In tiny Anarene, Texas, in the lull between World War Two and the Korean Conflict, Sonny and Duane are best friends. Read More »
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How Green Was My Valley (1941) John Ford, Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O’Hara, Anna Lee
Life is hard in a Welsh mining town and no less so for the Morgan family. Read More »
Horror Rises from the Tomb / El espanto surge de la tumba (1973) Carlos Aured, Paul Naschy, Emma Cohen, Víctor Alcázar
In Medieval France a warlock is be-headed and his wife tortured and executed. Read More »
Europa Europa (1990) Agnieszka Holland, Solomon Perel, Marco Hofschneider, René Hofschneider
A Jewish boy separated from his family in the early days of WWII poses as a German orphan Read More »
La chinoise (1967) Jean-Luc Godard, Anne Wiazemsky, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Juliet Berto
A small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position Read More »
Lilies of the Field (1963) Ralph Nelson, Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann
Homer Smith, an unemployed construction worker heading out west, stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. Read More »
The Mad Fox AKA Koiya koi nasuna koi (1962) Tomu Uchida, Hashizô Ôkawa, Michiko Saga, Ryûnosuke Tsukigata
In the reign of the Emperor Suzaku (930- 946 A.D.), various mishaps happen after a strange white Read More »
The Monster That Challenged the World (1957) Arnold Laven, Tim Holt, Audrey Dalton, Hans Conried
An earthquake in the Salton Sea unleashes a horde of prehistoric mollusk monsters. Read More »
My Wife Is an Actress / Ma femme est une actrice (2001) Yvan Attal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Terence Stamp
Paris can boast a population of 2,125,246. Of these 1,153,000 are women and 10,000 are actresses. Read More »
A Quiet Passion (2016) Terence Davies, Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle, Duncan Duff
A Quiet Passion is Terence Davies’ biographical drama detailing the life of Emily Dickinson her loves, her struggles and her magnificent poetry. Read More »