
Working from a novel by Aoyama Koji he tells the story of Ogata Kikuji (Kobayashi Akira) – a former Yakuza member, now on the straight and narrow. Read More »
Drama
The Meatrack (1970) Richard Stockton, David Calder, Donna Troy, Jan Stratton, Drama

A hybrid of Warholian midnight movie and Doris Wishman-esque sexploitation picture, Michael Thomas’s softcore rarity Meatrack was originally produced and released by Sherpix Read More »
Sticks and Stones (1970) Stan Lopresto, Craig Dudley, J. Will Deane, Jimmy Foster, Drama

Leather-Queen George will be there, bragging about his rubber bed sheets. So will The Lavender Guru, a loquacious flower child incessantly babbling hippie-speak. Read More »
Death and the Maiden (1994) Roman Polanski, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley, Stuart Wilson, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Paulina Escobar is a political activist whose husband is a prominent lawyer in an unnamed South American country just out of a dictatorship. Read More »
Bad Timing (1980) Nicolas Roeg, Art Garfunkel, Theresa Russell, Harvey Keitel, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

The setting is Vienna. A young American woman is brought to a hospital after overdosing on pills, apparently in a suicide attempt. Read More »
The Bells (1926) James Young, Lionel Barrymore, Caroline Frances Cooke, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Crime, Drama, Horror

Mathias, an Alsatian innkeeper, murders a rich Pole staying at his inn But Mathias’ conscience will not let him rest, and the murdered man’s spirit drives the innkeeper nearly mad. Read More »
Who Am I This Time? (1982) Jonathan Demme, Susan Sarandon, Christopher Walken, Robert Ridgely, Comedy, Drama, Romance

From a short story by Kurt Vonnegut. Christopher Walken is a shy hardware store employee. But whenever he takes a part in a local amateur theater production, he becomes the part completely–while on stage. Read More »
Varúj…! / Beware! (1947) Palo Bielik, Jirina Stepnicková, Július Pántik, Drama

A drama about Slovaks who emigrated before WW I. It is focused on the life of Ondrej Muranica. Read More »
Dimboola (1979) John Duigan, Bruce Spence, Natalie Bate, Max Gillies, Comedy, Drama

Dimboola follows the interaction of various characters at a country wedding reception. Read More »
Engel and Joe / Engel + Joe (2001) Vanessa Jopp, Robert Stadlober, Jana Pallaske, Lena Sabine Berg, Drama, Romance

Engel, a punk, meets Joe, a runaway, and that adventure called life begins. Read More »