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The Bad Seed (1956) Mervyn LeRoy, Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones

Christine Penmark seems to have it all: a lovely home, a loving husband and the most “perfect” daughter in the world. Read More »
The Three Faces of Eve (1957) Nunnally Johnson

Eve White is a quiet, mousy, unassuming wife and mother who keeps suffering Read More »
The Story of Adele H. / L’histoire d’Adèle H. (1975) François Truffaut, Isabelle Adjani, Bruce Robinson, Sylvia Marriott

Halifax, 1863. A young woman, Miss Lewly, comes to Halifax to search for Lt Pinson Read More »
The Gorgon (1964) Terence Fisher, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Richard Pasco

In the early twentieth century, a Gorgon takes human form and terrorizes a small European Read More »
Street Mobster / Gendai yakuza: Hito-kiri yota (1972) Kinji Fukasaku, Bunta Sugawara, Noboru Andô, Mayumi Nagisa

A yakuza, who has an untamed rage and lack of respect for authority, finds himself Read More »
In the Shadow of the Vultures / A Sombra dos Abutres (1998) Leonel Vieira, Vítor Norte, Diogo Infante, José Eduardo

1962 in Tras-os-Montes, a miners’ strike begins to be repressed by the National Guard. Read More »
Black Legion (1937) Archie Mayo, Michael Curtiz, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Dick Foran

A hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker Read More »
The Dragon from Russia / Hong Chang Fei Long (1990) Clarence Fok, Samuel Hui, Maggie Cheung, Nina Li Chi

May Yip and Yao are both orphans and have been friends since youth Read More »
Cinderella Liberty (1973) Mark Rydell, James Caan, Marsha Mason, Kirk Calloway

A lonely Navy sailor falls in love with a hooker Read More »
Mystery Street (1950) John Sturges, Ricardo Montalban, Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett

A small-town policeman is assisted by a Harvard professor after Read More »
Tenderness of the Wolves / Die Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe (1973) Ulli Lommel, Kurt Raab, Jeff Roden, Margit Carstensen, Ingrid Caven

In 1925, in Germany, Fritz Haarmann is a homosexual, thief and sneak, having a special license from the police. Read More »
The Killer Elite (1975) Sam Peckinpah, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Arthur Hill

Mike Locken is one of the principal members of a group of freelance spies. Read More »
Chisum (1970) Andrew V. McLaglen, John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George

As one of the founders of the town of Lincoln, John Chisum is increasingly worried Read More »
Dead Ringers (1988) David Cronenberg, Jeremy Irons, Geneviève Bujold, Heidi von Palleske

Twin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody Read More »