winning, Lance Henriksen, Jason Nash, Joan Severance

A female police psychiatrist develops sexual fantasies involving a patient accused of murder. Read More »
Shake Hands with the Devil (1959) Michael Anderson, James Cagney, Don Murray, Dana Wynter

In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the “Black & Tans,” special British forces given to harsh measures. Read More »
The Last Mistress (2007) Catherine Breillat, Asia Argento, Fu’ad Aït Aattou, Roxane Mesquida

At 30, boyish penniless aristocrat Ryno de Marigny has separated from Villini, a passionate Spaniard and his mistress of 10 years. Read More »
Scaramouche (1952) George Sidney, Stewart Granger, Janet Leigh, Eleanor Parker

Andre-Louis Moreau is a nobleman’s bastard in the days of the French revolution. Read More »