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Johnny Guitar (1954) Nicholas Ray, Joan Crawford

Vienna has built a saloon outside of town, and she hopes to build her own town once the railroad is put through, but the townsfolk want her gone. Read More »
Dakota (1945) Joseph Kane, John Wayne

In 1871, professional gambler John Devlin elopes with Sandra “Sandy” Poli, daughter of Marko Poli, an immigrant who has risen to railroad tycoon. Read More »
Rapture (1979) Arrebato – Iván Zulueta

Madrid,1980. Jose Sirgado, a labouring bohemian b-movie filmmaker finishes editing the sequel to a previous film. Read More »
Secret Ceremony (1968) Joseph Losey

Leonora, a prostitute, mourns the death by drowning years earlier of her daughter. Read More »
The Best of Everything (1959) Jean Negulesco

With her unofficial fiancé Eddie Harris studying in England for a year, Radcliffe educated Caroline Bender decides to get her first ever job as a secretary Read More »
A Bridge Too Far (1977) Richard Attenborough

Operation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines. Read More »
A Quiet Place in the Country (1968)

After moving into a dilapidated rural villa to reinvigorate his creative energies, a neurotic pop artist Read More »
The Night Strangler (1973) Dan Curtis

After being run out of Las Vegas, reporter Carl Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. Read More »
Do the Right Thing (1989) Spike Lee

This film looks at life in the Bedford-Stuyvesant district of Brooklyn on a hot summer Sunday. Read More »