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Hungry Wives (1972) George A. Romero, Jan White, Raymond Laine, Ann Muffly

Joan Mitchell is an alienated suburban housewife pushing 40, who has a boorish businessman husband Read More »
The Legend of Billie Jean (1985) Matthew Robbins, Helen Slater, Christian Slater, Keith Gordon

Average Texas teen, Billie Jean Davy, is caught up in an odd fight for justice. Read More »
Razor Blade Smile (1998) Jake West, Eileen Daly, Christopher Adamson, Jonathan Coote

A 19th century woman, who has become one of the undead, acts as a hired killer in modern times. Read More »
Black Boots, Leather Whip / Botas negras, látigo de cuero (1983) Jesús Franco, Lina Romay, Antonio Mayans, Asunción Calero

Al Pereira, a type of dubious morality, is hired by Lina, the wife of a wealthy man Read More »
Inferno of Torture / Tokugawa irezumi-shi: Seme jigoku (1969) Teruo Ishii, Teruo Yoshida, Masumi Tachibana, Asao Koike

High demand for tattooed geisha generates an entire industry for their “production”. Read More »
Mona Lisa (1986) Neil Jordan, Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Michael Caine

After getting out of prison, George (Bob Hoskins) looks for a job, but his time Read More »
29th Street (1991) George Gallo, Anthony LaPaglia, Danny Aiello, Lainie Kazan

Frank Pesce is the luckiest man alive in spite of his bad luck. Based on a true story, a man growing up in a tough New York Read More »
Bullet of Rage / Crime Hunter (1989) Toshimichi Okawa, Seiji Matano, Masanori Sera, Minako Tanaka

After his partner Ahiru (Riki Takeuchi) is gunned down in the process of arresting criminal Read More »
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun / Gunki hatameku motoni (1972) Kinji Fukasaku, Tetsurô Tanba, Sachiko Hidari, Shinjirô Ebara

Twenty six years after the execution of her soldier husband on the dying days of World War II Read More »
Lost, Lost, Lost (1976) Jonas Mekas, Peter Beard, Ed Emshwiller, Ken Jacobs

Artist-writer-poet-filmmaker Jonas Mekas documents his early years building Read More »
Five Graves to Cairo (1943) Billy Wilder, Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Akim Tamiroff

June, 1942. The British Army, retreating ahead of victorious Rommel, leaves a lone survivor Read More »
Threads (1984) Mick Jackson, Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly

Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England Read More »
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) Robert Hamer, Dennis Price, Alec Guinness, Valerie Hobson

Louis Mazzini’s mother belongs to the aristocratic family D’Ascoyne, but she ran away with an opera singer. Read More »
Truly Madly Deeply (1990) Anthony Minghella, Juliet Stevenson, Alan Rickman, Jenny Howe

Once upon a time there were two people in love, their names were Nina and Jamie. Read More »