Baron Victor Von Frankenstein has fallen on hard times Read More »
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Red Angel (1966) Yasuzô Masumura, Ayako Wakao, Shinsuke Ashida, Yûsuke Kawazu
In 1939, Sakura Nishi is a young army nurse who is sent to the field hospitals in China during the Sino-Japanese war. Read More »
Black Book (2006) Paul Verhoeven, Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman
Israel 1956. Rachel, a Jew, rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the kibbutz where she is working as a teacher. Read More »
The Amazing Mr. X (1948) Bernard Vorhaus, Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O’Donnell
On the beach one night, Christine Faber, two years a widow Read More »
Guns at Batasi (1964) John Guillermin, Richard Attenborough, Jack Hawkins, Flora Robson
Regimental Sergeant-Major Lauderdale is a spit-and-polish, by-the-book disciplinarian Read More »
The Third Man (1949) Carol Reed, Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli
An out of work pulp fiction novelist, Holly Martins, arrives in a post war Vienna divided Read More »
Book of Lore (2007) Chris LaMartina, Mike Baldwin, D. Patrick Bauer, Matt Benicewicz
When Rick’s girlfriend is found brutally murdered, he and his friends must band Read More »
Code of Honor / Yi ben wu yan (1987) Billy Chan, Chun-Hsiung Ko, Wai Lam, Dick Wei
In Hong Kong, Ho Chen-tung is the aging Mob boss, living by a code of honor Read More »
I Walk Alone (1948) Byron Haskin, Burt Lancaster, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas
Frankie Madison returns to New York after 14 years in prison. Noll Turner, Frankie’s former partner in bootlegging Read More »
Mademoiselle (1966) Tony Richardson, Jeanne Moreau
In a French village, Manou is an Italian logger, virile, with a broad laugh. Read More »