This remake of West of Zanzibar (1928) made four years later tries to outdo the Lon Chaney original in morbidity. Read More »
Crime Unlimited (1935) Ralph Ince, Esmond Knight, Lilli Palmer, Cecil Parker
Frustrated by a seemingly infallible gang of jewel thieves, Scotland Yard Read More »
Mo’ Better Blues (1990) Spike Lee, Denzel Washington, Wesley Snipes
Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want Read More »
An Actor’s Revenge / Yukinojo Henge (1959) Masahiro Makino, Hashizo Okawa, Chikage Awashima, Keiko Okawa
Nakamura Yukinojo gains popularity in Edo’s kabuki scene as a handsome onnagata Read More »
Sunset Blvd. (1950) Billy Wilder, William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim
In early-1950s Hollywood, obscure screenplay-writer Joe Gillis is unable to sell his work to the studios Read More »
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film (2011) Pip Chodorov, Ken Jacobs, Hans Richter
What is experimental film, and why is it called that? Artists and poet working in celluloid Read More »
Cold Sassy Tree (1989) Joan Tewkesbury, Faye Dunaway, Richard Widmark, Frances Fisher
Handsome May-December romantic drama set in a sleepy Southern town at the turn of the century. Read More »
The Edifying and Joyous Story of Colinot / L’histoire très bonne et très joyeuse de Colinot Trousse-Chemise (1973) Nina Companeez, Francis Huster, Nathalie Delon, Brigitte Bardot
Colinot is a young, happy man, until the day three highway robbers abduct his fiancee. Read More »
There’s Nothing Out There (1991) Rolfe Kanefsky, Craig Peck, Wendy Bednarz, Mark Collver
Seven teens head up to a cabin on the lake for spring break. Mike has studied all horror films on video Read More »
To Please a Lady (1950) Clarence Brown, Clark Gable, Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou
Mike Brannon is a former war hero turned midget car racer. His ruthless racing tactics have made Read More »