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The Ambassador (1984) J. Lee Thompson, Robert Mitchum, Ellen Burstyn, Rock Hudson

Robert Mitchum plays a controversial U.S. ambassador to Israel who tries to solve the Palestinian Read More »
Foxy Brown (1974) Jack Hill, Pam Grier, Antonio Fargas, Peter Brown

A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend. Read More »
A Silent Woman / Una Mujer Silenciosa (2002) Matías Piñeiro, José Manuel Espeche, Eugenia Palioff, Beatriz Spelzini

Matías Piñeiro’s first film, produced when he was a film student. Read More »
Audition / Ôdishon (1999) Takashi Miike, Ryo Ishibashi, Eihi Shiina, Tetsu Sawaki

In Tokyo, Shigeharu Aoyama is a widower that grieves the loss of his wife Read More »
Beauty and the Beast / La belle et la bête (1946) Jean Cocteau, René Clément, Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parély

Adélaïde, Belle, Félicie and Ludovic are young adult siblings who once lived in grandeur Read More »
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) John Huston, Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt

Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin, both down on their luck in Tampico, Mexico in 1925 Read More »
Morgiana (1972) Juraj Herz, Iva Janzurová, Josef Abrhám, Nina Divísková

Klara and Viktoria are sisters. Their father dies, leaving most of his property to Klara. Read More »
Calcutta (1947) John Farrow, Alan Ladd, Gail Russell, William Bendix

Neale Gordon and Pedro Lake, commercial pilots who fly the hump between Chungking and Calcutta learn Read More »
Personal Services (1987) Terry Jones, Julie Walters, Alec McCowen, Shirley Stelfox

The story of the rise of a madame of a suburban brothel catering to older men Read More »