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Finger Man (1955) Harold D. Schuster, Frank Lovejoy

Treasury agents, desperate to get evidence on syndicate kingpin Dutch Becker Read More »
Flirtation / Liebelei (1933) Max Ophüls, Paul Hörbiger

Vienna in the beginning of the twentieth century. Cavalry Lieutenant Fritz Lobheimer is about to end his affair Read More »
Non Ho Sonno / Sleepless (2001) Dario Argento, Max von Sydow

An elderly and retired police detective and a young amateur sleuth team up to find Read More »
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) Alan Rudolph

Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit Read More »
Close-Up / Nema-ye nazdik (1990) Abbas Kiarostami

The true story of Hossain Sabzian, a cinephile who impersonated the director Mohsen Makhmalbaf Read More »
Deep Red (1975) Dario Argento, David Hemmings

A psychic who can read minds picks up the thoughts of a murderer in the audience and soon becomes a victim. Read More »
Confessions from a Holiday Camp (1977) Norman Cohen

In a typical British holiday camp during summer the employees are bored to hell. Read More »
Dead of Night (1945) Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton

Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse Read More »
Schoolgirl Hitchhikers / Jeunes filles impudiques (1973)

Two very curious and beautiful girls went on a trip through the countryside. Read More »
Get Carter (1971) Mike Hodges, Michael Caine, Ian Hendry

A vicious London gangster, Jack Carter, travels to Newcastle for his brother’s funeral. Read More »
The Man Who Loved Women (1983) Blake Edwards

A womanizing sculptor named David goes to seek help from a psychiatrist, Marianna, to cure him of his obsession with women. Read More »
The Dragon Missile / Fei long zhan (1976) Meng-Hua Ho

An evil gang of martial artists fight for a healing elixir against a specialist that fights with boomerang blades – the Dragon Missiles! Read More »
Celui qui doit mourir / He Who Must Die (1957) Jules Dassin

Three townspeople cause an uproar when they try to help refugees on a Greek island occupied by Turks. Read More »
The Wind Will Carry Us / Bad Ma Ra Khahad Bord (1999)

This idiosyncratic drama from Iran begins as a jeep winds through the hills of Kurdistan Read More »