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Jackson County Jail (1976) Michael Miller, Yvette Mimieux, Tommy Lee Jones, Lisa Copeland

This is a powerful drama about a young woman who stumbles into a nightmare Read More »
Have a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay / Buon funerale amigos!… paga Sartana (1970) Giuliano Carnimeo, Gianni Garko, Antonio Vilar, Daniela Giordano

After witnessing a brutal massacre, the legendary hero Sartana is ready Read More »
Julia (1977) Fred Zinnemann, Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards

This Oscar-winning drama, based on the writing of Lillian Hellman Read More »
Wing Chun (1994) Woo-Ping Yuen, Michelle Yeoh, Donnie Yen, King-Tan Yuen

Wing Chun, a woman living in a remote village often pillaged by robbers. Read More »
The Quiet Earth (1985) Geoff Murphy, Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge, Pete Smith

A man wakes up to find himself literally alone in the world Read More »
I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle (1990) Dirk Campbell, Neil Morrissey, Amanda Noar, Michael Elphick

When a motorbike gang kills an occultist, the evil spirit he was summoning inhabits a damaged bike. Read More »
The Beast Must Die / La bestia debe morir (1952) Román Viñoly Barreto, Narciso Ibáñez Menta, Guillermo Battaglia, Milagros de la Vega

“La bestia debe morir” is a taut, smartly crafted Argentinian noir that packs an emotional punch. Read More »
Among the Living (1941) Stuart Heisler, Albert Dekker, Susan Hayward, Frances Farmer

Paul Raden (Albert Dekker), hopelessly insane son of Maxim Raden, hated owner of the Radentown mills Read More »
Rosebud (1975) Otto Preminger, Peter O’Toole, Richard Attenborough, Cliff Gorman

In a bold coup a Palestinian terrorist group captures the yacht Rosebud Read More »