In Shanghai in the 1880s there are four elegant brothels (flower houses): each has an auntie (called madam), a courtesan in her prime, older servants, and maturing girls in training. Read More »
Drama
Finis Hominis / The End of Man (1971) José Mojica Marins, Teresa Sodré, Roque Rodrigues, Comedy, Drama
Stark naked man comes out from the sea and begins to walk the streets, interfering in daily episodes, always in search of justice. Read More »
Utz (1992) George Sluizer, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Brenda Fricker, Peter Riegert, Drama
Fisher, a fine art dealer, goes to Prague after the death of a friend, the Baron von Utz, to see if he can obtain some of the pieces of the Baron’s priceless Meissen porcelain collection. Read More »
Le Lieu du crime / Scene of the Crime (1986) André Téchiné, Nicolas Giraudi, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Crime, Drama, Romance
In the woods, a 13-year-old boy is grabbed by an escaped convict and told to bring money later that day. Read More »
Oliver Twist (1982) Clive Donner, George C. Scott, Tim Curry, Michael Hordern, Crime, Drama
The classic Dickens tale of an orphan boy who escapes the horrors of the orphanage only to be taken in by a band of thieves and pickpockets. Read More »
Beachhead (1954) Stuart Heisler, Tony Curtis, Frank Lovejoy, Mary Murphy, War, Drama
On a Japanese-occupied island during World War II, only two soldiers remain alive after a mission attempt goes horribly wrong. Read More »
Molchi, grust… molchi / Be Silent, Sorrow, Be Silent (1918) Pyotr Chardynin, Konstantin Khokhlov, Vera Kholodnaya, Drama
Pola performs in a circus double act of music and clowning with her husband Lorio. Read More »
White Dog (1982) Samuel Fuller, Kristy McNichol, Christa Lang, Vernon Weddle, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Deprogramming a dog who kills Blacks is the ultimate challenge for an unorthodox African-American trainer. Read More »
Brighton Rock (1947) John Boulting, Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley, William Hartnell, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Pinkie Brown is a small-town hoodlum whose gang runs a protection racket based at Brighton race course. Read More »
The Honeymoon Killers (1969) Leonard Kastle, Donald Volkman, Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco, Mary Jane Higby, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
In the early 1950s, Martha Beck, who lives with her slightly senile mother, is the head nurse in a Mobile, Alabama hospital. Read More »