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In Old Kentucky (1935) George Marshall, Will Rogers, Dorothy Wilson, Russell Hardie

Horse trainer Steve Tapley is caught between the feuding Martingale and Shattuck families. Read More »
Berberian Sound Studio (2012) Peter Strickland, Toby Jones, Antonio Mancino, Guido Adorni

A sound engineer’s work for an Italian horror studio becomes a terrifying case of life imitating art. Read More »
Bandidos (1967) Massimo Dallamano, Enrico Maria Salerno, Terry Jenkins, María Martín

Renowned gunman Richard Martin is traveling on a train, held up by Billy Kane Read More »
Hate / La Haine (1995) Mathieu Kassovitz, Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui

This film follows one day in the lives of three unemployed young men who live Read More »
Where The Sidewalk Ends (1950) Otto Preminger, Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill

Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon always wanted to be something his old man wasn’t: a guy on the right side of the law. Read More »
Flesh and Fantasy (1943) Julien Duvivier, Ellis St. Joseph, Oscar Wilde, László Vadnay

Two clubmen discuss the occult, introducing three weird tales Read More »
Nightmare Castle / Amanti d’oltretomba (1965) Mario Caiano, Barbara Steele, Paul Muller, Helga Liné

A sadistic count tortures and murders his unfaithful wife and her lover, then removes their hearts from their bodies. Read More »
The Singing Detective (1986) Jon Amiel, Michael Gambon, Patrick Malahide, Joanne Whalley

Re-working material from his first novel, “Hide and Seek” (1973), and folding this into a prismatic blend Read More »
Animals with the Tollkeeper (1998) Michael Di Jiacomo, Tim Roth, Mili Avital, Rod Steiger

Michael Di Jiacomo made his directorial debut with this allegory that opens Read More »
The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992) Gillian Armstrong, Lisa Harrow, Bruno Ganz, Kerry Fox

Vicki returns to her elder sister Beth’s house in Australia after an affair in Italy. Read More »
Rough Riders (1997) John Milius, Tom Berenger, Sam Elliott, Gary Busey

In 1898, the U.S. Government decided to intervene on the side of the Cuban rebels in their struggle against Spanish rule. Read More »
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 »