In the cloistered world of competitive surf-lifesaving, an Australian hero is de-throned as the reigning champion by a younger, gay competitor. Read More »
Romance
Fighting Frontier (1943) Lambert Hillyer, Tim Holt, Cliff Edwards, Ann Summers
Kit Russell, appointed special investigator, has infiltrated a local robber gang ostensibly led by Snap Read More »
I Cover the Waterfront (1933) James Cruze, Ben Lyon, Claudette Colbert, Ernest Torrence
Reporter Joe Miller is sure that fisherman Eli Kirk smuggles illegal Chinese immigrants into the country, but can’t obtain enough evidence to satisfy his editor. Read More »
The Banishment AKA Izgnanie (2007) Andrey Zvyagintsev, Konstantin Lavronenko, Maria Bonnevie, Aleksandr Baluev
A trip to the pastoral countryside reveals a dark, sinister reality for a family from the city. Read More »
Our Daily Bread (1934) King Vidor, Karen Morley, Tom Keene, John Qualen
John and Mary sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Read More »
An American Tragedy (1931) Josef von Sternberg, Phillips Holmes, Sylvia Sidney, Frances Dee
Having just reached adulthood, Clyde Griffiths has always lamented his lot in life, he the only son of poor missionaries. Read More »
The Goob (2014) Guy Myhill, Sienna Guillory, Sean Harris, Hannah Spearritt
Young Goob, 16 years old, returns home to his mother where he grew up in the countryside Read More »
Wild Orchids (1929) Sidney Franklin, Greta Garbo, Lewis Stone, Nils Asther
Lillie Sterling comes with her husband, John, on a business trip to Java, expecting a second honeymoon. Read More »
Zero Hour AKA Stunde Null (1977) Edgar Reitz, Kai Taschner, Herbert Weissbach, Günter Schiemann
The narrative is set in the summer of 1945 in a small village outside Leipzig Read More »
Vivacious Lady (1938) George Stevens, Ginger Rogers, James Stewart, James Ellison
On a quick trip to the city, young university professor Peter Morgan falls in love with nightclub performer Francey Brent Read More »