
Raynor is an undercover narcotics cop. For his next assignment he chooses the more inexperienced but tough and good-looking Kristen. Read More »
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Thunder Bay (1953) Anthony Mann, James Stewart, Joanne Dru, Gilbert Roland

In 1946, ex-Navy engineer Steve Martin comes to a Louisiana town with a dream: to build a safe platform for offshore oil drilling. Read More »
If…. (1968) Lindsay Anderson, Malcolm McDowell, David Wood, Richard Warwick

In an indictment of the British public school system, we follow Mick Read More »
Game 6 (2005) Michael Hoffman, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Griffin Dunne

Nicky Rogan’s new play is opening on Broadway and many agree, he has written the best play his career. Read More »
McLintock! (1963) Andrew V. McLaglen, John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Patrick Wayne

George Washington McLintock, “GW” to friends and foes alike, is a cattle baron and the richest man in the territory. Read More »
Persona (1966) Ingmar Bergman, Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Margaretha Krook

A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. Read More »
State of Grace (1990) Phil Joanou, Michael Lee Baron, Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman

Terry Noonan returns home to New York’s Hells Kitchen after a ten year absence. Read More »
The Fifth Cord / Giornata nera per l’ariete (1971)

After a high-class party in Rome, there’s an assault. The victim is injured but lives. Read More »
Sabotage (1936) Alfred Hitchcock, Sylvia Sidney, Oskar Homolka, Desmond Tester

Mr. Verloc is part of a gang of foreign saboteurs operating out of London. He manages a small cinema Read More »
The Colonel AKA Mon colonel (2006) Laurent Herbiet, Olivier Gourmet, Robinson Stévenin, Cécile De France

A “Reformed Colonel” is found dead in Paris, a couple of decades after Algeria’s struggle for independence was won from France. Read More »
The Mercenaries AKA Dark of the Sun (1968) Jack Cardiff, Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Peter Carsten

British commando, Captain Curry, is hired by President Ubi of war-torn Congo, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds Read More »
I Am Sartana, Your Angel of Death AKA Sono Sartana, il vostro becchino (1969) Giuliano Carnimeo, Gianni Garko, Frank Wolff, Ettore Manni

Sartana is falsely accused of robbing a bank, and must find the real robbers and clear his name. Read More »
The King and I (1956) Walter Lang, Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Rita Moreno

Mrs. Anna Leonowens and her son Louis arrive in Bangkok, where she has been contracted to teach English to the children of the royal household. Read More »
Distant Journey AKA Daleká cesta (1950) Alfréd Radok, Blanka Waleská, Otomar Krejca, Viktor Ocásek

Distant Journey follows Hana, a Jewish eye doctor who falls in love and marries a Gentile named Toník. Read More »
The Reflecting Skin (1990) Philip Ridley, Viggo Mortensen, Lindsay Duncan, Jeremy Cooper

A young boy tries to cope with rural life circa 1950s and his fantasies become a way to interpret events. Read More »