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Desert Fury (1947) Lewis Allen, John Hodiak, Lizabeth Scott, Burt Lancaster

Fritzi Haller is a powerful casino owner in Chuckawalla, Nevada. Her daughter Paula (having quit school) Read More »
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1972) Peter Medak, Alan Bates, Janet Suzman, Peter Bowles

A couple uses extremely black comedy to survive taking care of a daughter who is nearly completely brain-dead. Read More »
Sanjuro (1962) Akira Kurosawa, Toshirô Mifune, Tatsuya Nakadai, Keiju Kobayashi

A crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen trying to save his uncle Read More »
Wild Strawberries / Smultronstället (1957) Ingmar Bergman, Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin

After living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence. Read More »
The Other Hell / L’altro inferno (1981) Bruno Mattei, Franca Stoppi, Carlo De Mejo, Francesca Carmeno

A priest investigates paranormal activity at a nuns’ convent where a deep, dark secret is about to resurface Read More »
Blood of the Vampire (1958) Henry Cass

A man and wife are terrorized by Mad Scientist Dr. Callistratus who was executed but has returned to life with a heart transplant. Read More »
My Heart Is That Eternal Rose (1989) Patrick Tam, Kenny Bee, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Joey Wang

Two Young couples Lap (Joey Wang) and Rick (Kenny Bee) separates when Lap’s Father (Kwan Hoi San) fails a mission Read More »
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell (2008) Matt Wolf, Bob Blank, Ernie Brooks, David Byrne

Director Matt Wolf’s critically acclaimed documentary examines the life and work of Arthur Russell Read More »
Peking Opera Blues (1986) Hark Tsui, Brigitte Lin, Sally Yeh, Cherie Chung

The movie is set in chaotic 1920’s China, when warlords fought each other for power while Sun Yat-Sen’s Read More »
The Odd Job (1978) Peter Medak, Graham Chapman, David Jason, Diana Quick

When his wife leaves him, a neurotic husband hires an “odd job man” to kill him, but when she returns Read More »
A Woman’s Vengeance (1948) Zoltan Korda, Charles Boyer, Ann Blyth, Jessica Tandy

Country squire Henry Maurier is patient with his wife Emily, a neurotic invalid, but her brother surprises Henry with his young mistress Doris. Read More »
Safety Last (1923) Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor, Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strother

In 1922, the country boy Harold says goodbye to his mother and his girlfriend Mildred Read More »
Toni (1935) Jean Renoir, Charles Blavette, Celia Montalván, Jenny Hélia

In the 1920s, the Provence is a magnet for immigrants seeking work in the quarries or in agriculture. Read More »
The Wrong Box (1966) Bryan Forbes, John Mills, Michael Caine, Ralph Richardson

A tontine is established for a dozen children, a tontine being a kind of bet/insurance Read More »