
Before being able to join Alpha Sigma Rho fraternity and its sister sorority, four pledges must spend the night in Garth Manor Read More »
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Louie Bluie (1985)

About the obscure country-blues musician and idiosyncratic visual artist Howard “Louie Bluie” Armstrong Read More »
Shalako (1968)

A group of European aristocrats go hunting in New Mexico in the 1880s. Read More »
Girl Crazy (1943)

A philandering young playboy is sent to college somewhere in the American West Read More »
Black Angel (1946) Roy William Neill, Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre

Kirk Bennett is falsely sentenced to death for killing blackmailer Mavis Marlowe, ex-wife of nice-guy drunk Martin Blair. Read More »
Restless Natives (1985) Michael Hoffman

Two lads in Edinburgh embark on a non-violent spree of robberies. Read More »
Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) Robert Aldrich

Aged and wealthy Charlotte Hollis has lived alone and as a recluse in the crumbling family plantation mansion in Hollisport Read More »
A New Leaf (1971) Elaine May

Playboy Henry Graham squanders his wealth and must seek out a new source to maintain his idle rich lifestyle. Read More »
Pickpocket (1959) Robert Bresson

Michel takes up picking pockets as a hobby, and is arrested almost immediately Read More »
The Time of Their Lives (1946) Charles Barton

Two ghosts who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War return to 20th century New England Read More »
Babes in Arms (1939) Busby Berkeley

Mickey Moran, a talented singer and musician, son of a veteran from the show business. Read More »
Cutthroat Island (1995) Renny Harlin

A female pirate and her companion race against their rivals to find a hidden island that contains a fabulous treasure. Read More »
Topaze (1933) Harry d’Abbadie d’Arrast

An honest and naive school teacher gets a lesson in how the world works outside Read More »
Children of Paradise (1945) Marcel Carné

Strolling indolently around the 1830s vibrant Parisian avenue called the Boulevard du Crime Read More »
Time After Time (1979) Nicholas Meyer

It’s 1893 London. Futurist H.G. Wells believes that the future holds a Utopian society. Read More »