A well-off family is paid an unexpected, and rather unwanted, visit by a man claiming to be the woman’s long-lost uncle. Read More »
Night After Night (1932) Archie Mayo, George Raft, Constance Cummings, Wynne Gibson, Comedy, Drama
A successful ex-boxer opens a high-class speakeasy in what once was the childhood home of a formerly rich society girl. Read More »
The Kingdom of Diamonds (1980) Satyajit Ray, Soumitra Chatterjee, Utpal Dutt, Robi Ghosh, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
The musician duo of Goopi Gayin and Bagha Bayin make a comeback in this sequel, where they are invited to the court of the Hirak Raja (Diamond King), for their musical skills. Read More »
Hot Saturday (1932) William A. Seiter, Cary Grant, Nancy Carroll, Randolph Scott, Drama, Romance
Bank employee Ruth Brock has a reputation around town for being fast-and-easy but none of the panting suitors has made her yet. Read More »
Father Was a Fullback (1949) John M. Stahl, Fred MacMurray, Maureen O’Hara, Betty Lynn, Comedy, Sport
Coach George Copper’s college football team is losing game after game, much to the dismay of stiff-and-stuffy but influential alumni Roger Jessup Read More »
Black Girl (1966) Ousmane Sembene, Mbissine Thérèse Diop, Anne-Marie Jelinek, Robert Fontaine, Drama
A Senegalese woman is eager to find a better life abroad. She takes a job as a governess for a French family Read More »
Xala (1975) Ousmane Sembene, Thierno Leye, Myriam Niang, Seune Samb, Comedy
It is the dawn of Senegal’s independence from France, but as the citizens celebrate in the streets we soon become aware that only the faces have changed. Read More »
Where East Is East (1929) Tod Browning, Lon Chaney, Lupe Velez, Estelle Taylor, Drama, Romance
‘Tiger’ Haynes is a respected trapper of jungle beasts for zoos and circuses and a doting father to his beautiful young daughter Toyo. Read More »
In the Mirror of Maya Deren (2001) Martina Kudlácek, Miriam Arsham, Stan Brakhage, Chao Li Chi, Documentary, Biography
Using footage from filmmaker Maya Deren’s avant-garde films of the 1940s Read More »
A Gentle Woman (1969) Robert Bresson, Dominique Sanda, Guy Frangin, Jeanne Lobre, Drama, Romance
A young woman kills herself, leaving no explanation to her grief-stricken pawnbroker husband. Read More »