
After getting out of prison, George (Bob Hoskins) looks for a job, but his time Read More »
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29th Street (1991) George Gallo, Anthony LaPaglia, Danny Aiello, Lainie Kazan

Frank Pesce is the luckiest man alive in spite of his bad luck. Based on a true story, a man growing up in a tough New York Read More »
Bullet of Rage / Crime Hunter (1989) Toshimichi Okawa, Seiji Matano, Masanori Sera, Minako Tanaka

After his partner Ahiru (Riki Takeuchi) is gunned down in the process of arresting criminal Read More »
Under the Flag of the Rising Sun / Gunki hatameku motoni (1972) Kinji Fukasaku, Tetsurô Tanba, Sachiko Hidari, Shinjirô Ebara

Twenty six years after the execution of her soldier husband on the dying days of World War II Read More »
Lost, Lost, Lost (1976) Jonas Mekas, Peter Beard, Ed Emshwiller, Ken Jacobs

Artist-writer-poet-filmmaker Jonas Mekas documents his early years building Read More »
Five Graves to Cairo (1943) Billy Wilder, Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Akim Tamiroff

June, 1942. The British Army, retreating ahead of victorious Rommel, leaves a lone survivor Read More »
Threads (1984) Mick Jackson, Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly

Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England Read More »
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) Robert Hamer, Dennis Price, Alec Guinness, Valerie Hobson

Louis Mazzini’s mother belongs to the aristocratic family D’Ascoyne, but she ran away with an opera singer. Read More »
Truly Madly Deeply (1990) Anthony Minghella, Juliet Stevenson, Alan Rickman, Jenny Howe

Once upon a time there were two people in love, their names were Nina and Jamie. Read More »
Tokyo Story / Tôkyô monogatari (1953) Yasujirô Ozu, Chishû Ryû, Chieko Higashiyama, Sô Yamamura

Elderly couple Shukishi and Tomi Hirayama live in the small coastal village of Onomichi Read More »