
The story of a young boy, Apu, and life in his small Indian village. Read More »
Drama
Apur Sansar / The World of Apu (1959) Satyajit Ray, Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Alok Chakravarty, Drama

Apu is a jobless former student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer. An old college friend talks him into a visit up-country to a village wedding. Read More »
Ladri di biciclette / Bicycle Thieves (1948) Vittorio De Sica, Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell, Gino Saltamerenda, Drama

Ricci, an unemployed man in the depressed post-WWII economy of Italy, gets at last a good job – for which he needs a bike – hanging up posters. Read More »
The Midnight Story (1957) Joseph Pevney, Tony Curtis, Marisa Pavan, Gilbert Roland, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller

Beloved priest Father Thomasino is murdered in a San Francisco alley, and the police have few clues. Read More »
St. Louis Blues (1958) Allen Reisner, Nat ‘King’ Cole, Eartha Kitt, Cab Calloway, Biography, Drama, Music

Will Handy grows up in Memphis with his preacher father and his Aunt Hagar. Read More »
Tombstone (1993) George P. Cosmatos, Kevin Jarre, Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliott, Action, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Western

After success cleaning up Dodge City, Wyatt Earp moves to Tombstone, Arizona, and wishes to get rich in obscurity. Read More »
Ma nuit chez Maud / My Night at Maud’s (1969) Eric Rohmer, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Françoise Fabian, Marie-Christine Barrault, Comedy, Drama, Romance

The narrator (Jean-Louis), a devout Catholic, moves to a provincial town and vows to marry Francoise, a pretty blond he notices at mass. Read More »
Les Destinées sentimentales / Sentimental Destinies (2000) Olivier Assayas, Emmanuelle Béart, Charles Berling, Isabelle Huppert, Drama, Romance

In late nineteenth century Charante, Protestant minister Jean Barnery causes local disquiet when he arranges a separation from his obsessive wife – and more talk when he decides to take her back. Read More »
Asobi / Play (1971) Yasuzô Masumura, Keiko Takahashi, Masaaki Daimon, Keizô Kanie, Drama, Romance

A young factory worker is picked up and courted by a clumsy youth with yakuza dreams, over one long day and a night. Read More »
High School Confidential! (1958) Jack Arnold, Russ Tamblyn, Jan Sterling, John Drew Barrymore, Drama, Crime

A tough kid comes to a new high school and begins muscling his way into the drug scene. Read More »