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French Connection II (1975) John Frankenheimer, Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson

New York narcotics detective Popeye Doyle follows the trail of the French connection smuggling ring Read More »
T2 Trainspotting (2017) Danny Boyle, Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller

After 20 years abroad, Mark Renton returns to Scotland and reunites with his old friends Sick Boy, Spud, and Begbie. Read More »
Narrow Margin (1990) Peter Hyams, Gene Hackman, Anne Archer, James Sikking

A woman secretly witnesses the murder of her blind date for the evening by a top Mafia boss. Read More »
It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) Edward L. Cahn, Marshall Thompson, Shirley Patterson, Kim Spalding

In 1973, the first manned expedition to Mars is marooned; by the time a rescue mission arrives Read More »
The Iceman Cometh / Ji dong qi xia (1989) Clarence Yiu-leung Fok, Maggie Cheung, Biao Yuen, Wah Yuen

A frozen Ming Dynasty royal guard and the equally frigid rapist-killer he’s tracking are thawed out in modern-day Hong Kong. Read More »
Les yeux sans visage / Eyes Without a Face (1960) Georges Franju, Pierre Brasseur, Alida Valli, Juliette Mayniel

After causing an accident that left his daughter Christiane severely disfigured, the brilliant surgeon Dr. Génessier Read More »
I, Daniel Blake (2016) Ken Loach, Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Sharon Percy

After surviving a heart-attack, a 59-year-old carpenter must fight bureaucratic Read More »
Mr. Wong, Detective (1938) William Nigh, Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Maxine Jennings

When a chemical manufacturer is killed after asking detective James Wong to help him, Wong investigates this and two subsequent murders. Read More »
Lost Hearts (1973) Lawrence Gordon Clark, Simon Gipps-Kent, Joseph O’Conor, James Mellor

A young orphan, Stephen, is sent to go and live with his strange, much older cousin Read More »
Morvern Callar (2002) Lynne Ramsay, Samantha Morton, Kathleen McDermott, Linda McGuire

Following her boyfriend’s suicide, supermarket clerk Morvern Callar passes off his unpublished novel as her own. Read More »
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) Norman Jewison, Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke

Four men pull off a daring daytime robbery at a bank, dump the money in a trash can and go their separate ways. Read More »
Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens (1979) Russ Meyer, Kitten Natividad, Ann Marie, Ken Kerr

Believe it or not, even Smalltown USA still has people who are unfulfilled and unrelieved in the midst of plenty. Read More »
Supervixens (1975) Russ Meyer, Charles Pitt, Shari Eubank, Charles Napier

Clint Ramsey must quit his job at Martin Bormann’s gas station and flee after his wife is killed Read More »
The Old Dark House (1932) James Whale, Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton

Seeking shelter from a pounding rainstorm in a remote region of Wales, several travellers are admitted to a gloomy Read More »