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Fritz the Cat (1972) Ralph Bakshi, Skip Hinnant, Rosetta LeNoire, John McCurry

In the 1960s, fed up with monotonous college life and police repression, free-spirited Fritz Read More »
Tender Mercies (1983) Bruce Beresford, Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley

A broken-down, middle-aged country singer gets a new wife Read More »
Tigers Are Not Afraid / Vuelven (2017) Issa López, Paola Lara, Juan Ramón López, Nery Arredondo

Estrella is 10 years old and has 3 wishes: The first one, that her missing mother comes back and it happens. Read More »
Secondhand Lions (2003) Tim McCanlies, Haley Joel Osment, Michael Caine, Robert Duvall

A boy named Walter is dropped by his mother Mae at his great-uncles’ house. Read More »
Words and Music (1948) Norman Taurog, Mickey Rooney, Tom Drake, June Allyson

Encomium to Larry Hart (1895-1943), seen through the fictive eyes of his song-writing partner, Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) Read More »
Zorba the Greek / Alexis Sorbas (1964) Mihalis Kakogiannis, Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Papas

Traveling to inspect an abandoned mine his father owns in Crete, English author Basil (Alan Bates) Read More »
Rebel Without a Cause (1955) Nicholas Ray, James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo

Jim Stark is the new kid in town. He has been in trouble elsewhere Read More »
Living in Oblivion (1995) Tom DiCillo, Steve Buscemi, Catherine Keener, Dermot Mulroney

Film about filmmaking. It takes place during one day on set of non-budget movie. Read More »
Fate Is the Hunter (1964) Ralph Nelson, Glenn Ford, Nancy Kwan, Rod Taylor

Airliner crashes near Los Angeles due to unusual string of coincidences. Read More »