A European director is commissioned to make a documentary about Istanbul. Read More »
The Shadow (1937) Charles C. Coleman, Rita Hayworth, Charles Quigley, Marc Lawrence, Crime, Mystery
Mary Gillespie is restoring the Col. Gillespie Circus to its former splendor after her father’s death. Read More »
The Madonnas Secret (1946) Wilhelm Thiele, Francis Lederer, Gail Patrick, Ann Rutherford, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller
This drama is an updated version of Ulmer’s 1944 film Bluebeard. It is set in New York and follows the exploits of an eccentric Parisian painter who has come to New York to escape a controversy surrounding his work. Read More »
The Marrying Kind (1952) George Cukor, Judy Holliday, Aldo Ray, Madge Kennedy, Comedy, Drama
Florence and Chet Keefer have had a troublesome marriage. Whilst in the middle of a divorce hearing the judge encourages them to remember the good times they have had hoping that the marriage can be saved. Read More »
Specter of the Rose (1946) Ben Hecht, Judith Anderson, Michael Chekhov, Ivan Kirov, Drama, Film-Noir, Music, Romance, Thriller
Ballet dancer Sanine may have murdered his first wife. A detective thinks so, and he’s not the only one. Sanine is charming, if a little peculiar. Read More »
Special Inspector (1938) Leon Barsha, Charles Quigley, Rita Hayworth, George McKay, Crime, Drama, Romance
Filmed in Canada as part of the UK-Quota System: U. S. Customs Agent Tom Evans is given the assignment of running down a smuggling ring which hijacks Canadian fur-shipper’s trucks and sells the loot in the United States. Read More »
Perfect Friday (1970) Peter Hall, Ursula Andress, Stanley Baker, David Warner, Comedy, Crime
The deputy manager of a London bank has worked out a way to rob the branch of £200,000. Read More »
Missing Women (1951) Philip Ford, Penny Edwards, James Millican, John Gallaudet, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Sport
Claudia Rankin’s husband of one hour is murdered after they stop on an isolated road. When the police appear, to her, to be taking their time about finding the killer, Claudia changes her name and appearance and starts her own investigation. Read More »
Meantime (1984) Mike Leigh, Marion Bailey, Tim Roth, Phil Daniels, Comedy, Drama
An odd film, primarily looking at how the dole affects the underclass in Britain. Tim Roth stars as Colin, a slow and possibly intellectually disabled man living with his parents and brother in a housing project. Read More »
Non coupable / Not Guilty (1947) Henri Decoin, Michel Simon, Jean Debucourt, Georges Bréhat, Crime, Drama
Michel Ancelin is an alcoholic doctor: the more the people look down on him as a miserable failure the more he hates his own guts… Read More »