Joe, a rootless young drifter, finds work on a barge travelling between Glasgow and Edinburgh Read More »
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Eskimo Nell (1975) Martin Campbell, Michael Armstrong, Terence Edmond, Christopher Timothy
Three young men, a scriptwriter, a producer and a director are called in by Benny U Murdoch Read More »
The Bad Seed (1956) Mervyn LeRoy, Nancy Kelly
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 »