
The masked daughter of the Shogun wants to kill a samurai who has seen her scarred face. She sends waves of ninja warriors to kill the samurai and plots diabolical schemes / ambushes without much success. Read More »
Drama
Menilmontant (1926) Dimitri Kirsanoff, Nadia Sibirskaïa, Yolande Beaulieu, Guy Belmont, Short, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A couple is brutally murdered in the working-class district of Paris. Later on, the narrative follows the lives of their two daughters, both in love with a Parisian thug and leading them to separate ways. Read More »
Oliver Twist (1922) Frank Lloyd, Jackie Coogan, James A. Marcus, Aggie Herring, Drama

Oliver’s mother, a penniless outcast, died giving birth to him. As a young boy Oliver is brought up in a workhouse, later apprenticed to an uncaring undertaker Read More »
La promesse / The Promise (1996) Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Jérémie Renier, Olivier Gourmet, Assita Ouedraogo, Drama

Igor–a 15-year-old apprentice mechanic–spends his off hours at the beck and call of his father. Read More »
Du soleil pour les gueux / Sunshine for the Poor (2001) Alain Guiraudie, Isabelle Girardet, Jean-Paul Jourdàa, Drama, Erotic

On a hot Sunday morning, Nathalie Sanchez, an unemployed hair stylist, walks across the Causses plateau in search of a shepherd. Read More »
Sleepy Eyes of Death 6 – Sword of Satan (1965) Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Raizô Ichikawa, Michiko Saga, Machiko Hasegawa, Action, Drama

Sixth film in the series. A little boy who just wants to be a carpenter is at the center of a plot that might topple — or save — a mighty Clan Read More »
Best Man Wins (1948) John Sturges, Edgar Buchanan, Anna Lee, Robert Shayne, Drama

Edgar Buchanan stars as a man who abruptly leaves his wife (Anna Lee) to “find himself”. Read More »
Salt (2003) Bradley Rust Gray, Brynja Þóra Guðnadóttir, Davíð Örn Halldórsson, Melkorka Huldudóttir, Drama, Romance

A young girl from a tiny fishing village in a remote corner of Iceland falls in love with her sister’s boyfriend. Read More »
Pikunikku / Picnic (1996) Shunji Iwai, Chara, Tadanobu Asano, Koichi Hashizume, Drama, Fantasy

Believing that the world will end that very day, three mental patients Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru set out upon a journey. Read More »
Maidstone (1970) Norman Mailer, Rip Torn, Paul Austin, Drama

Over a booze-fueled, increasingly hectic five-day shoot in East Hampton, Norman Mailer and his cast and crew spontaneously unloaded onto film the lurid and loony chronicle of U.S. presidential candidate and filmmaker Norman T. Kingsley debating and attacking his hangers-on and enemies. Read More »