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The Set-Up (1949) Robert Wise, Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias
Over-the-hill boxer Bill ‘Stoker’ Thompson insists he can still win, though his wife Julie pleads with him to quit. Read More »
Deadly Embrace (1989) David DeCoteau, Jan-Michael Vincent, Jack Carter, Mindi Miller
The pulsating, passion-driven story of a man, his wife, and the lovers they play their nasty cat and mouse games with. Read More »
The Addiction (1995) Abel Ferrara, Lili Taylor, Christopher Walken, Annabella Sciorra
A vampiric doctoral student tries to follow the philosophy of a nocturnal comrade and control her thirst for blood. Read More »
Five Easy Pieces (1970) Bob Rafelson, Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Billy Green Bush
Following Jack Nicholson’s breakout supporting turn in Easy Rider, director Bob Rafelson devised a powerful leading Read More »
Time Bandits (1981) Terry Gilliam, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall, John Cleese
Intrigued by history but neglected by his parents, Kevin, an eleven-year-old schoolboy Read More »
The Far Country (1954) Anthony Mann, James Stewart, Ruth Roman, Corinne Calvet
In 1896, Jeff Webster sees the start of the Klondike gold rush as a golden opportunity Read More »
Diaries Notes and Sketches AKA Walden (1969) Jonas Mekas, Timothy Leary, Ed Emshwiller, Franz Fuenstler
Jonas Mekas, the godfather of American “underground” cinema, shot literally miles of impromptu film on a tiny Read More »
Ride Lonesome (1959) Budd Boetticher, Randolph Scott, Karen Steele, Pernell Roberts
A wanted murderer, Billy John, is captured by Ben Brigade, a bounty hunter, who intends to take him to Santa Cruz to be hanged. Read More »
The Park Is Mine (1985) Steven Hilliard Stern, Tommy Lee Jones, Helen Shaver, Yaphet Kotto
A Vietnam vet takes forceful control of Central Park to remember those who served and died in the Vietnam War. Read More »