In 1898, the U.S. Government decided to intervene on the side of the Cuban rebels in their struggle against Spanish rule. Read More »
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Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) John Newland, Kim Darby, Jim Hutton, Barbara Anderson
A young couple inherits an old mansion inhabited by small demon-like creatures Read More »
Furious (1984) Tim Everitt, Tom Sartori, Simon Rhee, Arlene Montano, Phillip Rhee
Martial arts heroes battle aliens from the Astral Plane for control of the universe. Read More »
The American Friend (1977) Wim Wenders, Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer
Tom Ripley has a sweet deal with an art forger. The forger creates the paintings; Tom sells them. Read More »
Three Days of the Condor (1975) Sydney Pollack, Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Cliff Robertson
A mild mannered CIA researcher, paid to read books, returns from lunch to find all of his co-workers assassinated. Read More »
The Ladykillers (1955) Alexander Mackendrick, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker
A gang of thieves rent a room upstairs from an old woman, who thinks they’re a musical band. Read More »
Keep It Quiet AKA Pas de scandale (1999) Benoît Jacquot, Fabrice Luchini, Isabelle Huppert, Vincent Lindon
In this low key satirical farce, a CEO is released from prison and rejoins his family Read More »
Life Is Cheap… But Toilet Paper Is Expensive (1989) Wayne Wang, Spencer Nakasako, Wan Kin Cheng, John Chan, Kwan-Min Cheng
A man is hired by a group of people he believes to be gangsters to escort a briefcase Read More »
The Prowler (1951) Joseph Losey, Van Heflin, Evelyn Keyes, John Maxwell
In a fancy suburb in California, the gorgeous housewife Susan Gilvray finds a prowler Read More »
Rear Window (1954) Alfred Hitchcock, James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey
Professional photographer L.B. “Jeff” Jeffries breaks his leg while getting an action shot at an auto race. Read More »
When the Cat Comes AKA Az prijde kocour (1963) Vojtech Jasný, Jan Werich, Emília Vásáryová, Vlastimil Brodský
Some people with a strange cat arrive in a small village. The cat wears glasses, and when someone takes Read More »
Messiah of Evil (1973) Willard Huyck, Gloria Katz, Michael Greer, Marianna Hill, Joy Bang
A young woman goes searching for her missing artist father. Read More »
Le beau Serge (1958) Claude Chabrol, Gérard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michèle Méritz
Francois comes back to his home village in France after more than a decade. Read More »
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) Elia Kazan, Dorothy McGuire, Joan Blondell, James Dunn
In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty Read More »
Ninety Degrees in the Shade (1965) Jirí Weiss, Anne Heywood, James Booth, Rudolf Hrusínský
In a Prague shop, an assistant has been carrying on an affair with the dishonest, married manager. Read More »