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On Golden Pond (1981) Mark Rydell

The loons are back again on Golden Pond and so are Norman Thayer, a retired professor Read More »
The Long Day Closes (1992) Terence Davies

The Long Day Closes is the story of eleven-year-old “Bud.” A sad and lonely boy, Bud struggles through his days. Read More »
Psycho (1960) Alfred Hitchcock

Phoenix secretary Marion Crane (Janet Leigh), on the lam after stealing $40,000 from her employer Read More »
Ride the High Country (1962) Sam Peckinpah

Aging ex-marshal Steve Judd is hired by a bank to transport a gold shipment through dangerous territory. Read More »
The Name of the Game Is Kill! (1968) Gunnar Hellström

A desert family offers a traveling stranger its hospitality, but the stranger doesn’t realize exactly what they have in store for him. Read More »
The Killing of Angel Street (1981) Donald Crombie

Jessica Simmonds returns from overseas to find her retired professor father in a bitter public fight Read More »
Paper Moon (1973) Peter Bogdanovich

Set in the midwest of the depression-era, Paper Moon follows Moses Pray Read More »
In the Mouth of Madness (1994) John Carpenter

With the disappearance of hack horror writer Sutter Cane, all Hell is breaking loose…literally! Read More »
Vertigo (1958) Alfred Hitchcock, James Stewart

Hitchcock’s romantic story of obsession, manipulation and fear. A detective is forced to retire Read More »