In 1950, life as usual in a middle-American town. Cold War paranoia is beginning Read More »
Simon and Laura (1955) Muriel Box, Peter Finch, Kay Kendall, Muriel Pavlow
In the 1950’s days of only BBC television, a wet-behind-the-ears producer has the idea Read More »
Masquerade in Vienna (1934) Willi Forst, Paula Wessely, Anton Walbrook, Peter Petersen
Vienna 1905: After a carnival party the famous painter Heidenick draws his otherwise engaged girlfriend Anita Helfer with very few clothes on, only blurs her face. Read More »
No Name on the Bullet (1959) Jack Arnold, Audie Murphy, Charles Drake, Joan Evans
Cool, cultured John Gant rides into Lordsburg. Gant is a professional killer Read More »
Duel at Silver Creek (1952) Don Siegel, Audie Murphy, Faith Domergue, Stephen McNally
A gang of claim jumpers is infesting the territory, gaining ownership of undermanned mining operations through extortion…and leaving no live witnesses. Read More »
The Way I Spent the End of the World AKA Cum mi-am petrecut sfârsitul lumii (2006) Cãtãlin Mitulescu, Dorotheea Petre, Timotei Duma, Ioan Albu
Bucharest 1989 – the last year of Ceausescu’s dictatorship. Eva lives with her parents and her 7 year old brother, Lalalilu. Read More »
The Strike AKA Siréna (1947) Karel Steklý, Josef Bek, L. Bohác, Josef Dekoj
The first Czechoslovak film to receive the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, The Strike is a cornerstone example of political agitprop. Read More »
Moby Dick (1956) John Huston, Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, Leo Genn
This classic story by Herman Melville revolves around Captain Ahab and his obsession with a huge whale, Moby Dick. Read More »
Manon (1949) Henri-Georges Clouzot, Serge Reggiani, Michel Auclair, Cécile Aubry
An adaptation of Abbe Prevost’s classic French novel ‘Manon Lescaut’, updated to post-World War II France Read More »
What’s New About Love? AKA O que Há de Novo no Amor? (2011) Hugo Alves, Mónica Santana Baptista, Joana Santos, João Cajuda, Nuno Casanovas
Six friends meet every evening in a basement to make music. Read More »
The Hills Run Red AKA Un fiume di dollari (1966) Carlo Lizzani, Thomas Hunter, Henry Silva, Dan Duryea
After the Civil War ends, two soldiers return home with a cache of stolen money. Read More »
Educating Julie (1984) Gail Hardman, Gail Ward, Miles Taylor, Tony Monroe
Julie, an English student assigned to write a paper about “Nudity”. Read More »
The Possessed AKA Les possédés (1988) Andrzej Wajda, Isabelle Huppert, Jutta Lampe, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu
This story begins in 1870 at a little town somewhere in Russia. It processed the real “Nyecsajev story”. Read More »
Zombie and the Ghost Train AKA Zombie ja Kummitusjuna (1991) Mika Kaurismäki, Silu Seppälä, Marjo Leinonen, Matti Pellonpää
Antti “Zombie” Autiomaa does two things well: play the bass guitar and drink. Read More »
Murder by Contract (1958) Irving Lerner, Vince Edwards, Phillip Pine, Herschel Bernardi
Claude is a young man with a regular job, no history of trouble with the law and no chance of making any real money. Read More »